Jon says, "So I hate my new Blackberry Curve from work. What a terrible phone. I don't understand why people like these things so much."
@ 10:58 pm, 11/20/08
March 03, 2008
For a while I've had ongoing conversations within my group of business friends about core businesses. The conversation goes like this: companies say they do Y but act like a company that does Z. It's a discrepancy in perception (or public relations) and actuality (which usually isn't so public). I was reminded of this topic this morning when I read a message from Hugh MacLeod, who said that Wal-Mart is a tech company. Very true.
I replied to him with my two favorite examples: Amazon.com is a tech company and Fandango.com is a research company (try it... http://fandangoresearch.com). I have more... AAA is a research company, NASCAR is a marketing platform not a sport, etc.
February 25, 2008
Last Thursday I received an email from a friend, George Colombo, that pointed me to an article that Apple had filed a patent for "customized podcasts." I was immediately surprised and dismayed, quite frankly, because my business partner, Matt Thompson, and I had actually developed the technology (we called it Modcast) and implemented it on our former podcast, The Cubicle Escape Pod, back in June 2005. I wasn't miffed at Apple for filing the patent, though with very little research they could've figured out there was prior art, but I was upset because I started to have second thoughts and regrets about why we didn't push our concept harder.
April 12, 2007
So I'm back at work today after being on vacation for a week. I guess you never get used to the first day back at work. Any time I have more than a two-day weekend, I question why I'm working in Sarasota. Once I come to the conclusion that I'm here for a paycheck, you sink right into clock watching. T-minus six hours and I can go home. I'm still on West Coast time, so I'm a bit groggy today which doesn't make it any better.
March 29, 2007
I completely missed the whole New Year's resolution thing. Since we're at the end of Q1 2007, I figured why the hell not go quarter-by-quarter from here on out. I've had a lot on my mind this year. Professionally, I entered the new year as interim-CIO which added a whole lot more complication and responsibility to my life. I spent most of my free time completing work on InkOutLoud. But now that I'm no longer interim-CIO and now that InkOutLoud is testing market waters, I'm finally able to think about the rest of my year.
September 14, 2006
Yes, it does. I’ve been struggling for about a month now. I’ve been here before. Many times before. I’ll push myself for about four months solid—mentally, physically and emotionally—and then I break down. The weird thing (or stupid thing) is you’d think I’d be aware that it will eventually come to this.
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I’m Jonathan Brown. I write software during the day, I bootstrap businesses at night and I’m a father on weekends. It’s not how I designed it, but that’s how it worked out.Copyright © 2006-2008 Jonathan Brown. All rights reserved.
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