The New York Times published an article yesterday entitled Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work in which they point out (rightly so) that innovation is not an epiphany… but a slow process of building on what you know. … innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small insight upon interesting fact upon… Continue reading I’ll say it again… Innovaiton is a process
CNN talks up Amazon Web Services
In a CNN article published on February 1st they announce that Amazon is now selling “data center services”. These services are Amazon’s Web Services offerings – found here. The tone of this article is interesting in that CNN highlights Amazon’s track record of innovating their business model. Critics thought it was over the top when… Continue reading CNN talks up Amazon Web Services
Politics and Innovation
So where do the candidates for President stand on technology and innovation? I’ve reviewed each major candidates site to find their views regarding technology and innovation. You can find each candidate’s page below. John McCain Mitt Romney Barack Obama Hillary Clinton I believe these issues are central to both the health of our economy and… Continue reading Politics and Innovation
Best Innovation spots ever…
What I love about these ads is their unique blend of brutal honesty and humor. They all tell you something you DON’T want to hear or believe is true about you, your company or your leadership team… and do it with enough humor that you do not feel insulted. You walk away knowing that some… Continue reading Best Innovation spots ever…
Micro-hoo?
Microsoft goes all Gordon Gekko and offers 44.6 billion for Yahoo. CNN Money writer Paul R. Monica thinks this will kick off merger mania. The New York Times Saul Hansell calls this an offer Yahoo can’t refuse. I’m left wondering how this merger helps either company. Let’s face it folks… the bigger, more dominant the… Continue reading Micro-hoo?
The future of the LAN
ComputerWorld ran an article today calling into question the future of the LAN (local area network). The article features Bob Metcalfe (Wikipedia) – one of the inventors of Ethernet. “We are just at the point where you can talk about terabit connections without sounding like a wack job,” Germanow noted. As for market share, Ethernet… Continue reading The future of the LAN
Ah… that is why I can swear with Predicitve Text…
A little Friday humor…
Verizon targets Fixed VoIP Services
Jeff Pulver gives us his thoughts on Verizon’s continued patent assault on VoIP providers. This case against Cox is significant because rather than seeking the same win it got from Vonage from other similarly situated companies, Verizon is now seeking to expand the breadth of its winning patent portfolio to fixed VoIP. To the extent… Continue reading Verizon targets Fixed VoIP Services
The Entertainment Industry’s problem is NOT copyright infringement…
As a follow up to my earlier post on the NY Times copyright debate… Everyone interested in this subject should take a look at Simon Napier-Bell’s The life and crimes of the music biz in the Guardian. As I pointed out earlier… copyright (and by extension piracy) is – for the most part – a… Continue reading The Entertainment Industry’s problem is NOT copyright infringement…
Standard Platform vs. Competiton – Which is better for innovation?
Mike Masnick wrote a nice article today for techdirt exploring the question: Which is more important for innovation: A standard platform or competition? The question is evaluated in terms of gaming systems (i.e., platforms) but the arguments for each side can easily be used for any system – for example, one OS vs. OS diversity,… Continue reading Standard Platform vs. Competiton – Which is better for innovation?