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Charlie Jackson
Nov 2, 20214 min read
Why I Invested in Wired Magazine
It’s a little known fact that I was the first investor in Wired magazine. Nicolas Negroponte usually gets credit for being first, because...
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Charlie Jackson
Dec 3, 20203 min read
It's Hard to Make It Easy
I’ve been around the block. In fact, quite a few times. I started doing consumer software in 1984 when the Macintosh was released. I...
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Charlie Jackson
Dec 1, 20202 min read
A Website for Free SVG Art
There’s a delightful website that offers royalty-free clipart in SVG format. undraw.co (Note that this is the URL, without the www. Why?...
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Charlie Jackson
Mar 20, 20204 min read
$3B for Flash instead of $10M
Ok, here’s my favorite story from all my years in the software industry. In 1993, I co-founded FutureWave Software with the most...
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Charlie Jackson
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Bloatware
I understand the desire of software companies to keep producing new revenue from old products. But what this leads to is . . . bloatware....
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Charlie Jackson
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Marketing Drivel
Sometimes I wonder who these people are that write the marketing copy. Do they really think that we are impressed when they say things...
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Charlie Jackson
Mar 17, 20202 min read
There Are Too Many "Experts"
There are so many bloggers, who all refer to each other, that it’s crazy. You can spend days and days surfing from one to the next,...
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Charlie Jackson
Mar 17, 20203 min read
Don't Take Shortcuts
Programmers and designers that work for me hear me say this all the time. And I have the stories to back this up. My favorite comes from...
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Charlie Jackson
May 30, 20194 min read
Benefits of Windows app store
I’ve been surprised lately at how many people are themselves surprised that I think it’s a great thing to be able to sell Silicon Beach...
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