Through various chicanes and twists I stumbled today on a 20-minute talk from TED 2005 by architect and designer William McDonough. There is of course much discussion of sustainability at events like this, but moreso than most he’s a guy who’s walking the...
Hockey and Hollywood have never been comfortable bedfellows. Perhaps the main reason why, is that every American’s perception of the beautiful game has been conventionalized by a certain movie-that-shall-not-be-discussed. Hockey’s been a minor backdrop...
If you don’t know what it’s like to hand dial your computer’s connection to the outside world, you probably missed out on some of the early lessons that have steered some of the internet’s most successful people. Or so says James Hong. I...
Obviously I think that Simpler is Better. From Barcamp, I saw a video from Lee Lefever on social bookmarking, explained simply. They edit their movies using Final Cut Express, shoot in their small apartment on the floor, and focus on quality of instruction vs. glossy...
Back in the ’90s, when I actually logged some time at a campus Apple reseller, the Apple supply chain was ridiculously poor, due to its unpredictability and the occasional ridiculous lack of availability of basic accessories. Often our academic customers would...
Well, today we lifted the veil (somewhat unexpectedly) on PubSub 2.0; or rather, the fact that there will soon be such a thing. We announced via TechCrunch and GigaOM that we have acquired a number of the assets of PubSub Concepts, Inc. from the asset holder and have...
First this morning came the ominous report from El Reg at around 8AM that FaceBook was mis-serving pages and allowing users to browse the InBoxes of others. Then, at around 10:15AM, as I was happily surfing the pages of my friends and associates, FaceBook went down....
Quite sadly, all of my friends are getting iPhones, it seems, and the iPhone Resistance soldiers are dropping like flies. There are rumors that even hardened technologists like Jeff Pulver, who’s made loud protestations to contradict the trend have been lured...
Baskin-Robbins oughtta be scared. Easily the highlight for me while attending DEMO 2006 was sampling the wares of the Moobella Ice Cream vending machine. Yesterday they announced their $25M Series A financing, which is an impressive indicator of how far along they...
Lesbians: It’s always about them, isn’t it? They take and they take and they take. It’s just not enough that they want to get married, work alongside us, raise their children, invade the fantasies of otherwise normal tobacco-chewing NASCAR-watching...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
