Tag Archives: innovation
The problem with patents in graphic form
Cool infographic inspired by NPR report at This American Life by Frugal Dad. Source: http://frugaldad.com Tweet
Innovating email clients
I don’t like any of the email/groupware clients I’ve used, from Evolution to Thunderbird to Apple Mail to Entourage to Outlook to Gmail. They are all very bad for me. And I also don’t like email because of this. This … Continue reading
James Bessen interviewed by Timothy B. Lee
Timothy B. Lee published the first part of an interview with James Bessen, the economist that wrote with Eric Masking the paper on patents that I quoted often. They talk about innovation, wages and the education. To read. James Bessen … Continue reading
How is Google damaging consumers?
I kept this post as draft since I read Wired’s article about Google and their supposed dominant position. Today I read again about the new investigation of US Antitrust targeting bigG because it holds too much market share in online … Continue reading
Patents have become landmines
After many years trying to export the US ‘intellectual property’ laws to the rest of the world, China has find a way to use the stupidity of the American patent system against Americans. Finally, commentators admit that Chinese patents will … Continue reading
It’s all about Contacts: who do you know?
When it comes to doing anything, finding a job, an apartment or a used car, what counts most is who you know. In the old times it was the size of your rolodex, now it’s the size of you digital … Continue reading
Six comments worth reading about iPad
Saturday morning is the best day to read more in depth analysis. I collected six articles that amused me, largely from the HBR blogs (one of the best source of food for thoughts, IMHO). If you, like me, are fascinated … Continue reading
Il miraggio del brevetto comunitario
Stamattina ho trovato nella mia casella di posta un messaggio da una persona che cerca informazioni riguardo la brevettabilità delle idee. La domanda in particolare mi ha colpito, come sempre: se ho ben capito le idee non sono brevettabili e … Continue reading
Non-profit groups are slow to change
A very good read and something I have seen happen many times with the non-profit groups I worked with: If your non-profit isn’t acting with as much energy and guts as it takes to get funded in Silicon Valley or … Continue reading
How Apple will dramatically increase revenues
My architecture professors repeated ad infinitum that an image is worth a thousand words. Following is a pictures that clearly shows how Apple will dramatically increase its revenues in the next year: It’s not (only) the cool design or the … Continue reading
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