Justin Laing

Free: The Past and Future of a Radical Price

This is a must watch video for anyone who is making big decisions about technology buying or selling. Once you realize that a technology is approaching zero cost you need to shift your thinking to imagine what would the world look like if it did actually cost $0. How could you “waste” that technology to do things you wouldn’t imagine doing before. An example used in the video is digital storage space. The price of storing a MB or GB is approaching zero. How does this change what sort of web services can be offered.

Would you take the plunge and find out? It’s a bit scary. What if you’re gonna die young. Or your children are going to die young. Do you really want to know? How would that knowledge change your life. From the NYT:

God bless those who are willing to stand up for what they believe in:

Check out the list of Seattle area startups published today:
200+ Seattle Startups

MerchantOS ranked pretty well at #50. Especially considering it’s a niche business product and many of the companies on the list are more aimed at the general public.

He collected some awesome customer interviews at Interbike 07. Here’s a selection:

Wooster Collective: Fresh Stuff From Roadsworth

Huge ’sculptors’ that move by wind power. Looks like something from an anime, but it’s real.