Shannon Jacobs

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• May 1, 2001, on ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up:

  Well, not sure if anything in this industry is relevant in 2-3 years, but here's my offering... I was involved in a situation something like this, but from the position of one of the very bad bets that Philip mentions--a company with a wing and a prayer that never had a profit, though they did have a Harvard MBA V-P from the beginning. The MBA got a couple of million to play with from the VCs, and play they did, and the company went right down the tubes. I left before things got ugly, but I felt the fundamental flaw was an almost complete lack of vision and technical savvy in the managers, including the MBA. I felt the VCs were fools from the git go, but they were still hoping to hit a home run with the wild swing, and they didn't even care enough about that piddling amount of money to worry about sticking their noses into the mess. Phil mentioned Dubya, apparently as a 'harmless' example of MBA 'leadership', but for various reasons, including the experience I just mentioned, I think...

• June 12, 2012, on iPhone versus Android:

  Alternative perspectives are geographical (Japan) and chronological (after Google Play release). Experience level is somewhat over a year with an HTC smartphone running Android 2.3 and four months with a Toshiba AT 200 tablet running Android 3.x. Heavy user of tethering, both USB and WiFi. Mostly satisfied with Android, but HTC seems to have some serious problem with the Japanese market. The four main carriers all offered HTC phones in the past, but I think the only remaining trace is residual inventory. My own experiences with HTC as regards HTC-specific problems were pretty terrible, and my English ability ought to have helped smooth things over... Haven't really had enough interaction with Toshiba to say for sure, but they seem far better than HTC. Most of my friends seem to have Toshiba or Sharp smartphones, but I notice a lot of Sonys on the trains. Some of my friends are iPhone users, and Apple has a heavy presence here. Not sure of the market breakdown. Most applications ha...