Douglas Hofstadter

I’m so envious of Sean, who went to the lecture by Douglas Hofstadter at Stanford on Monday. I read that book in high school and remember attending the author’s signing ceremony on one of my very first days at Stanford.

His father, a Nobel Prize-winner, taught my freshman physics class. I wonder what that family talks about at Thanksgiving dinners.

Ideas posted here

Eventually I’ll get around to writing these up in a nicer form, but for now you can see some of my new business idea here.

 

Edgeio and eBay

BusinessWeek Online writes about Edgeio ’s Clash with E-Commerce Giants, but I think they’re too hopeful for its ability to compete with Ebay just yet.

Making a single, aggregation of people’s blog content is a great idea, but how will they get anyone to pay the 25 cents (or whatever).  These aggregation sites are the wave of the future, but you have to find a model where people don’t have to pay the aggregator.

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Replay gets an Upgrade

I use Replay-Radio all the time to capture NPR and other radio shows for playback during my commute.  Now they just announed the Replay A/V Upgrade (only $9.95 to registered users).  Looks like it supports video too.  Cool!

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