Archive for February, 2009

Jeff Bezos on Charlie Rose February 27, 2009 No Comments

Thought this was a pretty good interview – mostly, I was just intrigued by Bezos and his thoughts on where the tech world is headed.
I was skeptical of the Kindle at first, but have  come around a bit and now would love to check one out.  I still believe that Amazon is a company that [...]

The Tide is Changing for Newspaper Distributors February 26, 2009 No Comments

The slow death of newspaper companies is something that is rooted in both the reduction of readers of the traditional physical newspaper and the oncoming train that is online news.  Well it appears that readership of online news has finally caught up to the physical paper and now forces traditional newspaper companies to downsize and [...]

Introducing: nytexplorer.com and the newly redesigned FirelightLabs.com February 20, 2009 No Comments

Today we’re happy to announce that we’ve launched nytexplorer.com – a new site built on top of the New York Times that let’s users search their entire content base and then refine their searches based on a ton of different criteria.  This will prove to be an excellent tool for finding the news you’re looking [...]

Changing the Way Music is Delivered? February 19, 2009 No Comments

Ok, here’s the idea: Make an iPhone (or G1 or other smart phone) app that allows buyers to stream all of the content form a particular band’s library – for a nominal fee – say $3.  The band gets a bunch of revenue from the sale of the app and instantly has a distribution model [...]

“Going to War with the Yanks” No Comments

A Canadian soldier writes about his experiences over a few tours of duty in Afghanistan and the experience of working with troops from many different countries.  He goes on to give a great review of the way American troops handle themselves, which is certainly nice to hear.  But enough from me, here’s the article:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/17/f-vp-storring.html

Time Ranks the Best and Most Overrated Blogs of 2008 February 18, 2009 No Comments

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,1879276,00.html
Time Mag, not really ever known for their technological prowess, has nonetheless gone ahead and ranked their opinions of the most successful (and overrated) blogs of the year past.  Some highlights that I agree with in the ‘best of’ category are:

Talking Points Memo - a blog we frequently feature on Unbiasd
Freakonomics – Great blog by writer [...]

The Birth of Twitter February 17, 2009 No Comments

Very interesting commentary on the birth of Twitter here from @Dom – someone who was present when the idea went down.  Very intriguing read:
http://www.140characters.com/2009/01/30/how-twitter-was-born/