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I'm going back in time for this one: Russell Beattie's post from September 2013, in which he announced his decision to stop building a feed reader and to join Amazon's Lab126. That's the team that have built the Fire Phone, and I have to believe Russell was a big part of it. Cool. Google's Eric Schmidt: "really, our biggest search competitor is Amazon". It's a great post - check it out, there's a lot more - but this is such an interesting point. I honestly think more companies feel Amazon is their biggest competitor than any other, and that includes Wal-Mart in retail and Google themselves in tech. I wouldn't even be surprised if Facebook thinks Amazon is a competitor :) Do you consider yourself liberal or conservative? It might just be your name. According to this I'm moderately conservative, which seems right...
WSJ: Never mind software ... mobile is eating the world. "For all the recent growth in tech, today’s companies still have tremendous opportunity. Amazon, for instance, represents just 1% of total US retail." Um, just 1%? That's amazing. The other day I bemoaned the lack of desktop apps... Cult of Mac says the Mac App Store is broken, and developers are sick of it. That isn't the entire problem, but it's certainly part of it. The Microsoft Windows Store is a ghost town.
And speaking of mobile apps: Yelp has strong Q3, 45% of reviews now from mobile. I'm surprised it's only 45%, but of course, it's growing...
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Wrapping up a great weekend, today I sailed in Westlake Yacht Club's trick or treat regatta, crewing for my 11-year-old friend Will. Was pretty much a perfect ending... but meanwhile, it's all happening...
