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I'm a technologist and entrepreneur living in Seattle WA. My technical and professional interests include start-ups, social media, online advertising, software, scalable online services, cloud computing, consumer devices, and green technology. Personally, I train and compete in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, love MMA, camping, skiing, and my girlfriend Megan (not necessarily in that order). I'm all about changing the world through innovation and recently left Microsoft to scratch my entrepreneurial itch.

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Feb 28

Hearst Reader

I’ll be watching this very closely, I’m interested to hear about the business model that would support a Cosmo consumer to own a physical reader in order to read Cosmo. Having said that, I’m cautiously optimistic that there is a business model here. Consider this post from TechCrunch that uses some fuzzy math to show that the NY Times might actually save money by buying a $370 Kindle for all of their readers! I don’t think the math works out exactly like that, but it does suggest it might make sense in the near future as prices come down.