Swisscom: can you keep my Internet up and running for more than 30 mins at a time?

Perfection achieved. Amazing run on a perfectly cool Fall morning through the deserted streets of Berlin. Wow!

DoJ showing signs of life, plans to block T-Mo merger. http://ping.fm/jhWYq

IBM buys crime-prevention software company for smarter, safer cities. http://ping.fm/hjvlb

How much does LH value *Gold passengers? Back row, middle seat.

My good friend Krish Dharma has written a great article on cloud strategy in product development. Check it out online: http://ping.fm/Ny8S2 -technology-082611/

UA930 to LHR, then on to Berlin for IFA

Hotels should not show overtly political programming (Fox news) in the lobby if they value their customers.

Morning hike on Kenai-Cook inlet.

All smiles before a 32 mile ride.

Glacier hike.

On top of the world.

Daniel relaxes and enjoys his first day of vacation in Alaska.

It will always be better to be lucky than smart, but hard work makes you both smart and lucky.

United 299 JFK to SFO. Late. Very late.

If Goog is going to buy Moto then maybe Apple should buy T-mo? http://ping.fm/QQbDK

Will Google's acquisition of Moto help Android or scare off Samsung and other partners? http://ping.fm/3mUij

United 297 to JFK.

It's Sunday at 10pm and half the IBMers I know are online responding to email. I'd tell them all to get a life but I'm the one emailing.

Gnocchi and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Mayfield Bakery Cafe.

SFO has an exhibit on the golden age of TV with classic TVs and this collection of remotes.

Lack of product innovation hurting wireless. Great viewpoint here. http://ping.fm/4kIdK

Key insight into health & social networks may not be true: maybe you can't catch obesity. http://ping.fm/EzvY2

Paul Krugman on S&P downgrade in the New York Times. http://ping.fm/kxZNE

Brilliant geographically accurate view of London's underground network. http://ping.fm/KUaAo

Kickstarter, profiled in depth. More evidence of why the New York Times smokes the Journal these days when it comes to biz news. http://ping.fm/idxfl

I love Pret-A-Manger, one my favorite fast food places. New York Times today has a great article on their business model http://ping.fm/VwIXa

The one thing you cannot have on Friday evening

VC data says google now down to 50% share of all real searches. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/08/roger-mcnamee-everything-is-changing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBigPicture+%28The+Big+Picture%29

A clear explanation of absurdity: Zediva is illegal because the cable is too long! http://ping.fm/qGWHW

Plan for tomorrow: I'm biking to all meetings. The car stays at home.

Studios win first round against Zediva, but it's not yet game over. Rulings + appeals could take up to 2 years. http://ping.fm/Jexgx