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On Small, Intimate Data

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Part of the research I am doing for the book involves trying to get my head around the concept of “Big Data,” given the premise that we are in a fundamental shift to a digitally driven society. Big data, as you all know, is super hot – Facebook derives its value because of all that [...]

The Week in Wine, 5.26 Edition

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Dinner with friends and a night in the band room proved bountiful when it came to trying new wines this week. I tasted this Blackbird Vineyards Arriviste – a Rose that the gals had. They sure liked it. Proved a great start to the dinner for them. We moved on to the Peay Sea Scallop, which [...]

From Today’s Ride: 20 Miles O’ Smiles

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A good push on a demo’d 29er Marin this morning. A few highlights: Mt. Tam, where I was headed, from Blithedale Ridge. Tons of folks at West Point Inn today, which is about 2/3rds up Tam. It was the 100th anniversary of the Marin Municipal Water District and there was a band playing. But this [...]

And Now, Your Moment of Zen

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  TamWFall Courtesy Mt Tam this morning. Sorry if it takes a bit to load, this is my first video post. If anyone knows how to make it just play natively, I’d love the tip. I tried it from mobile posting on my phone and it posted sideways….

Facebook’s Real Question: What’s the “Native Model”?

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  The headlines about Facebook’s IPO – along with questions about its business model – are now officially cringeworthy. It’s an ongoing, rolling study in how society digests important news about our industry, and it’s far from played out. But we seem at an interesting tipping point in perception, and now seemed a good time [...]

An Appreciation of The “Home Phone”

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Last night on a whim I asked folks on Twitter if they had a home phone – you know, a “hard line” – the k ind of communications device that used to be ubiquitous, but seem increasingly an anachronism these days. The response was overwhelming – only three or four of about 35 responses, about [...]

Epic Sunday Ride

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Remember, Searchbloggers, I’ve got a new RSS feed that you can consume so as to miss these non-work related posts. A few pics from a 25-mile mountain bike ride I just completed with my son… On way up, White Hill Trail as it goes under Sir Francis Drake Blvd. And up on Pine Mtn. Trail, after a [...]

Wines From Last Week, 5.20 Edition

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Remember, Searchbloggers, I’ve got a new RSS feed that you can consume so as to miss these non-work related posts. Meanwhile, it was a busy week, with the CM Summit in New York. Here are a few of the wines I enjoyed: The closing dinner for the CM Summit speakers was great, I didn’t pick [...]

Sea Smoke yum

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The Internet Big Five: Up $272 Billion in Six Months

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Last December I posted on “The Internet Big Five,” noting their relative strengths and the market cap of each. Since that time, the Five have only gotten stronger, adding a cumulative $272 billion in market cap (much of that is Apple, but Amazon and Facebook – assuming the offering does as expected on Friday – [...]

Penner Ash Willamette Pinot 2009

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New Feeds For Searchblog

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Pardon the site-specific interruption, but as part of my ongoing quest to keep my content here on my own site, I’ve begun posting pictures of stuff here that I’d otherwise put on Instagram, Twitter or other services. Given that many of you read Searchblog for my trenchant commentary as opposed to my preferences in pinots, [...]

Get to Know Ross Levinsohn

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The remarkable news today that, among other important board moves, Ross Levinsohn will take over as interim CEO at Yahoo may well mark the end of an era – should his tenure stick, perhaps we can stop talking about the web pioneer in past or conditional tenses. If you’d like to get to know him [...]

The Audacity of Diaspora

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Last Friday Businessweek ran a story on Diaspora, a social platform built from what might be called Facebook anti-matter. It’s a great read that chronicles the project’s extraordinary highs and lows, from Pebble-like Kickstarter success to the loss of a founder to suicide. Given the overwhelming hype around Facebook’s IPO this week, it’s worth remembering such [...]

Oh, MacROSTIE!

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A very happy Friday night with my wife, mother in law, and kids (and tomatoes, kale, wild rice, et al), made round by this MacRostie Pinot, 2007. Yippee, it’s the weekend!