My goal with this blog

I write about relevant changes in the way that people use the web and how startups are built to provide services and products for this ever changing wonderful thing we still know as "the web." As a former entrepreneur turned early-stage investor, my greatest hope is for this to be useful to other folks that are like me in the hopes that they can avoid some of the mistakes I've made.

From:
Antonio Rodriguez

And now for something a little retro

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This week's Lost has Hurley rewriting The Empire Strikes Back (a true moment of genius in an already excellent show) so that he can catch Lucas before he gets around to making it to give him a better version of the script (for those that don't follow the show, part of the cast has been transported back to 1977).

Anyway, it got me to thinking about the other momentous geek event from 1977: the launch of the Apple ][. If instead of being a movie junkie, Hurley had been an engineer, how might he have tried to find the two Steves to improve upon their sequel?

Taking a pass on the IIc, IIgs, and Apple III?
An open architecture Mac?
No Newton?

Oh, I know— a computer small enough to fit in your pocket, with all of the world's information just a few clicks (touches) away, and a wide-open onramp for third party innovation?

Some sequels just don't need help. Happy 31st birthday Apple ][!