Justin Laing http://www.justinlaing.com A geek in olywa! Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Surfing In Washington http://www.justinlaing.com/surfing/surfing-in-washington/ http://www.justinlaing.com/surfing/surfing-in-washington/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:24:34 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/surfing/surfing-in-washington/

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/surfing/surfing-in-washington/feed/ Price Trends - Imagine A Near $0 Price For Many Technologies http://www.justinlaing.com/business/price-trends-imagine-a-near-0-price-for-many-technologies/ http://www.justinlaing.com/business/price-trends-imagine-a-near-0-price-for-many-technologies/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:07:28 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/business/price-trends-imagine-a-near-0-price-for-many-technologies/
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.

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/business/price-trends-imagine-a-near-0-price-for-many-technologies/feed/ WTF or FTW? http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/wtf-or-ftw/ http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/wtf-or-ftw/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:42:05 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/wtf-or-ftw/

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/wtf-or-ftw/feed/ What If You Could Know Your Destiny? http://www.justinlaing.com/life/what-if-you-could-know-your-destiny/ http://www.justinlaing.com/life/what-if-you-could-know-your-destiny/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:11:04 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/life/what-if-you-could-know-your-destiny/ 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.
]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/life/what-if-you-could-know-your-destiny/feed/ Olympia Port Protests http://www.justinlaing.com/olympia/olympia-port-protests/ http://www.justinlaing.com/olympia/olympia-port-protests/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:59:42 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/etc/olympia-port-protests/ God bless those who are willing to stand up for what they believe in:

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/olympia/olympia-port-protests/feed/ Seattle Startups List - MerchantOS is #50 http://www.justinlaing.com/business/seattle-startups-list-merchantos-is-50/ http://www.justinlaing.com/business/seattle-startups-list-merchantos-is-50/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:52:09 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/business/seattle-startups-list-merchantos-is-50/ 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.

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/business/seattle-startups-list-merchantos-is-50/feed/ MerchantOS at Interbike 07 http://www.justinlaing.com/business/merchantos-at-interbike-07/ http://www.justinlaing.com/business/merchantos-at-interbike-07/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:49:15 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/business/merchantos-at-interbike-07/ He collected some awesome customer interviews at Interbike 07. Here’s a selection:

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]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/surfing/surfing-the-cove/feed/ Creative “Street” Art http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/creative-street-art/ http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/creative-street-art/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:09:16 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/creative-street-art/


Wooster Collective: Fresh Stuff From Roadsworth

]]> http://www.justinlaing.com/web-find/creative-street-art/feed/ Theo Jansen - Amazing Kinetic Sculptor http://www.justinlaing.com/geekdom/theo-jansen-amazing-kinetic-sculptor/ http://www.justinlaing.com/geekdom/theo-jansen-amazing-kinetic-sculptor/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:26:39 +0000 jlaing http://www.justinlaing.com/geekdom/theo-jansen-amazing-kinetic-sculptor/ Huge ’sculptors’ that move by wind power. Looks like something from an anime, but it’s real.
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