I’m coining a new term today in response to what I keep seeing all over the place recently: The Lebron James Fallacy.

What is the Lebron James Fallacy?

It’s when a 16 year old kid tells you that he doesn’t need to study because he’s going to the NBA where he’ll make millions. It’s when a startup values itself at 10 million dollars because Google acquired the company next door for 100 million. It’s when the founder of Hotmail uses “ice cream glove math” (see about 3 minutes in) to overvalue his startup even before entering the market.

» Continue reading “Beware The Lebron James Fallacy”

Recently a lot of companies have been trying to make themselves into THE Platform of choice. Facebook’s Apps API, Google’s one-up OpenSocial, Netvibes universal widgets, etc. Every company wants to be the platform and control as much attention as possible. I’ve heard some people say “Google is the Internet.”

» Continue reading “The Internet IS the Platform”

Last week I had to create a logo for AirDig.com and ended up going the opposite route of most current web 2.0 trends.

» Continue reading “Awesomest Web 2.0 Logo Ever”

A guy by the name of Dave Winer recently called someone out for making up a new term that spread itself insidiously throughout the web: “social graph”.

» Continue reading “Oh my, What a nice Web Pattern you have”

I just read another article about the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and I’m pretty impressed with what they’ve come up with.

» Continue reading “Forget the iPhone, I want an OLPC”