Nokia's CEO told me the day that Steve Jobs announced the iPhone "those people in Cupertino don't know how to make phones." Which was true. Jobs told all his managers working on the iPhone "you are not allowed to hire anyone who has worked on a phone before." Sometimes naivety
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Steve Ballmer’s Microsoft vs Apple: A Market Dominance Miscalculation
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Steve Ballmer stood in front of the employees and said "I'd rather be Microsoft" after some dweeb (me) pointed out that all the nerds I met were using Macintoshes. He also pointed out that Apple only had 8% market share back then. In 2005. Then the iPhone came out and today
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Bug fixes and AI training through collaborative development
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I find that more bugs get fixed that way and better ideas come that you can feed your AIs with.
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Microsoft Strategy Taxes: Growth Tradeoffs in Tech Giants
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The problem is that the users are growing exponentially. So tradeoffs must be made. At Microsoft we had to do anti-customer things to serve the Windows group. We called them "strategy taxes." Everyone knew they sucked. But we did the best to make the customers happy despite
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Visionary Leader Equips Company with Mac Mini for AI
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I met someone yesterday who works at a fairly sizeable company. "Our boss bought everyone in the company a Mac Mini to run AI on." "You have a smart boss." Visionary leaders do exist.
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Contact Lens Camera Display Prototypes: Hardware Innovation Challenges
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I worked for a contact lens camera and display company so don't need to imagine. They decided to give that up because it was too hard, but they had prototypes working.
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From Film to AI: The Next Generation of Video Technology
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In high school I did all the filming for the football team. We used film.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) 17 avril 2026
This is next level. https://t.co/FakPdl9kOSIn high school I did all the filming for the football team. We used film. This is next level.
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Billion Dollar Investment Unlocks Superhuman AI Capabilities
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A billion is being invested in them, for one. They bring dramatic super powers, for two.
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MentraGlass: Open Source and Flexible Solution
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Yup. Which is why I love my @MentraGlass
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OpenClaw Adds Video Generation Capability
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Your OpenClaw can make videos now. I got a weekend project now.