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Re: Video startup Dovetail, to help frustrated film-makers

kenberger — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:09:16 -0000

"Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated".
Dovetail = great company and offering!

Re: Register Now for TechCrunch New York

kenberger — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:32:24 -0000

I call bullsh*t. Hey Mike- I think you owe it to the readers here to explain how this announcement was stillborn when early in a.m. EST the day it was announced, the event was already allegedly "sold out". Smacks of a ploy to create perceived buzz.

Re: Register Now for TechCrunch New York

kenberger — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:40:03 -0000

Jason- my ass catches plenty of bees, thankyouverymuch. I know Mike, he rocks, and I realize I'm not playing nice. I'm just jealous (as we all are) at the thought of missing such an event (and the preceedings did seem suspicious...)

Re: Let%26%23039%3Bs+Get+This+Party%26nbsp%3BStarted%21

kenberger — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:52:29 -0000

After attending and throwing so many Valley parties, I'm looking fwd to seeing how the Valley hysteria translates to a Manhattan setting. See you there.

Re: Uh+Oh%2C+Gmail+Just+Got%26nbsp%3BPerfect

kenberger — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:00:33 -0000

Signif strides sure, but the BIG piece missing for me to call this anything close to *perfect* is instant notification, or any notification come to think of it. My PC browser/gmail doesn't alert me when I have new mail, I have to check it (someone pls tell me if there *is* a feature to do that). Likewise for my phone using its browser.

If they did adopt that (seems easy actually), we'd have close enough to "push" email, and I'd gladly cancel using MS Exchange and push services like WM5 and BBerry.

-Ken

Re: Is International Traffic a Blessing or a Curse?

kenberger — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:32:14 -0000

one method that's notable in some countries is to sell mobile minutes. Some countries sell the majority of their mobile services on a pre-pay model. If you have a website where people from that country congregate, have them top off or gift minutes via that site.

Re: PowerHype At Powerset

kenberger — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:51:21 -0000

I like Barney and believe in his ability to execute.

Has anyone actually done the children/books tests on Google?

http://www.google.com/searc...
http://www.google.com/searc...
http://www.google.com/searc...

Results are far from optimal, *should* be fixable.

Re: Early Experiences Using Simulscribe – I Really Like It

kenberger — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:56:36 -0000

Re: listening to the wav files on your Pearl, wonder if you've tried dloading a 3rd party app like Audiopop http://www.mobihand.com/pro...

I do similar on my WM5 phone (using "TCPMP"-- Win Med Player doesn't like the wav file format VM's that vonage generates).

Re: The Lending Tree Model for Mobile Phone Contracts

kenberger — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:43:33 -0000

To further your idea, a big part not mentioned here is the aspect of the phones itself. Why not separate more the phone acquisition/replacement process from the contracts? (towards what they have in Europe)

I know of a startup that is tackling this right now.

Re: Yapta Will Be Awesome For Heavy Travelers

kenberger — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:47:58 -0000

Maybe I'm missing in this explanation a key concept: how could this work right if it's not on-demand search-driven (like Sidestep, Kayak)? Bookmarking a fare seems useless, as fares change constantly in real time?

otoh, the idea of having a service that does the busy work of monitoring refunds due is super-useful, and a huge oppty accross many areas of commerce.

Re: New England Venture Capital Association Consumer Internet Panel – I’m Speaking

kenberger — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:21:45 -0000

Here's a besides-the-point observation for you Charles:

When you are in NYC you are at the Hudson Hotel.
When you are in Boston you are at the Charles Hotel.

Odd coincidence, huh?

Re: CBS Acquires Wallstrip – You Can Make Money From Blogging!!!

kenberger — Tue, 22 May 2007 08:57:58 -0000

shoulda woulda coulda... joined you guys!
couldnt have happened to harder working, risk taking, folks.

Re: Looking for a Good Video Hosting Solution for Virtual Goods Summit Videos

kenberger — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:46:38 -0000

http://magnify.net would be perfect.

Re: Get+An+Invite+To+Any+Private%26nbsp%3BBeta

kenberger — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:54:25 -0000

Michael,

Check this out as well, I emailed your team about it:
BetaBarter http://betabarter.ning.com/

Re: Twitter's Big Week

kenberger — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:23:37 -0000

yep - following my contacts has proven incredibly useful and habit-forming.

And that is why I do it all day long-- via the Facebook minifeed. While Twitter really gave the concept massive awareness earlier this year, I haven't seen a reason to use this functionality there. FB seems to have come and stolen that thunder. Maybe a 2nd try will bring something new to light.

There is however plenty of oppty that Twitter seems poised to capitalize on, especially re mobile.

Re: Wallstripped: The $15,000 Quote

kenberger — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:54:18 -0000

baby you're a star...

Re: Magnify.net Launches Video Focused Ad Network

kenberger — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:07:17 -0000

(I have a consulting relationship w/ Magnify, though not speaking officially for the company here).

Hashim & Marques-

While I think you're both making fairly reasonable assertions, I respectively disagree w/ your conclusive assessments. Google likes Magnify, in part because they do a lot more than what that TOS paragraph states. The Blip-Magnify relationship is quite friendly as well, as it too is a win-win.

Derek, just minor fyi: Manhattan is measured in subway stops, not miles :^)

Re: Note to Microsoft – Don’t Buy RIM (You’ll Kill My Favorite Device)

kenberger — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:47:40 -0000

I love my winmo phone. Mostly for the critical elements that the iphone lacks.

Re: My Helio Ocean breaks and I just ordered a Sprint Mogul... thus endeth the Helio experiment

kenberger — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:07:53 -0000

Remember my deep belly laugh I mentioned was developing when you first got into this? Consider it now at a fever rumble.

Yes, treating the cellco's w/ disloyalty is about the only method that pays off.

I truly hope you love the Mogul, because I continually rave publicly about the current WinMo platform, and I can tell you it is a lonely lonely fan club!

Re: Xobni

kenberger — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:37:14 -0000

I have a few invites as well. My contact info is findable on my website (click on my name).

Re: RingCentral Raises $12 Million From Khosla And Sequoia

kenberger — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:33:16 -0000

the killer feature missing from all these services, is handling SMS.

I'd like to give out 1 number only to everyone, when they call me it rings thru to whatever numbers i have configured. But if someone tries to text me to that number, it also should get directed to whatver mobile nums i have set up.

Haven't seen that in any of these services yet, someone tell me if it's out there. This 1 very key feature is the only factor holding me back from "one number fits all".

Re: New Radiohead

kenberger — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:27:47 -0000

My #1 fav (still existing) band, doing an amazing experiment.

Without flinching, I am more than happy to pay $100 for my copy, to support this and subsidize others who are as great a fan but w/ less means.

2 intriguing ideas jump to mind:

1. If there was something to publicly track how much each person paid, and done in a tasteful way, I'd bet that the total proceeds could be much more huge.
2. The fact that you're buying direct from a foreign merchant (an English band) w/ today's awful $/Sterling exchange rate affects things. In 1965 if you were buying a Rolling Stones record, the exchange rate was even worse but the US-based label obviated any effect. If all bands start going direct, one might have to consider which countries' music one could afford.

Re: Magnify.net Launches New Video Aggregation Platform

kenberger — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:45:07 -0000

"Magnify doesn’t host videos, instead it provides a space where users can display their favorite videos from other sites."

Respectful fyi: sure they do. The graphic on this article shows "upload video", that video is taken care of by Magnify.

Re: 30 Thoughts At 30,000 feet

kenberger — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:42:55 -0000

you might implement a craigslist-style "flag for Best of AVC".

I'd then click on that for this post.

Re: The New Hype Machine

kenberger — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:21:57 -0000

It really does literally rock from what I saw of the beta.

Right now the server is overloaded w/ one of the most hilarious error pages. screenshot: http://kenberger.com/graphi...

I wonder if it's a result of traffic spawned by this post, or from 10,000 browser pages being open (did that really occur?), or both.

Readers: in the quoted section of this post, the 1st para is Fred's words from a prev post, 2nd para is Anthony's response. (didn't seem clear to me)