Dec
26
Founders at Work
December 26, 2007 | 1 Comment
I finally finished reading “Founders at Work.” Good book. The book contains interviews with prominent startup founders. Some were very unique, like Woz from Apple. Some weren’t real exciting. Others were very interesting. I think my favorite founder was Max Levchin from PayPal. The different roles he had to play were really telling of what the startup life was like for PayPal. His flexibility and way to identify problems was a very interesting read for me. Having been in startups, and considering future startups, this book helped me think about the different angles and how business mindfulness is very important. I could see a version 2 of this book with some of the newer startups of today (aka, Facebook, a Google product, etc…). Great book, fairly fast read. I recommend it.
Dec
26
iphone sound problems
December 26, 2007 | 3 Comments
I’m hoping the next version of the iphone goes back to a standard ear phone jack and eliminates the problem many people are having with the phone sound (ear speaker) not working after using the earbuds. The issue and solution can be found here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1167507&tstart=120. I had the problem recently. It makes me not want to use the earbuds at all, which pretty much eliminates using it as an ipod. Apple, please use a standard earphone jack and another mechanism for detecting the earbuds.