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  1. Zuck’s Sweatshirt

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Mark Zuckerberg goes on TV to ring the bell in 5 days and the big question is, will he be wearing his Sweatshirt or will he put on a suit jacket? I’m not planning to invest in Facebook, but if I were, I would be hoping he sticks to his...
  2. Guess I’m Moving to Massachusets

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / May 14, 2012 / Leave a comment
    I have spoken before about the potential for, and profitability of, dating sites.  Over the weekend I spent a little time fooling around with OKCupid and I came away pretty impressed.  I suppose the world may always need Match.coms for simplicity, but OKCupid does something very interesting with questions.  They...
  3. Live TV Fights Back

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / April 11, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Live television is more profitable then recorded or “On Demand” television.  People have no choice but to sit through the ads, and that means the advertisers pay more money if people watch your show live.  The problem is, people have lives (and they don’t like ads).  I’ve argued before that...
  4. When Democratizing Isn’t Good

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    On Tuesday I wrote a post called “Democratizing Spelling”.  It had to do with how Google is using the websites they’ve indexed and the search terms they’ve received to decide how a word IS spelled instead of using a dictionary to look up how a word SHOULD be spelled.  I...
  5. Social Dating Website – The Holy Grail

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    There were not one but two recent articles that crossed my path recently about online dating.  It got me thinking about a subject I’ve come back to at least two different times (one and two), the idea of a social dating site.  There is just so much information available on...
  6. Foursquare “Save”, GREAT Idea

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 22, 2012 / Leave a comment
    I was perusing Twitter this morning and found a post about “Pricey Bars That Are Worth the Money”.  I was quite interested to see what they had in mind, so I clicked through to KDKA’s website.  It listed three bars, all of which sounded like a good time.  In particular...
  7. Some Observations and Thoughts on The PG’s Website

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 16, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Post-Gazette completely redesigned their website earlier this week.  What I’d like to do is make two lists, first I’ll highlight the changes I observed (the critical ones anyway) and then I’ll share some thoughts on what I think it all means.  I’m not going to share thoughts on the...
  8. Getting a Job Based on Data or Social

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The world is full of interesting spaces where the current technology’s days are numbered, but what will replace it is not quite clear yet.  Take television, Like many things, the days of the traditional resume are numbered.  Take News, Media, or Television as examples that I’ve discussed before.  Today, I’ve...
  9. Picking Through the Picked Over – Part 1: Social

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / March 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    I don’t spend a lot of time in the stock market.  In spite of my background as an MBA, these days I tend to feel that there are better opportunities elsewhere (real estate for safety and small companies for growth).  That said, as the future of IT (cloud and social)...
  10. Integrating Services and Why Google Doesn’t Bother Me

    Posted by Burgher Jon
    / January 28, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Every couple of months I go to see a short little man who works at the Nordstrom’s in Charlotte to talk work clothes and usually buy a few shirts, a pair of pants or two and sometimes a pair of shoes.  I know that Nordstrom’s is not the cheapest place...
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