There's been a lot of lively discussion since I confirmed yesterday that the official name for the next version of the Window client operating system will be "Windows 7" about how we got to the number "7."

I'll say up front, that there are many ways to count the releases of Windows and it's been both a trip down memory lane and quite amusing to read all the different theories about how we got to the number "7."

Anyway, the numbering we used is quite simple.  The very first release of Windows was Windows 1.0, the ...

We have a brief chance to cure ourselves. But first we need to ask: of what?

For some reason, this weekend has seen a lot of talk about what FriendFeed is/isn't/should be doing (see Louis Gray and others). One person even predicted that we will fail.

I considered writing my own list of complaints about FriendFeed. I think and care about it a lot more than most people, so my list of FriendFeed issues would be a lot longer. I may still do that, but there's something else also worth discussing...

One of the benefits of experience is that it gives some degree of perspective. Of course there's a huge risk ...

Introducing a beer whose only flaw is its price — but one that’s well worth it, even in a recession.

Are you a software developer applying to a small company?

Here’s a tip from someone who has read thousands of resumes. When you’re applying to a startup, or a software company with less than, say, 100 employees, you may want to highlight the Banging Out Code parts of your experience, while deemphasizing the Middle Management parts of your experience.

When a startup CTO sees a resume that says things like:

• Responsible for $30m line of business
• Architected new ERP platform
• Managed team of 25 developers
• Optimized business processes

they think, “Spare me, that’s all we need, somebody ...

Every week it seems like there’s another Twitter application that comes out that does analysis of all the tweets that have passed through the system. Whether it’s the countless leader boards, friend finding tools, or other tools such as those that spam your inbox with messages, there are TONS of applications. Facebook on [...]

Jessica Fridrich pioneered a new method for speed solving the Rubik’s Cube, but has since moved on to other obsessions.

In this economic day and age, cash is king.  As markets, industries and companies delever in what seems to be a chorus of balance sheet  deflation, the value of cash as an investment vehicle has increased exponentially.  What does this have to do with Yahoo’s strategy ? First of all, it means that MicroSoft would have [...]

I remember the first time I saw a venture firm discuss a bridge loan for a portfolio company that was struggling. I was 26 at the time and I had recently joined Euclid Partners and Bliss McCrum, one of the...