December 2010
8 posts
Strategi "thin edge of the wedge" →
Investor startup ternama Chris Dixon menulis artikel yang sangat menarik baru-baru ini di blognya. Artikel tersebut menerangkan strategi “thin edge of the wedge” yang banyak digunakan startup untuk menarik pengguna awal produk startup tersebut.
Kurang lebih, strateginya bisa dicontohkan seperti berikut. Masih ingat Google ketika pertama kali muncul? Waktu itu produknya cuma satu,...
“How many times did a friend with an iPhone or an EVO look up a bar or restaurant...”
– Editorial: RIM seems to be as lost as my BlackBerry — Engadget
I feel you, man. I feel you.
More than half the people in Asia and Africa are... →
This is a survey result from On Device Research. In most developing countries it’s more economically feasible to build wireless (3G) infrastructure than to lay fiber optic cables. Mobile devices are also less intimidating than PCs for internet access. They are also with you more often than not (I’m lost without my mobile phone). Both are reasons why mobile internet use will continue to...
Giga Om: Google’s Chrome OS: Dead Before Arrival? →
Wow, people are harsh on Google’s Chrome OS. I haven’t found a positive review on this product yet. Remember when people said Google Wave was ahead of it’s time? I think this time Google fell behind technology (or maybe, ironically, Google pushed Android too fast).
The decision to make Chrome OS was made in the early days of Android. Since then, Android has grown to be a juggernaut and tablet PC...
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Does the iPad need fixing?
Paul Thurrott at Supersite for Windows website (hint: the website name is a clue) has an article titled How Apple Can Fix the iPad in 2011. The title refers to the second-generation iPad estimated to arrive in 2011. Also, Thurrott obviously thinks there are a number of things wrong with the current iPad model. I have an iPad and I disagree with him.
Here is my response to some areas that...
“…when I can’t speak to my social contacts, when I can’t...”
– Why a Day of Tumblr Down Time Matters to the Entire Web & World
These days, expressing yourself via the internet is serious matter. This is not about sharing what you have for lunch anymore. When Tumblr goes down for literally the whole day (or Twitter goes down, or Facebook, etc.), you...
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Indonesian tech entrepreneurship: Where we are now
photo © 2008 Ted | more info (via: Wylio)
I read an email from Ron Ishak at the StartupLokal mailing list. Ron met with Alec J. Ross, the Senior Advisor for Innovation to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whose job is to “maximize the potential of technology and innovation in service of America’s diplomatic goal.”
In the mailing list, Ron shared Alec J. Ross’...