Comments for Doug Hamlin's Brain

Comment on Music about cheese by Tim

Tim — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:21:13 +0000

mmmmmmmmmm…chee

Comment on Concept phones by Angie

Angie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:37:16 +0000

I really like the aesthetic of the HTC. My initial reaction to the Nokia was that I might find the base to be kind of annoying.

Comment on Music about cheese by Angie

Angie — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:11:31 +0000

Catchy little jingles. I also like cheese a lot.

Comment on Wing review: Bulldog Northeast and Ginger Hop: Happy Hour Battle by Angie

Angie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:34:35 +0000

The Ginger Hop wings sound fantastic! I'll add it to my growing list of NE restaurants to visit.

Comment on Facebook vs. Twitter vs. Buzz by footenotes

footenotes — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:17:28 +0000

FB weakness: low signal-to-noise ratio. Twtr weakness: low participation. Buzz strength: ?

Comment on We can has 1 Gbps Internet in Minneapolis? by Doug Hamlin

Doug Hamlin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:00:41 +0000

Thanks, Peter. I’ll send a note to Diane Hofstede too.Meant to mention it above, but I think the benefits here speak for themselves.It’s amazing people we’re having this conversation about the digital divide vis-a-vis broadband 10 years ago. Yes, most of us have faster connections now than we did then, but the conversation hasn’t changed much; 1 Gbps could be a real game changer in attracting talent.

Comment on We can has 1 Gbps Internet in Minneapolis? by Peter Fleck

Peter Fleck — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:50:38 +0000

Contact your council member. I sent an email out to the Digital Inclusion group which includes Elizabeth Glidden and cc’d Cam Gordon, and the CTO Lynn Willenbring. Wouldn’t hurt to contact everybody.

Comment on iPad: All I wanted was a fourth-generation iPhone by Doug Hamlin

Doug Hamlin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:43:55 +0000

Ah, yes Paul, no camera is the big thing from your list that bothered me.I still hold out hope the home screen will improve vastly with OS 4.

Comment on iPad: All I wanted was a fourth-generation iPhone by Paul Francis

Paul Francis — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:41:37 +0000

no camera(s), no USB, no card support (unless you use an adaptor), limited GPS, no redesigned homescreen (where’s my social networking updates, mail and calendar notifications, weather and other widgets .. lots of space to play with) .. so near and yet so far.I agree with you – a killer iPhone update would have been better.Wonder what’s gonna come out of the Chrome Tablet or MS/HP space?

Comment on Why Apple will buy Yahoo! by doughamlin

doughamlin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:47:17 +0000

Peter,

The Microsoft-Yahoo! deal is weak sauce for Big Y! The only reason
they did it was because they wanted out of search so they could focus
on content and the cloud. They could turn that around with a
commitment to search from management. And as of now, Bing isn't yet
running Yahoo! search.

Yahoo! gets 88% of revenue from Bing ads with no gaurantee of revenue.
So if Yahoo! gets no traffic they get no revenue from Bing. But Yahoo!
still owns their ad network, they're just letting Bing use it.

Apple could decide they want Yahoo!'s ad network and either rework the
Bing deal or commit to doing search.