Archive for March, 2008

Family “facebook”

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

What a great concept. A centralized web platform (facebook/blog) for busy families in today's high tech world. Keep your family connected and updated on everything happening in your lives. What a great idea. Inspired by friend Chris Sousa. See site here. Quoting Chris "Welcome and let me be the first to congratulate ...

Should cable companies go wireless?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

I read today that two leading U.S. cable companies, Comcast and Time Warner, are teaming up with wireless operator Sprint-Nextel to offer mobile high speed data services (Using WiMax). This of course directly competes with the mobile carriers already offering these services (i.e. at&t, verizon), who are also encroaching on ...

Reading a lot

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

My latest order from amazon is a bit overwhelming. I am buried in new books!SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Reading a lot", url: "http://www.georgetuvell.com/reading-a-lot/" });

Trust: The Window and the Mirror

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Trust - It's a word that's thrown around a lot these days, maybe to the point where it's lost it's original meaning. Nonetheless, we all inherently know what it means. Words and good intentions are not enough. Gotta be smart about trust, because it is so darn fragile. It takes years ...

Birds eye view

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

A bit of a U.S. vs purely global perspective, but this video lays out some impressive facts. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Birds eye view", url: "http://www.georgetuvell.com/birds-eye-view/" });

The gift economy is good

Monday, March 10th, 2008

One of the greatest things about the more recently successful Internet 2.0 software companies is that they are based on consumer generated value. When you look at major successes like YouTube, Digg, Craigslist, Wikipedia, FaceBook, and Twitter, all of these sites rely on users to create value. Even better, the ...

cybernomads

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

I love what Jooce is doing for the 500M on this planet who rely on Internet cafe's as their sole source to the web.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "cybernomads", url: "http://www.georgetuvell.com/cybernomads/" });

printed media is alive

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

I read an article today in Fortune that said print media is dying. Specifically, big news papers like the New York Times. Ok, you have to be a complete idiot to believe that big papers like the New York Times and other magazine publications are going to die because of ...