Marcelo Toledo

startups, empreendedorismo e tecnologia

junho 2008

No more OS monopoly

I remember the first time I wanted to install Linux, 15 years ago, I had a Compaq laptop where Linux would never work, but I didn’t know that, so I tried over and over again, I knew so much the slackware installer steps that I could do it without looking at the screen. One day I got tired and changed the approach, sold my laptop and built my desktop computer with the pieces I knew would work, it was the fastest computer I ever saw with Linux working like a charm. After this day, I never stopped using Linux. And that’s…

Taipei Market

This is one of the tours I did, could see the coast and also visited this village created in the early days, people lived by the mountains and worked in the city, now it’s a famous and busy market as you can see: [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vcDM_WkR580[/youtube]

Taipei – Computex

Computex is one huge event, all over Taipei you can see signs of it, everyone knows about it and looks everyone is going to it. We went there all days, we passed for every single booth, I gave so many business cards that I had to make more. If you or your company needs electronic equipment’s this is definitely a good way to start. The event is divided in five sections: Communications products Peripherals Mega trends Media Display and Digital Entertainment I believe that most of the opportunities are for OEM, companies that know how to build very well, but don’t know or…

Taipei Update

So much to say, so little time to write. It’s sad, but you have to arrive 2 hours before any international flight, plus, in my city to get in the airport secure, you need at least 2 hours, this sums 4 hours, plus 10 hours of flight to Amsterdam, then 8 hours to stretch a little bit, little walk in red light street, eat something, shower and 10 more hours to Bankgok, 1 more hour waiting, then the final 3 hours to Taipei, and when you arrive you are 12 hours ahead… Computex already started and it’s a boom, I…