Below is a 1981 news report about the future of news delivery: headlines on the computer screen. Today marks the day that the Kindle 2 is officially available for sale on the Amazon web store.

A little reflection on our progress as a race: just under 30 years ago, we were speaking of the day of digital newspaper delivery. Today we have a device, less than a couple centimeters thick, that can wirelessly download books over the cellular network and delivery live RSS feeds using e-paper technology that allows the battery to last for well over a couple of weeks.

The world is screaming the death of newspapers, magazines, and other traditional print media. We are living in a period of a fundamental media shift. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict direct delivery of news to our brains – human brain – machine interactions. I’m sure someone’s on it.

Nothing relevant to the heavens however, in this discussion. Today we receive alarming news of the withdrawal of large amounts of angel funding in the entrepreneurial sphere. Particularly hard hit: tech startups, and potentially more relevant to us: tools that will further the web technologies and subsequent shifts that are supposed to define the web as it is today and will be tomorrow.

The angels are become a bit less forgiving to high-risk ventures. High-risk, high-return, is not a chance they would like to make in these economic situations. But please: remember that risk is what MAKES entrepreneurship. Please don’t let the numbers slaughter our gaurdian angels. It’s just not worth it.

Article Link: The Angels Are Fleeing

As fellow Apple-fans, our thoughts and prayers are with Steve while he recovers. Here’s hoping though, that Apple still continues to wow us this year (let’s just ignore Macworld).

-Aer