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Johannes Ernst on January 26th, 2012

1. I expect you hear what I’m saying (or typing), and not ignore the essence of it. Example: If I say “I want to cancel my account”, you cannot respond: “I understand you are having trouble with your account.” That’s not what I said. 2. I expect that you respond in a timely manner. Example: [...]

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jernst on January 10th, 2010

Perhaps the rate of technological change is indeed accelerating. One can’t even make a few outlandish predictions any more (as I did on this blog last week) without being passed on the right by actual events. Take the past week’s CES: On the subject of 3D TVs, I’ll just note that the world’s software developers [...]

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jernst on January 5th, 2010

[As I'm writing this post, the news comes in that Skype HD videoconferencing will be built into TV sets starting this year. This is exactly what I'm talking about in this post as opening up all sorts of new possibilities.] Let’s compare some prices for flat-panel displays (from Dell, cheapest available alternative chosen): August 2004 [...]

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