I'm a proud papa and need to share that the United States Patent and Trademark Office just issued Patent # 8,234,166. Thanks go to Bob Filice, my co-inventor, who in point of fact did most of the work to file this patent, and to Yahoo!, for believing in this enough to invest the legal cycles necessary to get this across the finish line. For their efforts, they now own the patent for "Automated user segment selection for delivery of online advertisements"!
You don't need to know what that means, unless you are involved in buying digital advertising based on the predicted value of the user seeing the ad. If you are, beware. Yahoo! has not historically been aggressive at defending their patent portfolio, but competitors stepping on their IP should read carefully!
Friday, August 24, 2012
Monday, August 06, 2012
Tesla Model S: Dreamy in many dimensions
Thanks to a friend, I got a chance to ride in the third Telsa Model S to roll off the production line last month. It happened to be in the Signature Red, which is only available to the first 1,000 cars sold. It was a stunning beauty, but more than that, it was a heart-stopping machine that raises the bar for sedans worldwide.
I'm not exaggerating. The acceleration alone is worth the price of admission, but the simple utility of this amazing car staggers the mind. You can fit five adults and two kids comfortably, in a sedan. No joke. In addition to a full-sized trunk, there is a bonus trunk in the front of the car (the "frunk"). The 17" touchscreen dashboard does for a car what the the iPhone did for phones. No matter how fast you accelerate, and you can seemingly accelerate faster than any production car on the planet, the cabin remains blissfully quiet. And you never need to go to the gas station again, ever.
I don't mind saying that I'm on the list to get one of these, and am anxiously awaiting my delivery date later this year. It could be the car that changes the automobile business forever. And I forgot to mention that it is built right here in the Bay Area. Wow.
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| Telsa Model S in Signature Red, as seen in downtown Palo Alto. |
I'm not exaggerating. The acceleration alone is worth the price of admission, but the simple utility of this amazing car staggers the mind. You can fit five adults and two kids comfortably, in a sedan. No joke. In addition to a full-sized trunk, there is a bonus trunk in the front of the car (the "frunk"). The 17" touchscreen dashboard does for a car what the the iPhone did for phones. No matter how fast you accelerate, and you can seemingly accelerate faster than any production car on the planet, the cabin remains blissfully quiet. And you never need to go to the gas station again, ever.
I don't mind saying that I'm on the list to get one of these, and am anxiously awaiting my delivery date later this year. It could be the car that changes the automobile business forever. And I forgot to mention that it is built right here in the Bay Area. Wow.
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