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"Yes Aistis, Blackberry/RIMM for mobile/portable, AOL for social and eBay for real-time (auctions) in the '90s" - Michael Parekh

"I'd actually suggest "infinite screens and a cloud". We're likely going to surprised how rapidly evolving display technologies and costs will make displays and touch-driven interfaces possible in so many places. The traditional templates of "TV, PC and mobile" are very restrictive, driven by specific use cases of the past." - Michael Parekh

"Excellent point on broadly definining these terms, Tim. Also important to keep in mind that in many cases these are the same basic ingredients being used in newly tweaked recipes. AOL in the nineties owed a fair bit of it's mainstream popularity to real-time instant messaging/chat, and eBay 's success was driven by real-time auctions. Of course, the big mobile revolution was Blackberry/RIMM for real-time email." - Michael Parekh

"Reminds me of the media's focus on AOL's churn during it's growth phase in the late '90s." - Michael Parekh

"Disqus needs to be easier to install, especially on standard blog templates by Typepad et al. I've wanted to install it on my Typepad blog for months, but I'd need to use Advanced Templates first. It's Great once it's installed and running though, and as a commenter, it's terrific to be able to log-into it on various blogs, so definitely social and useful there... They'll still need to work on sexy though :)" - Michael Parekh

"Upgraded my 3G to 3GS as well with a pre-order...like that Apple/AT are offering ability to pre-order online, despite early glitches. Rationalizing it by reminding myself the iPhone is really a mobile computer, and mobile computers, well, they need to be upgraded more frequently than cellphones. :)" - Michael Parekh

"Lot resonates in your post. However, would highlight that TED has evolved considerably over the years and is something that's pretty special under the current "curator-ship". It really helps bring focus on people with ideas that one doesn't traffic in normally in the tech business alone. Not a regular "Conference" at all." - Michael Parekh

"10 years too early and the current netbooks bundled by wireless carriers in 2 year deals also reminds me when AOL, MSN, et al were bundling PCs w/ PC vendors, with their dial-up access in multi-year deals." - Michael Parekh

"Very cool, Tom, Congratulations." - Michael Parekh

"Well said!" - Michael Parekh

"Touche!" - Michael Parekh

"Not enough Fred. He needs to exhibit leadership and declare clearly that not ALL WALL STREET is bad and evil. Some bad apples and bad practices need to be fixed no doubt, but the entire industry should not be pilloried and vilified. If he went on to highlight how our financial industry has contributed immensely to our record of innovation and leadership in the world over so many decades, that'd be a bonus." - Michael Parekh

"Speaking of compensation systems and practices, one also needs to be looking at what's been in place for our political representatives as well as Wall Street. I'm not referring to just financial compensation and lobby-driven fund-raising for politicians, but also the rewards that political representatives get for short-term actions in terms of public exposure and bragging rights for their next election and/or political position. What is the equivalent of "Bonuses" for politicians? What is the equivalent of a "clawback" on these publicity bonuses, "earned" for short-term performance on long-term legislation? Where are our systems where we rate and judge legislation passed by classes of Congress, and compare that to the "bonuses" earned by those politicians in those years in terms of PR windfalls through hearings, and TV interviews? The sub-prime and CDO debacles didn't happen in a regulatory and legislative vacuum. Nor did they happen without active participation and encouragement by..." - Michael Parekh

it is safe to say that if you aren't following this closely, you shouldn't comment. I have been paying attention due to my personal unemployment and perhaps failure to concentrate on my social criticism art. I am having a hard time illustrating what is going on because an editorial by default ridicules and points blame. I think it is safe to say you are absolutely right that there is a... more... - Noah David Simon

the bonuses were in the old system. we need some kind of new OS so the existential parts know they don't get rewarded next time. it isn't justice to the tax payers, but the tax payers voted for people who acted like spoiled children and broke the system instead of fixing it... mostly because they were unhappy with the other slippery slope: Iraq - Noah David Simon

"Bill, not sure I follow that logic. The people brought into fix this mess at AIG are different than the ones responsible for the debacle. Those folk are long gone. Just as the past administration has been replaced by a new one." - Michael Parekh

"Damon, Especially since it looks so good on TV!" - Michael Parekh

"Well said, Nivi." - Michael Parekh

"Kindmercury, To quote Winston Churchill: "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. "" - Michael Parekh

"New West Living, you're way off base here, especially in your personal criticism of Fred. As Americans, we're all capitalists and have a critical stake in the system regardless of what we do for a living. Name calling and trying to evoke class warfare is precisely what's wrong with this "issue". The financial irresponsibility of a few is being used for political purposes to drive a wedge between groups of Americans. That's very wrong." - Michael Parekh

"Thanks Fred for that consideration. Feel strong enough about this issue though to participate in the discussion." - Michael Parekh

""The original McCarthy used lies, fabrications, fantasy and paranoia to attack large numbers of innocent people for political advantage" All four of those tools can be found in the Congressional hearing transcripts on AIG and related "Bonusgate" deliberations. Not to mention the various "list" extracting subpoenas being issued by one state AG after another. The House has gone on to include all TARP recipients in it's bonus tax initiative when most of the public still thinks it's primarily targeted at AIG. The Senate version goes beyond TARP and starts to look at all bonuses, even if it has nothing to do with AIG. All of these actions are using the public righteous anger against the original perpetrators of AIG's downfall, most of whom are long gone and had collected their bonuses long ago. I have friends who work for banks who're being told they're evil AND responsible for the current crisis by fellow passengers on a plane...in coach. And they've had nothing to do with AIG or the..." - Michael Parekh

"Do you use Outlook in Windows mode on the Mac? Been trying to get my wife to go all Mac, but she's utterly tied to Outlook. Entourage doesn't cut it for her, so Windows in Parallels or Bootcamp only option if I get her to try Mac." - Michael Parekh

"have tried to install disqus a few times, but I use a standard Typepad blog, and it seems to require lot more software tinkering on my part to make it work, and ran into a show-stopper (for me anyway), each time... will take a look at it again. Thanks." - Michael Parekh

"Good listing of success drivers of the AVC blogs morphing it to a forum in addition to a blog. To the list I'd add your comfort level in being candid with how you feel about things, and laying out your thought process in doing so...tough for most to do, especially since the web is for posterity. Also, Disqus also an important driver as you note. Separately, hope they're thinking/working about how to bring a comment/forum feel to users on Twitter." - Michael Parekh

He showed me pictures of my son buying the first iPhone at the Palo Alto store and asked if I would be first in line at the Sprint store to buy a Pre. I said yes. - Robert Scoble

MS: Fast Company doesn't let me accept gifts. - Robert Scoble

Have been scouring medical websites on "Hormone Imbalance", "weight loss" and "men", w/ few results that talk to the medical issue. We'll all be experts on this condition in 24-36 hours. - Michael Parekh

Direct Internet streaming flat-screens next big thing in '09? - Michael Parekh from Bookmarklet

Inspired by @timoreilly @terrycojones re-tweet/tweet on 100 best novel list by Time, here's Planet Bollywood's 100 Greatest soundtracks ever...for over a billion Indians, music is as important as literature. Only wish there were live music links to sample. - Michael Parekh from Bookmarklet

"Fred, The only additional gadget that I've found helps in these kinds of flights is the Amazon Kindle...but a portable LED back-light is essential since I almost always seem to find that only the reading light over my seat doesn't work." - Michael Parekh

"Type your comment here." - Michael Parekh

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"Fred, re: "Shazam for Places", I like "WikiMe" for that type of application...its does Wikipedia searches on your location for popular categories...I've found it to be fairly useful...here's a description link with more info: http://iphone.iusethis.com/app..." - Michael Parekh