2 posts and columns on persistent data

Yes, BoomTown Will Overpay for Apple's Pretty Version of the Kindle (Twice!)

in News on May 8, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Oh dear, I always forget that the camera is turned on 24/7 these days, knows all and sees all and then sticks it on YouTube. Like this moment for me that came during a speech I gave last week at the Software & Information Industry Association’s NetGain conference in San Francisco, which was titled, “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Tweet: What Interactivity Really Means for Real Businesses.” In 140 words or fewer, I insult Amazon’s Kindle, Apple and even myself for being a Steve Jobs fanboy.
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BoomTown's Annual Chat With Silicon Valley Angel Investor Ron Conway!

in News on May 6, 2009 at 2:20 pm PT

BoomTown likes to get together every year with well-known Silicon Valley angel investor Ron Conway for a chat about what’s up. This year, he drilled down on something he is dubbing “persistent data,” which has all to do with Twitter, the hot microblogging service in which he is an investor. Because of innovations like that, things seem to be looking up in the tech investing space, he said, and he is even predicting IPOs sooner than later.