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Monthly Archives: August 2013

about business / Avram's Past

Slow day on the blogosphere

Posted on August 31, 2013 by avram miller • 1 Comment

It is the labor day weekend and I am feeling kind of lazy. It is very warm in Sonoma and it is time to get back in the pool.   I had expected to be curled up with my iPad  watching the bombing in Syria but  Obama pulled a fast one.  He has now not … Continue reading →

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The First Bank of Amazon or the End of Advertising as we Know it.

Posted on August 25, 2013 by avram miller • 4 Comments

Twenty years ago, I proclaimed that Advertising would be the Killer App of the Internet. Now I am pronouncing the end of Advertising. What will replace it as a source of revenue for media companies. It will be the First Bank of Amazon. Read more! Continue reading →

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Will the Killer App of the Internet Get Killed

Posted on August 10, 2013 by avram miller • 1 Comment

Sometime around 1993, I gave a keynote speech about the Internet to the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas (where else?).  There I stated that the killer App for the Internet would be Advertising.  I guess I was right. The internet has not only been fueled by advertising revenues but it has challenged the … Continue reading →

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I guess I lost my ability to create great sound bites or did I?

Posted on August 4, 2013 by avram miller • 10 Comments

Last week I was interviewed by a reporter at the New York Times, Nick Wingfield, for an article on the decline of the PC Industry.  In the past, I was pretty good at coming up with sound bites and was often quoted by newspapers like the New York Times and magazines like Forbes.  I must … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the views all 50,000 of them

Posted on August 3, 2013 by avram miller • 7 Comments

I  now have  50,000 views of my post on TwoThirds Done, the blog that I started eight years ago, when I turned sixty.  Figuring that it might take two minutes a blog post, it would seem that some seventy days were consumed by readers withthese posts.  I have posted 240 times. I probably takes me … Continue reading →

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