Justin Laing

A geek in olywa!

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Surfing In Washington

January 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Price Trends - Imagine A Near $0 Price For Many Technologies

December 19th, 2007 · No Comments


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.

WTF or FTW?

November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

What If You Could Know Your Destiny?

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments

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:

The DNA Age

My Genome, Myself: Seeking Clues in DNA

By AMY HARMON
Published: November 17, 2007
For as little as $1,000 and a saliva sample, customers of an infant industry will be able to learn what is known about how their biological code shapes who they are.

Click here to read the full article at nytimes.com.

Olympia Port Protests

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

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

Seattle Startups List - MerchantOS is #50

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments

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.

MerchantOS at Interbike 07

October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

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

Surfing The Cove

October 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Creative “Street” Art

September 11th, 2007 · No Comments




Wooster Collective: Fresh Stuff From Roadsworth

Theo Jansen - Amazing Kinetic Sculptor

September 6th, 2007 · No Comments

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

glumbert.com - Kinetic Sculpture