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As a venture capitalist. and i started by asking him to define mvp as it relates to companies. >> a minimum viable product is the idea that you create a very simple prototype, what i call a low-resolution prototype, very simple, that allows you to put the product in front of your early adopter customers and see if they respond to the few pieces of function, the few use cases that you want them to respond to. so in other words, just try to address the core of the problem, and dont bill lots of be...

>> long live oregon. we are free to be healthy. chris stywell is here. and once we get over the feel good of that, how is it going in oregon? >> i think i have a contact high from watching that. >> so what if there is a problem, it is going to be okay. >> seriously. in the tune of more than a $100 million down the tax hole. oregon was an early adopter on obamacare and they got a lot of funds and were going to be a showcase state for the program. well it has been the opposite. that money is gone....

Great to see you. >> hi, ally. >> we have known the glitches have cost us valuable time and now we know there is a actual price tag for the glitches in the state. >> in a state like maryland that is the most enthusiastic and early adopter of obama care. and no is claiming to be more on board. it is 33 million to fire back up the website they tried to launch in the first place. it looked similar to what we saw in other states, oregon is particularly bad they cant get it going and had recriminatio...

>> cvss president says it makes no sense for cvs employees to be selling cigarettes. lets listen to that. >> theyre working with our patients and our customers who have chronic conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol and diabetes. and we know that smoking is extremely antithetical to helping people with their health care needs. >> so how big a deal is this for a private corporation to take a stand like this? >> its a big deal, a very big deal and one that we should all applaud a...

With microsoft. and i started by asking him to define mvp as it relates to companies. >> a minimal viable product is the idea you create a very simple product, a low resolution prototype, very simple, that allows you to put the product in front of your early adopter customers and see if they respond to a few pieces of function, a few use cases you want them to respond to. so in other words just try to address the core of the problem and dont build lots of bells and whistles fwha s because tha be...

Use sentence caps, it is a rule, one of the only ones weve got. one place where it is still normal to write all communications with the caps lock key on is the united states navy. since the mid-19th century, all official naval messages were typed in upper case, that is in part because the navy was the adopter of the teletype machine, and so it ended up being all caps all the time. for decades, all military communications have been in capital letters, no sentence case, all caps, but now, the navy...

Cnets dan ackerman makes an attempt by tweeting this photo. on the right, see the line for the mens room. on your left is the line for the womens room which does not exist. perhaps all the women were on the other floor or perhaps there werent that many in attendance. if anyone is well equipped for waiting in a long tedious line surrounded by like-minded people, its definitely these guys. brings us to the third awesomest thing on the internet. she may have been a late adopter but she was given a ...

Apple tech conference. the tech titan is revealing its innovations in san francisco this week with gadget geeks from around the globe gathering to hear the news firsthand. with so much happening, its difficult to sum up the conference with one image. cnets dan ackerman makes an attempt by tweeting this photo. on the right, see the line for the mens room. on your left is the line for the womens room which does not exist. perhaps all the women were on the other floor or perhaps there werent that m...

Wireless routers, net books and ereaders as well. joe brown is features editor atç gizmodo. let me guess what is making all that irrelevant, joe, is it this thing? i just got mine for my birthday, it came a little late. its an ipad, right? >> the ipad and the iphone certainly are not doing your devices any favors. a lot of them, especially the net book is taking a big hit from your ipad because frankly a tablet is much more fun to use as a casual computer than your laptop is or a net book for t...

On currently. but for a lot of people who have bought a leaf or who are interested in a leaf, theyre concerned because this is an all electric vehicle and there are a lot of naysayers out there who said, look, electric vehicles are not going to work. those people now have something they can hang their hat on in terms of the problems with the leaf. it is not uncommon that the first generation of any new vehicle has a problem or two. unfortunately for nissan, the leaf has been highly touted, it is...