Caveat: Listen, before I start, I would like to let you know that I am an Engineer, I like detail, I like to be exact, I know decimal points and most of all, I know how to put people to sleep better than your priest, pastor or rabbi. So don’t comment that it is not accurate, because I will be using new rounding techniques that I call Nuero-Axo rounding, which is also green BTW and it goes on in my head. See, this is what marketing people do, to make it easy for people to take with them and remember (Yes, I am marketing people too, I have a piece of paper on that one also). Oh, another thing, all the numbers I’m using I got from Market Share by Net Applications (http://marketshare.hitslink.com)
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It seems like every day the newcomers to the browser frontier are gaining ground on the behemoth. Google Chrome came on the scene in 2008, and it is already at 4.63% of the browser market share. 1st year it grew to 1.4% market share and now 4.63%, that’s an increase of almost 231% in 2009 alone, and 463% in the last 18 months! Watch out Microsoft.What seems to be fueling this growth? I know I’ve been using it more because of the speed. I don’t like the interface, it seems like it is still in Beta (I think Google needs to pay royalties for the word “Beta” 🙂 Anyway, I like the element inspector also. If you do any kind of web design or programming, it is very helpful. And of course I looooove the way I can search and get suggestions right at the address bar (I know other browsers can do the searching, but it is not as robust, so leave me alone).

But a couple of other honorable mentions are Opera Mini and Playstation. Although their market shares are very insignificant (.53% & .04% respectively), Opera Mini grew from .12% market share to .53%, that’s a respectable 341.67% almost as much as Chrome which has grown (463% of course, 0-4.63% in less than 18 months). Playstation doubled it’s size for market share, it went from .02% to .04% in the same time, (hey don’t knock it, that’s 100% growth), bravo Sony!

One thing I’m concerned about though is the privacy and the security of these browsers. So I use a combination of IE, Chrome and of course Firefox. Oh, I forgot Firefox, this is like the tortoise in the T&H story, a Timex (Takes a lickin’ keeps on tickin’, or the Energizer bunny. It is steadily growing, and now has a very respectable 25% (24.61% to be exact) of the browser market share. I also looove Firefox, because of all the addons (Specially Ubiquity)

So here are some interesting facts:

Browser (Market Share %)

Browser Rank, by year

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Have iPhone, will travel? I think pretty soon the chop-o-matic guy or Ron Popiel is going to be selling an iPhone that can chop onions or cook a chicken.

Take a look at this Quad copter controlled with the iPhone, similar to the BMW being controlled by James Bond a few years back: Watch the Parrot Drone in action. I know someone whose name starts with H and ends with agop that would buy this if they make it for the Palm Pre 🙂

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Google  is doing to phone service what they did with Gmail to email service. Now (Invite only of course at this stage) you can add Google Voice to your phone to be able to do the following:

Is this cool or what? DO you want to make it even more cool? Add a Google number. You get a Google number that stays with you no matter where you go, you just go online and link other numbers to it, so if you home number changes, you can change it, if your cell changes, you can change that, and no one will know you have changed numbers, because our google number stays the same-Forever!! There are other added features that I will discuss later with Google number.

These are still invite only services so it might take some time for you to be able to use it on your phone. But in the meantime I have Vonage, and I’m able to do most of these now (I’ve been doing them for 3 years actually) but it’s on the land line.

So you’re writing some content for a website, sprucing up your resume or just an article? You want to think of some powerful words to put in. Here are ones I use, I keep adding when I think of new ones, but it might help.

Adverbs:

quickly, proactively, efficiently, assertively, interactively, professionally, authoritatively, conveniently, completely, continually, dramatically, enthusiastically, collaboratively, synergistically, seamlessly, competently, globally

Verbs:

maintain, supply, provide access to, disseminate, network, create, engineer, integrate, leverage other’s, leverage existing, coordinate, administrate, initiate, facilitate, promote, restore, fashion, revolutionize, build, enhance, simplify, pursue, utilize, foster, customize, negotiate

Adjectives:

professional, timely, effective, unique, cost effective, virtual, scalable, economically sound, inexpensive, value-added, business, quality, diverse, high-quality,competitive, excellent, innovative, corporate, high standards in, world-class, error-free, performance based, multimedia based, market-driven, cutting edge, high-payoff, low-risk high-yield, long-term high-impact, prospective, progressive, ethical, enterprise-wide, principle-centered, mission-critical, parallel, interdependent, emerging, seven-habits-conforming, resource-leveling

20 nouns:

content, paradigm, data, opportunities, information, services, materials, technology, benefits, solutions, infrastructures, products, deliverables, catalysts for change, resources, methods of empowerment, sources, leadership skills, meta-services, intellectual capital

“Cash is a bad investment. You should keep enough so others don’t determine your future, The rest you should find good companies and invest in them…”

World’s best known or perhaps “best” investor. If you guessed Warren Buffett you would be right. Also another interesting thing was that he was very impressed by his professor at Columbia Univ, Ben Graham. He was so impressed, he named one of his children after him.

I am really impressed by that quote. Besides being in the Technology field, I invest and advise in Commercial Real Estate Investments, so it hits home. I say that to clients so many times, a lot of people like sitting on cash and think “Cash is King”.

I do believe cash is like a King if it just sits and doesn’t do anything. After all, kings don’t work, others do.

So, a word to the wise, don’t make cash the King, make it a hard working employee.