Author Archives: Thomas Purves

DemoCamp 19 (million) Toronto

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Thomas Purves

[liveblogging as we go. here we go…] DemoCamp19 5 min demos, because 5 minutes is long enough. DemoCamp is like open mic night for high tech. At the lovably seedy Imperial pub. Austin Hill demoing Akoha, telling us about a … Continue reading →

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the music industry is only a $22 billion or $23 billion business worldwide. You can easily calculate how much it would take for all users to raise enough money in the network to pay for this.

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Thomas Purves

I’m torn about this, the future of old old media in the digital world. What should we do with all the old and wonderful dead forms of media, culture, journalism that we used to print on flattened wood pulp, or … Continue reading →

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Michele shared with me this great thought about design. That the way to evaluate a designed object was not by how good it is, but only by how bad it was or wasn’t. In this case a cell phone. The … Continue reading →

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Thomas Purves | 6 Comments