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An Open Letter to Best Buy CTO, Robert Stephens

by Leland Flynn

 

Robert,

I read an article today that referenced a comment you made at the Android Open conference. From what I am hearing you said something to the effect that you envision a day when the DVD section of Best Buy stores might be replaced with a section dedicated to Arduino development boards and homebrew electronics. That Best Buy, one of the largest retailers in the country might actually start selling easily accessible technology that allows the user to create and learn something. I must admit that when I think of Best Buy I think of camcorders, MP3 players, cell phones, tablets and TVs. And the over-simplified image that I have of the customer base is largely uninformed consumers who have little interest in how their devices work. I will be the first to tell you that this is my nerd bias and that while it may be right to some degree it is certainly not true of all of them. After all, I shop at Best Buy too.
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The Most Important Words in the English Language

July 8, 2009

5 most important words: I am proud of you! 4 most important words: What is your opinion? 3 most important words: If you please. 2 most important words: Thank you. 1 most important word: You.

50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change

July 2, 2009

If you ever work for me, and I hear one of the following excuses, you’re fired. 50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change 1. We’ve never done it before. 2. Nobody else has ever done it. 3. It has never been tried before. 4. We tried it before. 5. Another company/person tried [...]

I Take Issue with Mark Cuban’s Open Source Funding Plan

February 11, 2009

Mark Cuban pitched an idea over on his blog in which he offers to fund business plans for people, but only if: People completely detail out their business plan in public. The businesses must show a profit within 90 days. You use the bank of Mark’s choice and allow him control over expenditures. Unfortunately, I [...]