This post comes from my newsletter, Startup Strategies. Startups, at their core, are hypothesis testing machines. You have an idea—Fitbit for dogs—and you build a prototype. It flops and you pivot, maybe creating a health monitor for pooches. Pivot. Then…
Hey, remember the Urbanista Los Angeles that we told you about a bit ago (you can see that here)? Well, good news infinite audio loop fans, it’s available for order now – at $199 – directly from Urbanista. Also good?…
In my world, polarized sunglasses are definitely the way to go. I’ve given up on ever finding any sunglasses that look as dark as the ones you see folks wear in shows and movies. And really, something tinted that dark…
When I was very small, I had toys that were mostly non-electronic. They had strings, and you pulled them. There was a dog with offset, lop-sided wheels, so that it would rock from side to side when pulled, and there…
Rocker Chuck Berry plays what Gibson called the Electric Spanish, a guitar style based, in part, on Flamenco guitars. The ES 355, originally released in 1958, has been the definitive jazz and blues guitar for countless performers Berry is getting…
The many ways we can play games these days is almost an embarassment. Gone are the days where you’d be tied to a console (say, an Atari or Nintendo) wired into your TV, and wired controllers. Even at-home consoles rely…
I’ve been quite down on Apple laptops for the past few years, mostly because not much has changed since the TouchBar MBP. Even the latest M1 MBP maxed out at 8GB of unified memory, resulting in a machine that’s delightfully…
While I’m a big user of headphones over the course of a week, there’s certainly a time and a place for a good external speaker. Whether you’re listening to tunes while getting some chores done, or linking it in to…
For my typical day-to-day (even in the before times) I rely on a headset for background noise as I work, as well as for jumping onto MS Teams calls at work. While that’s great when you’re sitting on your own,…
Governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, thinks people who load a web page and click “View Source” are hackers. A reporter for the St. Louis Dispatch found that by viewing the source of a web page maintained by the state’s Department…