Month: January 2012

  • Bye, bye solenoid — hello digital mobility machine

    Today, I picked up Tricia’s Volvo XC60, which arrived at the local dealer this week after an “intensive examination” by Customs and Border Patrol delayed its entry into the USA. I used the navigation system for the first time today because it was inoperable when we picked up the car in Sweden. (It comes pre-loaded…

  • Software only its mother could love

    I’m learning something, or actually re-learning, something fundamental about marketing: a new idea, a true breakthrough, won’t sell. I’ve been thinking about this because I’ve been talking to people whose job it is to follow/report/blog about software. And more than one has told me that I once worked on a very original product that, despite…