Andy Serwer: This crisis could have a happy endingOn a less gloomy note, Andy Serwer writes: this crisis could have a happy ending [via Fred Wilson]
 Barry Ritholtz — the housing collapse, credit crisis, economic recession and market crashBarry Ritholtz provides data on the housing collapse, credit crisis, economic recession and market crash. Unprecedented.
 Blackberry Storm Performance Will Likely Improve…I emailed a Washington Post review of the Blackberry Storm. to a few friends. One replied: “My Storm demo will arrive within the next seven days. I will give you an update.
“If Storm is like most new Blackberry’s the first version will be sluggish and have low battery life. For example, my Blackberry 8830 read more..
 Dell uses Twitter aggressivelyDell uses Twitter aggressively. Clever. [via Jeremiah Owang]
 Mike Fruchter — 15 Tools for Your Twitter ToolboxMike Fruchter writes about 15 tools for your Twitter toolbox. The vibrant growth of the Twitter ecosystem is amazing..
 PC Magazine to be online only. Are print magazine doomed?PC Magazine will stop publishing it’s printed magazine and only be available online beginning in January 2009. Are print magazine doomed? My EE Times sure has gotten very skinny lately. [via Silicon Alley Insider]
 Nate Elliott — The Future of InfluenceNate Elliott talks about the future of influence.
 Joshua Kurlantzick — Global economic crisis could bring down the Chinese governmentJoshua Kurlantzick writes “Crash and Burn: How the global economic crisis could bring down the Chinese government.”
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And the global financial slowdown is already taking a terrible toll. Some 10,000 factories in southern China’s Pearl River Delta area had closed by the summer of 2008. Gordon Chang, a leading China analyst, estimates that 20,000 more read more..
 In-Stat: growth rate of mobile phone industry slowing.In-Stat says growth rate of mobile phone industry is slowing:
The economic crisis is still playing out, but all indications are that it will have an effect on the cellphone business worldwide, but mostly on North America and Europe. In-Stat believes that it will take until 2010 before cellphone sales return to their normal growth levels.
Recent read more..
 Drake Bennett — what Depression 2009 may look likeDrake Bennett writes about what Depression 2009 may look like.
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The migrations kicked off by a depression wouldn’t be in one direction, but a tangle of demographic crosscurrents: young families moving back to their hometowns to live with the grandparents when they can no longer afford to live on their own, parents moving in with read more..
 Lorenzo — an amazing horse + human videoIf you like horses (and who doesn’t?) this video will delight and amaze.
 Where does majority of U.S. oil come from? CANADA.Jon Udell investigated where the majority of U.S. oil comes from. It ain’t Saudia Arabia. [via Sarah Allen]
 Intel 8088 (original IBM PC) compared to new Core i7John Markoff writes: “Going from the Intel 8088 — the processor used in the IBM PC 27 years ago — to the Nehalem involves a jump from 29,000 transistors to 731 million, on a silicon chip roughly the same size.” Wow.
 Nouriel Roubini predicts we’ve entered worst U.S. recession in decadesNouriel Roubini predicts we’ve entered worst U.S. recession in decades
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The U.S. has entered its most severe consumer-led recession in decades. At this rate of free fall in consumption real GDP growth could be a whopping 5% negative or even worse in Q4 of 2008. And this is not a temporary phenomenon as almost all of read more..
 Notebook Computer Prices Headed DownMike Elgan writes about notebook computer prices and “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving.
Last week I saw a great HP notebook with vivid 17 inch screen, 3 Gig of memory, snappy dual core AMD CPU, big honking hard disk and Vista Premium for $549 at Staples. That’s a fabulous price. Admittedly, it was NOT a read more..
 Jack Schofield on Malcolm Gladwell and becoming a virtuosoJack Schofield writes about Malcolm Gladwell and becoming a virtuoso among other things.
 Creative pause — thinking while taking a showerCameron Moll says thinking while taking a shower may enable “creative pause.” Like he says.
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Edward de Bono, who may have first coined the phrase, describes creative pause as a deliberate, self-imposed pause to consider alternative solutions to a problem — even when things are going perfectly fine — for “some of the best results come read more..
 Stephen O’grady — Clouds as instance (Amazon EC2) or fabric (Google app engine)Stephen O’grady writes about two types of cloud computing: instance (Amazon EC2) or fabric (Google app engine). Interesting reading.
 MG Dungan: Deflation is HappeningAccording to MG Dungan (writing at Blown Mortgage) deflation is already happening.
 CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business News on your Blackberry BoldIf I owned a Blackberry Bold, the $10/month MobiTV service streaming video from CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business News would tempt me. What do you think? [via Silicon Valley Insider]
 Video clips from Charlie RoseCharlie Rose has a new web site with a wide selection of short clips from his interview show. Great stuff. [via Beet.TV]
 Could US government DEFAULT on its sovereign debt?It’s not impossible that the US government may default on its sovereign debt.
 JavaStation (Santa Barbara, CA) 18 notebook computers in use. Free WiFi rocks!IWhen I walked into the Santa Barbara JavaStation coffe house today it was busy.”How busy?”, you ask. All the tables were in use, and almost all the comfy chairs were taken, and 18 notebook computers were being used, about half of them Macs. Wow.Free WiFi rocks.
 Brian Solis — Big List of 60 sites that leverage TwitterBrian Solis has created list of 60 sites that leverage Twitter. Wow.
 With SNEAKEY, your physical keys can be copied from 200 feet awayWith SNEAKEY, your physical keys can be copied from 200 feet away. [via Kottke]
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 Boxee + Apple TV = Home Entertainment CoolnessBoxee software unchains your Apple TV from iTunes. [via Make]
Boxee can be installed fairly easily via the ATV’s USB port to bring Hulu and Comedy Central streaming, playback of any video or music file anywhere on your network in virtually any file type imagineable, and a bevy of internet A/V sources like Flickr, Last.fm, NPR read more..
 Twitpay.me — micro (or not so micro) payments using TwitterTwitpay.me supports micro (or not so micro) payments using Twitter. Naturally it leverages PayPal. At least for now. If this becomes a real business, I say they must cut PayPal out of the loop.
Twitpay FAQ is here. Feel free to Twitpay me.
 Twiter ecosystem grows: Stocktwits.com — Real investors, Real Ideas in Real Time.StockTwits leverages Twitter in a clever way. They compare themselves to Bloomberg:
StockTwits is an open, community-powered investment idea and information service. You can think of it as Bloomberg for the little guy and gal. Eavesdrop on what traders and investors are talking about RIGHT NOW or contribute to the conversation and build your reputation read more..
 Bluehost: a new home on the internets?Bluehost, a hosting service recommended by Jon Udell, looks to be a good value and offers a killer set of features.
I’ve been causualy shopping for a new web hosting service. Bluehost could be the winner.
 HP Notebook with 24 hours of battery life for $1,696This rocks: HP Notebook with 24 hours of battery life for $1,696
 Global Financial Crisis — Comments by world leaders.The Global Financial Crisis is not pretty. Read these comments by world leaders. The situation remains fragile and dangerous to all of us.
 Mary Meeker — Technology and Internet TrendsMary Meeker’s Technology and Internet Trends slides are very informative. SlidShare: make sure you locate (and press!) the button at lower right to make presentation full screen, or you’ll go blind. [via Kara Swisher]
 Kelly Johnson’s SR-71 TriumphKelly Johnson — “Be Quick, Be Quiet, And Be On Time” delivered the SR-71 (the most beautiful aircraft ever built) in only two years. Wow.
One of his techniques was to have suitcases of cash delivered in person to vendors. The intent was to avoid letting the Bad Guys trace funds and understand what read more..
 Wil Wheaton’s List of Writing ResourcesWil Wheaton has published a useful List of Writing Resources.
 Arista — 48 10GigE port pizzabox switchStart-up Arista plans to deliver a 48 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking switch. This could be a game changer.
 Which feeds do the Google Reader team follow?Which feeds do the Google Reader team follow? They spill the beans here.
 Oldie but Goodie: The Jeffries Plan (Katrina related)I just stumbled on a blog reference from 2005 to The Jeffries Plan. Not bad. Not bad at all.
 Virgil O. Stamps Letterpress LaboratoryVirgil O. Stamps Letterpress Laboratory will print your business cards (for example) on almost anything that will accept ink.
Note: if you like Virgil O., you’ll probably love The Daily Minus.
As you might suspect, Virgil O. uses a letterpress, not some modern fancy dancy offset printing press. It’s the sort of thing you’ll love if read more..
 Linux Motion App + Twitter (or Identi.ca) = real-time remote home security monitorinfLinux Motion App + Twitter (or Identi.ca) = real-time remote home security monitoring.
I’ve been looking for something along these lines to alert me when somthing unexpected may be happening her at the ranch. It doesn’t get any easier or cheaper than this.
 Putting Ruby on Rails Apps on Amazon EC2EC2onRails is an easy way to migrate Ruby on Rails Applications to Amazon’s EC2 “cloud compute server.” Cool beans.
 New California: Solution to a Deeply Divided AmericaA friend sent me this political tidbit. I do not know the source, but will gladly give credit if someone can provide a URL.
Dear Red States:
We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t read more..
 Microblogbuzz Tracks URLS from Twitter, Identi.ca, Jaiku and PownceNot sure how I managed to miss Microblogbuzz but it happened. Interesting site that tracks URLS from the Big Four microblogging services (Twitter, Identi.ca, Jaiku and Pownce). Cool beans. But there’s more…
TwitURLS is another URL tracking service. But it is Twitter only, and doesn’t have a feature to filter URLS based on time like Microblogbuzz.
TwitURLy read more..
 OpenGoo — Free & Open Source Alternative to Google Docs etc.OpenGoo is a free and open source alternative to Google Docs (and other apps) you can self-host.
This set of web-centric makes sense if you do not trust your data on a public server, or you simply worry about Google forgetting it’s “Do no evil” mantra.
Why not use OpenOffice instead? Simple: OpenOffice uses the desktop read more..
 Why Moto Adopting Android is a Big DealYou have probably read that Motorola is adopting Android in its struggle to revive their mobile phone operation. [From Washington Post, requires free one-time registration]
Android represents a nexus in how mobile phones are developed. It is open to all hardware vendors.
With few exceptions (iPhone, Rim, Nokia) the OS for web phone mobiles will be either read more..
 Redfly + Palm Treo = UsefulThis review of the Redfly semi-netbook makes it sound pretty useful. The Redfly uses a Treo as it’s brain (CPU) and network connection.
They’ve cut the Redfly price to $199 which starts to get interesting.
But I have a different idea. Why can’t I buy a netbook that makes it dead easy to use my read more..
 Please help me understand this photoI found this image courtesy of Mathew Chen’s Ziapps.
I’ve convinced my self (mostly..) that’s it’s not a Photoshop creation. But where on earth is it? Please email me your clues at rjeffries [aht] gmail [daht] com.
 Urbanspoon — the foodies delightJust discovered: Ultraspoon, an interesting iPhone-friendly foodie site.
Two friends offered comments:
D says:
[Urbanspoon is a] Great idea, but totally out of date. El Encanto [in Santa Barbara] has been closed for a couple of years and won’t be open until next summer. The Brown Pelican is closed and reopened as the Boat House. Done right read more..
 Jeffry Thurana on webtops for the cloudJeffry Thurana writes about webtop alternatives for cloud computing. This is an area I need to study. If you are using one of these, or know of another please email me rjeffries [aht] gmail [daht] com.
 RabbitMQ for high-performance enterprise messaging using AMQPAde Oshineye writes about RabbitMQ, an implementation of AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) to deliver high-performance enterprise messaging. Good refernces are provided in the post.
 Susan Mernit on using social media when unemployedSusan mernit writes about social media must haves for the recently laid off.
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