Microsoft Should Kill IE 6 Tonight: Why I disagree with Leo Laporte
A quick reaction to a great podcast: Microsoft should use its monopoly position to make decisions that benefit us all instead of wavering in the useless middle. Continue reading
Dear US Senator for Silicon Valley, Please Help Fix the Mobile Phone Industry
An open letter to my senator, asking her to help fix the mobile phone industry which is threatening business and net neutrality. As the senator for Silicon Valley, I figure she’s the right person to ask. Continue reading
Dear Bill Keller
Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the New York Times, gave an interview to TIME magazine that showed a total lack of transparency, a fear that journalism itself was under attack, and a disturbing amount of the ‘old media’ mindset. This is a look at what he got wrong, and how to fix it.
Continue readingPaid Content = Paid Wifi
Apologies for opening up the paid content can of crap again, but with the news the News Corp is planning to start charging for content in the next year, I got to thinking of the problem afresh.
The problem comes down to this: will users pay for content that they can just wait for and get for free? Continue reading
The problem comes down to this: will users pay for content that they can just wait for and get for free? Continue reading
You can’t make abundancy scarce
I’m sick and tired of the mind-fuck that the ‘old media’ types try to pull on us. Charging for content, just because you decide it’s valuable is asinine. We’ve got a choice: charge for a great user experience, or charge for fantastic content.
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