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Carlyle Bradford — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:08:08 -0500

Both Hillary and Barack are televisions. They are boring, and should not be compared to emerging internet technologies.

Fast Talk Response -

Carlyle Bradford — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:55:33 -0500

They are not innovative. They are only improving existing products by following the same "innovation model"-- make faster, thinner than existing products.

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:20:05 -0500

iPhone is not an alternative at all. In fact, business users understand the advantage of Blackberries as they offer functionality rather than a visually oriented interface.

Favorite Silicon Valley VC's

Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:37:19 -0500

Who are your favorite Silicon Valley Venture Capital Firms?

Silicon Valley - Company of Friends

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:57:25 -0500

There is lots of talk of alternative energy. I'd like to point to a great example of someone I learned of from the private sector who's doing something about it. Robert Galvin, Retired CEO & Chairman of Motorola Inc. started Galvin Electricity Initiative, who's mission "is leading a campaign to create a power system that cannot fail." Mr. Galvin has started this project, and provided initial funds of his own for research and development of new energy. He thinks what needs to be redefined is the way energy is distributed. You can learn more about his project at http://www.galvinpower.org/

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:45:28 -0500

Reddit, digg, newsvine allow users to imbed, link, rate and rank stories. You must do something different, and here's my idea for you. Create a system which identifies a percentage of saturation of a certain topic in the mainstream media, and reflect the same saturation on that topic with social news media stories on your site.

An idea: ranking stories by their relevance to the amount of stories in the mainstream media about a particular topic.

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:32:50 -0500

Twitter gives you the choice to tell others what you want them to know. Sending an update via your phone (sms) or online (web) and having others know what you're up to is gratifying. Another reason is: people are bored online. There is not much to do, we are constantly seeking out new things.

Although it seems like a popular idea, I don't see how Twitter expects to monetize this application "service."

Best Offline Forums / ThinkTanks

Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:26:44 -0500

The past several years have spawned a range of online social networking websites, communities and resources to help people connect with one another. Eventually, when two or more people or groups decide to move forward with an idea they meet up in the offline world and further their discussion.

What are some of the offline forums, meetings, thinktanks, groups (excluding meetup.com, craigslist-type groups) which exist in the San Francisco area which allow professionals, and business people to openly network and discuss topics of interest?

San Francisco - Company of Friends

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:14:16 -0500

What I've found to work is to imagine and visualize a consequence if a goal is not met. For example, if your business goal at the beggining of the year is to increase sales at a gradual rate of about $500 per account per month (goal with specific date and time deadline attached) and if this goal is not reached you are unable to receive a salary and feed your family (consequence), it is likely you will become more motivated to achieve this goal than you would be if there was no consequence.

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Carlyle Bradford — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:04:59 -0500

Thanks for the great post Chris on this topic. I agree that the web, in particular the collection of information on certain individuals gives employers insight on potential employees. This however can be a double-edged sword. Google, the major search engine player, collects information and stores it indefinately. Irrelevant, factually inaccurate information about recruitment candidates clouds reliable information commonly aggregated by data mining companies (the ones who provide updated information) to companies who conduct background checks.