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Comment on What People Actually Buy by arjen

arjen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:37:52 +0000

Also see http://gigaom.com/2011/10/10/clay-christensen-on-steve-jobs-the-trouble-with-venture-capital/ (chat Om Malik of GigaOm had with prof. Clayton Christensen, author of “The Innovator’s Dilemma” and other wisdoms. The note on Apple disrupting/cannibalising itself is particularly interesting.

Comment on What People Actually Buy by Sean Campbell

Sean Campbell — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:47:33 +0000

Pirates of Silicon Valley.

Steve Jobs was the art designer of the tech industry and that together with his well known drive and demanding work ethic might not tell all that he was to Apple. In the end though I do not care. I or my friends will hack and or remix code like recipes in a old ladies club. Sorta like how things were done before software became a business. Back when most of the real innovation was done.

Comment on Tipping Point of Open Source 3D Print Quality by arjen

arjen — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 09:42:01 +0000

Australia’s ABC Catalyst science program recently visited initiator Adrian Bowyer in Bath (UK) to see and talk about RepRap:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3323779.htm

Comment on Tipping Point of Open Source 3D Print Quality by arjen

arjen — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:07:29 +0000

hi browser – yea they’re obviously not identical.
However… does it matter? The curves/edges from the Stratasys appear rougher, which is more an artifact of the head precision/movement and layer thickness (and the slicing algoriths from STL to Gcode). Finally, if the Stratasys could do a smoother job than this, wouldn’t it be even slower? The difference is already huge, way more than the difference in shape size.
More info welcome!

Comment on Tipping Point of Open Source 3D Print Quality by browser

browser — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:21:20 +0000

they are not printed from the same stl

Comment on Tipping Point of Open Source 3D Print Quality by Arjen Lentz

Arjen Lentz — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:12:18 +0000

See also http://www.openscad.org/ (for the parametric design language with instant visualisation), and http://www.thingiverse.com/ for freely available object designs.

Comment on Disruptive Tablets by arjen

arjen — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:26:38 +0000

Interesting observation, Jiří. Yes and no.
An e-book reader has another specific task, and with its eInk screen it’s ideally suited to that.
The few possible target markets I described for a disruptive tablet are not for eInk devices.

The comparison is nevertheless interesting though, because I’ve noticed that:
– many eBook readers have a very sucky user interface, so usability/simplicy is hindered;
– some add an audio output jack for audio books, compromising battery life and other aspects;
– Amazon’s 3G Kindle can do web browsing. It’s floating up-market. I hope it doesn’t compromise other issues along the way.

Comment on Disruptive Tablets by Jiří Baum

Jiří Baum — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:35:30 +0000

Portability, battery life, simplicity… you’re looking at an e-book reader.

Comment on Happiness in Business by Stuart McMillen

Stuart McMillen — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:39:12 +0000

Personally I like the first one better!

Comment on B Corporations by Robert Ellen

Robert Ellen — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:55:32 +0000

On my quick reading I don’t see any reason a B Corporation couldn’t be an Upstarta in terms of violating any of the 10 principles