I decided that this year I would write up my own ten predictions. I should also say that as a technologist in my core, I often see things happening much earlier that they really happen. It is sort of the opposite of the sign on your cars side mirror which reads “objects may appear further away then they actually are”. Continue reading
Category Archives: New Media
Time to Channel Steve
As a reader of this blog, you probably know that Apple stock has lost almost 40% of it value from a high of $705 to low of $409, as of this morning. In just seven short months Apple has gone from the “wonder company” which might have become the first company with a trillion dollar … Continue reading
Facebook: Mixed feelings about Facebook and some views on the IPO.
Facebook is the latest in a line of mediocre technology companies that were at the right place at the right time. Continue reading
The American System of Greed: How the smart and greedy take advantage of the greedy who take advantage of the dumb and greedy
Here is the inside story on how Goldman Sachs Facebook deal will screw the people that screw the people Continue reading
Rob Glaser steps down: The end of an era
What ever you think of Real Networks (I love using its Rhapsody service myself) and what ever you think of Rob, we owe him much as one of the true pioneers of the Internet. Continue reading
I am not a collector
About 30 years ago, I bought my first painting. As a musician (sort of) I was always puzzled about visual art where one copy of a work exists or in the case of photos and prints, as small series. With music, the more people that have a copy of a work, the more successful one … Continue reading
If you want an audience jump out of a building.
I think it was around 1996 that I declared that Advertising was the Killer App. of the Internet at presentation I made at the National Association of Broadcasters. I still believe that although, in reality people to people communication is the killer application and advertising is just the way must companies try to monetize that … Continue reading
Video and me
In 1966, when I was working on bio feedback (brain waves), my friend and colleague, Peter Harris, and I got the idea (actually I think it was Peter that had the idea) to see if we could put up letters on a screen. At that time we use an ASR-33 teletype as are main input … Continue reading
Joost: The Entrepreneur as a Brand
Joost, an internet video distribution site has gain an amazing amount of attention. Recently it raised more than 45 million dollars and has a valuation close to 200 million. Joost is in a closed beta (I have been using it for a while). The company owns no content, wires or towers. I doubt (but do not … Continue reading
The 1849 Gold Rush and the Internet Bubble
Mike Hirshland sent me a story on Valley Wag about Industry Standard pre burst (that is post bubble). It is interesting and you can read it here. It caused me to reflect on another time in this history of the bay area, the 1949 Gold Rush. Here can read about that here if you do … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 