Inside.com – 300 character news stories – just a bit more than Twitter. Instafax — same thing for video. Finally, there’s an app that helps me track business news at break-neck speed – Inside.com, Jason Calacanis’ new startup. My view – they’ve hit upon a critical equation for digital information and news: Maximize the info — minimize […]
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Why you may see video view numbers change on some of our talks today
January 29, 2014 
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TED 2.0 updates video view metrics — a positive change toward a more productive marketplace.
Continue readingDear Record Labels — Fix your gifting strategy before we really mangle-up this thing called music
January 27, 2014 0 Comments
Dear Record Labels — a brief note from a brain scientist, futurist and bassist — please hire a consultant to study those promotional tactics ASAP — or we’re headed for a cognitive disaster of epic proportions. See, the micro-gifting economy is upon us — and it seems to me that you are quite ill prepared. […]
Continue readingSteve Jobs has invented the Next Big Thing, death be damned — Human Computer Workflows, iPad & iPhone & the Singularity
January 17, 2014 0 Comments
Two weeks ago, Farhad Manjoo of WSJ wrote a great year-end round-up on tech. In it, he argues that pundits should stop lamenting the lack of a “next big thing” — because it’s already here. Namely, the smartphone and tablet. http://on.wsj.com/1kZLd2J But I found something else in the article that underscored his point — and […]
Continue readingHuman Computer Workflows — Steve Jobs has created the Next Big Thing, death be damned
January 17, 2014 0 Comments
Human Computer Workflows — My First Blog Post on the Singularity.
Continue readingVariety: “Big TV Killed the DVR”
January 17, 2014 0 Comments
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/big-media-hopes-to-kill-the-ad-zapping-dvr-with-video-on-demand-1201061036/ Great article — including the sad truth that industry forces are partly to blame for the stagnation of DVR technology. (Witness TiVo’s current experience with the Comcast Xfinity Cable Card — it’s awful — e.g. watching VOD forces me to cancel in-process DVR recordings.) I’ve been in the TV technology business for many years […]
Continue readingWhy Nest is Worth $3.2B to Google (an alternative to the Internet of Things thesis)
January 14, 2014 0 Comments
#5 – Don’t forget – we’re in an era of mega-sized market caps – the 1% applies to market winners and losers too, so don’t get too worked up over the number. Of course it’s too much. Isn’t it always? #4 – Convergence of Video Surveillance with Home Video. Surveillance cam tech is being used […]
Continue readingHuman Computer Workflows — My First Blog Post on the Singularity
January 13, 2014 0 Comments
Two weeks ago, Farhad Manjoo of WSJ wrote a great year-end round-up on tech. In it, he argues that pundits should stop lamenting the lack of a “next big thing” — because it’s already here. Namely, the smartphone and tablet. http://on.wsj.com/1kZLd2J But I found something else in the article that underscored his point — and […]
Continue readingOTT advice for Wall Street: Cord-cutting, cord-nevers are here to stay.
January 9, 2014 0 Comments
Hold your horses Brian! Brian Roberts of Comcast, that is. Yesterday, as you know, he moved his own stock 4% higher by teasing an “exciting reversal” of cable TV ‘cord-cutting’ subscriber trends. If you went looking for the numbers, you didn’t find them. They won’t release the numbers until later this month, which makes me […]
Continue readingA Tricky OTT Blind Spot — Why Mom shouldn’t Buy 4K, yet
January 8, 2014 1 Comment
Used to be that video tech was a cool profession. Today, my mom asked me if she should buy a “4G” TV. It feels like she just Friended me on Facebook. First of all, mom, it’s 4K. Second — unlike 3D hype, 4K will actually arrive — someday. In video, picture quality is always #1, and […]
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