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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The study of this group would be a perfect follow-up to Mr. Christian’s book. Witnessing The Idiot’s Dilemma.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

socalTECH

By late 2005 and 2006, we saw the return of 3D movies, made possible by the digital projectors. One is really fake, and is the "simulated 3D" that most converters use, which essentially offsts different lines on the screen different amounts, which makes a picture look like it has different depth. There also automatic converters.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). Steve was was walking through (live) the process of creating a Facebook ad.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Is that when it became big? was starting. Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I