Outside Look

What Google is Doing Right

One of the key things Google is doing correctly is making it easy to access Google services from a variety of places and a variety of devices. Just today a mobile version of Google's Notebook service was released (found here). Suddenly, Google Notebook has become nearly as valuable to me as del.icio.us. The key element is Google is increasing the value of their services, increasing the stickiness, and increasing the general use per person (and therefore advertising). For example, with Gmail I...

Take a Looks at TEDTalks

If you haven't checked out TEDTalks check the link and/or pull it up on iTunes. There are literally dozens of some of the most interesting speakers doing short (less than 30 mins) talks on a topic. Some are funny, others are serious, but all of them are thoughtful, interesting and enlightening. Some of my favorites include Ze Frank, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennet, Micheal Shermer, Julia Sweeney, Steven Levitt.