BLOCKBUSTER Total Access click to activate coupon for $10 off your first month. Free Information on EVault 1-866-928-0735 Plug-In Hybrids are Here DARPA New Online Business Mashup SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today’s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. Thumbnail Views: Via Thumblicio.us SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST The Greatest Risk: Not to Play by Andrew McCaskey The Greatest Risk: Not to Play PDF Print E-mail Written by Andrew McCaskey Monday, 06 October 2008 16:29 I have to direct your attention to the Silicon Valley Watcher Blog: The Largest Risk in Silicon Valley is Taking No Risk - Why the Economic Downturn will Spawn Hundreds of Startups. In that post, former FT reporter Tom Formeski says that the economic downturn that is putting thousands of skilled software engineers out of work is just the incentive needed for the next round of innovation - and the severance pay (up to six months in some cases) is the runway needed for all sorts of ideas to take shape. You need a good idea, three or four coders and a coffee shop with free wifi. That’s where Six Apart, Flickr, Wordpress, and some other stars of Web2.0 had their genesis after the last implosion. The risk is in not taking the risk. What’s different this time around ? You don’t have to be in the Valley to play. Virtual workspaces, higher bandwidth, more widespread connectivity and an even larger base of skilled people from which to choose. And the social tools to find more through sites like LinkedIn. From a customer perspective there is far higher broadband penetration, level of consumer skills and hardware performance, and the fully supported and almost transparent LAMP-browser framework. Content or application, there is more opportunity now than ever. Free Audiobook with new membership at http://audiblepodcast.com/sdr Contact Us CES 2008 Coverage for Tech Podcast Network Mastering IP Tables Watch Today’s Video Episode Click to view videos submitted or recommended by other SDR podcast listeners. . . If you find a YouTube video that pertains to one of our news items, or have produced an item that would be of interest to SDR listeners, please send us the link slashdotreview{at}gmail.com Save $10 on any order of $50 or more at GoDaddy.com! Be sure to sign up for our upcoming roundtable. We will be using GoToMeeting. Also, be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net — from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techroundtable. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH2 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview… Slashdot Review by Email - Sign up here: Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz Less