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Recent
- The UNIX file system as a recursive function
- Apple’s A5 chip made in Austin
- Richard Stallman speaks
- Dennis Ritchie
- Droning on about computer security
- The multics file system
- Fukushima Robot Blog
- Sinking in too many layers
- Computer architecture, power, and PHP
- VCs bailing on signed term sheets
- American corporate management
- Apple’s Patents possibly covering android
- Computer Science 101
- Why computers are more and more devices for generating heat from electricity
- Dutch masters
Monthly Archives: September 2009
More China Manufacturing
I linked to this already, but it’s too good not to copy this para In a sense, I feel like the shanzhai are brethren of the classic western notion of hacker-entrepreneurs, but with a distinctly Chinese twist to them. My … Continue reading
China manufacturing
A couple of fascinating posts on Shenzen small manufacturing. Significantly, they do not just produce copycat phones. They make original design phones as well, as documented in this PDF (it is in Chinese, but the pictures are cool; the collage … Continue reading
Posted in intellectual property, software business
Tagged innovation, manufacturing, open hardware
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Future of innovation
The company I work for now really does not care about IP. I design low-cost consumer products that get shipped offshore to be produced. The big deal is time-to-market and being first. After something is successful and commoditized, it will … Continue reading
Posted in intellectual property, marketing, software business
Tagged technology business
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