Closing a social transaction. Musings on e-commerce and copyright.
A couple of days ago via Microsoft’s arbiter of all things cool, Steve Clayton, I saw this poster. (If you like it, buy it too). The poster has gone viral, no doubt bringing a wry but slightly painful smile to anyone filling in travel expenses or CRM system screens, or thinking about tidying the garage. Within a couple [...]
Bottom of the Pyramid of Digital Media
If you read this blog regularly you should be used to my constant carping about the lack of imagination in the music industry due to which the price per song is stuck at about $1. While the music industry in the West and in Bollywood is doing its best ostrich imitation, in another product category [...]
The Wealthy Pirate VC
Having been in the software business all my life, I’m no stranger to the idea that many people think it’s okay to steal digital property. After all, it costs virtually nothing to manufacture another copy, so the reasoning goes, and so therefore the owner isn’t out anything. It’s an unenlightened and unsophisticated rationalization of what, [...]
How to Become an Enterprise Irregular
Our little (?) group of Enterprise Irregulars has been growing steadily, and I’m often asked what it takes to join us. It’s really simple. Here’s the key qualifier, courtesy of Merv Adrian: Ok… so it’s the weekend, and I had my little fun. The real answer is that there is no answer. We don’t have [...]
A Whiter Shade of Pale by Apple (Leaky iPhone and More)
This is the Week of Leaks: first and foremost Wikileaks, and now the iPhone Leak. No, I’m not talking about the disappearing signal (aren’t we bored of the iPhone antenna stories yet?), this is leaking white light as reported by TheStreet.com: Apparently, the back light from the iPhone display screen is leaking out around the [...]
Bohemian Bankruptcy
Hm.. must be Bohemian Week… see Jeff’s Happy Thanksgiving, and now this. P.S. Ah, that FTC disclosure.. I did some business with the Queen … a Century ago, in another Galaxy.
Happy Thanksgiving
Instead of a serious post detailing all I am thankful for, I submit this display of extreme awesomeness:
