Jason Calacanis asks the question: what’s your primary consumption device? For me, the answer has been evolving based on what I own.
TV. First off, my TV is the big loser. Other than live sports (mainly basketball and tennis) I don’t use it.
Apple products. I own an iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air, and purchased them in that order. I also own an Apple TV. (Yes, call me a fan boy.)
I really don’t use the Apple TV for much beyond watching the occasional movie.
My iPhone has been the big loser in terms of media consumption. It’s always better to use either the iPad or Air.
The MacBook Air (11′) has displaced much of my iPad usage. Because it’s so light, it’s been winning the battle for what I travel with and what I use on the couch. The iPad still wins for watching a movie or reading a book in bed.
The Air also has the advantage of being a good creation device – when deciding what to take on a trip.
I suppose in any scenario, Apple is the winner 
I’m now wondering how education “consumption” is changing across devices.
In a pretty short time span, many very big name tech brands have risen and fallen. In thinking about this, in a very non-scientific way, it certainly seems that the stronger brands are generally associated with a strong personality – whether good or bad. Does a company need to be associated with a person? More for fun than anything else, here are some examples:
Twitter announced that it will be 
I agreed to participate on an 
1. In Portland, bootstrapping should be considered financing option #1. When it comes to financing your company, consider bootstrapping options first. Very simply, it remains quite difficult to raise money in Portland (relative to Seattle, Bay Area and LA). There has been a lot of discussion about the reasons (which gets a bit tiresome). The reality is that it’s relatively more difficult here.
