Matthew’s Weblog

An interesting article on why one VC thinks it’s time to hang up his hat. I’m not sure that this isn’t very good news for technology companies and startups, just like the bubble will (should) be long-term. It’ll make people start companies for different reasons than get-rich-quick.

Let the weeding begin!

As if we all didn’t suspect, there’s now people pointing out in public that security breaches are not on the rise. They’re just getting more airtime.

Well, there’s a shock.

As if the handling wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a nice writeup on the implications of Choicepoint and how it can affect Chief Security Officers at companies. Good to see some folks take their jobs seriously, now can they keep the cat in the bag?

Oh I can’t tell you how happy I am to see that finally the Big Three are getting forced to pay attention. Consumers are starting to pay attention that the oil cartel will try and drain their pockets as much as possible until the oil runs out.

Time to find alternatives, folks! And time for the gas guzzling hulks to die out.

In an age where privacy concerns run rampant and businesses are doing backflips trying to keep the horses in the barn, morons are sharing their passwords for a $3 cup of coffee. It just goes to show that social engineering is a big problem and we have to engineer systems to handle failure between peoples’ ears.

Sigh.

For when you want dedicated access without dedicated price, and getting pretty good reviews… Redwood Virtual. I’m thinking about it myself…

So Slate got 4 designers to revise the presentation of a good meal into a more coherent picture than what the USDA did… their new pyramid is essentially incoherent, especially compared to the old pyramid. When you look at the fresh ideas the designers used (thinking outside the pyramid) you have to wonder why nobody in government thought to ask professionals. No, worse, I don’t think we wonder at all.

My favorite is the Visual i|o presentation that summarizes your day’s success or failure. Still, the use of visuals to show time in Stone Yamashita’s presentation is really slick.