To an outsider, the International Consumer Electronics Show must seem like a wonderland of new discoveries, where brave electronics manufacturers unveil jaw dropping discoveries such as X-Ray lenses that can see through women’s clothes (an actual booth I ran into at CES this year!).
The real power of CES comes from understanding where the iterative improvements of […]
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My Summary of International CES 2010
January 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Healthcare Reform: HR 3590 Details in Plain English
December 22nd, 2009 · 6 Comments
Overview and Pricetag:
Following the House of Representatives by a few weeks, the Senate is about to pass HR 3590, a 2074 page bill to enlarge access to health insurance for the vast majority of Americans. As previously discussed, the House bill wasn’t a revolution but evolution of the status quo. The Senate bill reflects an even slower […]
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Healthcare Reform: HR 3962 Details in Plain English
November 9th, 2009 · 16 Comments
It is surprisingly hard to find details on HR 3962 which passed the house this weekend. I decided to fix that. Here is my quick summary of the Bill. My comments are not comprehensive, but paint a broad picture of what the bill is about.
Overview and Pricetag:
The Bill will cost just north of $100 billion for […]
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Web Advertising Models are Brutal
October 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments
My quick advice to entrepreneurs trying to make money off of banner advertising is to stop. I recently got an analyst report that puts the average remnant CPM at around 35 cents. To put that into practical terms, your average web-page with an ad-sense banner page only earns $100 for every 286,000 impressions. Boy that’s […]
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iPhone: Impressive, Not Insurmountable
October 24th, 2009 · 36 Comments
The iPhone is an incredibly impressive device. Much how the Blackberry put email access into your pocket, the iPhone has provided the first usable mobile browsing experience. As the first mover in the space, Apple exercises a near monopoly in the space with an impressive 40% market share in mobile internet traffic. Kudos to everyone […]
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