There was an interesting post from 37Signals yesterday, complaining how the business press perpetuates the idea of “success” in terms of things like impressions, users, followers, etc. instead of hard numbers like profits and revenues–and in particular, on forecasted success rather than actual, current numbers. The post was inspired by a New York Times article, [...]
Most of our readers are aware we run an online calendar focused on events in Southern California that might be of interest to our business/high tech readership. A portion of the calendar also goes out in our daily email every day. Local high tech groups tell us that the calendar really helps them to get [...]
The big news over the next day or so is going to be the fact that Google Mail, the web mail software used by millions of people, went down around 12:53pm today. Aside from the inconvenience and immense loss of productivity this will cause (basically, a worldwide version of that “cubicle gopher” cartoon from Dilbert–where [...]
One of the better opportunities here for companies to approach investors, VentureNet, recently opened up applications for the event, and it’s well worth a look by any aspiring startups looking for funding. The event, which is put on by the Technology Council of Southern California, allows companies to pitch what they’re doing to a panel [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
