Real World The Tyranny of Distance Quote from Rod Drury, founder and CEO of kiwi web email company AfterMail (which was acquired by Quest Software for US$45 million in January 2006): "We demonstrate globally from our office in Wellington, install our products remotely and receive funds electronically. We have US phone numbers in our office. The barriers to global commerce are… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - The Return of Mr Safe (like a geeky version of Inspector Clouseau, Mr Safe is one of the enduring characters of the tech blogging world... in this latest episode he confronts his old foes Chief Inspector Funky and the evil Dr Fork) - Stowe Boyd on Advisory Capital (instead of investing money, invest expertise -- obviously I like the sound of… Richard MacManus View comments
Web Office Web Office Suite: best of breed products On my ZDNet blog, I've reviewed the best Web Office products currently on the market. I believe some of these may be acquisition targets for Microsoft, Google or even Yahoo - as the big companies roll out the inevitable Web Office Suite. [Full story on ZDNet...] Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - TechCrunch leads Silicon Valley Web renaissance (I miss the Gatsby mansion... fun times in Silicon Valley) - Brian Oberkirch interviews Umair Haque (a nice Bubblegeneration 101 on Umair's theories, which you should take time to grok if you're in the new media business...) - Media Investing's New Thing: Web2.0 ("Any traditional media… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Filter - Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iTunes (nice opportunity for server-->device integration here... among the plans: Amazon-branded portable music players for retailers and a subscription service) - MySpace goes mobile (launching a mobile service that will let users read and post to the site for free) - Alex Barnett screencast on… Richard MacManus View comments