For a year or two after Steve’s death, analysts talked about a ‘lack of innovation’ as a risk for Cook’s Apple. At that time, I felt the criticism was unwarranted. My argument? The iPhone was enough innovation for a decade – and Cook’s steady execution refining existing products would provide ample room to harvest Jobs’ […]
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The Apple Watch Sucks. (Or, #iMissSteveJobs)
June 26, 2015 
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The iWatch – or whatever – is Apple’s Zune. I’m sure it won’t break the stock, but boy, that is as flawed a product as Apple’s ever put out. Honestly, even the Newton is looking pretty good in the annals of Apple history compared to the Watch. The laptop that caught fire – that’s the only […]
Continue reading 7 Reasons #NABShow beats #CES and #SXSW
March 24, 2015 4 Comments
In “The Purpose of Silicon Valley,” MIT Tech Review author Michael Malone talks of a geeky debate happening in the Valley these days. The question? Are we losing our purpose? Social networking apps are fun, the argument goes, but global hunger isn’t yet solved – and tech startups need to be involved in those problems. […]
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 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 […]
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