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Platforms

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There’s a thread zooming around the digital space this week about the web being dead. Wired magazine issued this proclamation a couple of days ago and much has been written about it over the last 48 hours.  The gist of the argument is that digital life is becoming less browser-centric as we move to mobile web, apps, peer-to-peer, and other means of interacting digitally.  Of course, as they admit in the article, they issued the same proclamation in 1997!

So where do you come out on this?  While you’re ruminating, here’s what I think. Continue reading

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Free Isn’t The Problem

There’s a big discussion raging in the digital content world. It’s all about content, pay walls, and unworkable business models. I think of it as a “doh” moment for a lot of companies but in many ways it’s an out growth of our own stupidity. Has “free” killed the content business or has the folks running the content business killed the free model? Let’s discuss. Continue reading

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No Manual

Pong Owner's Manual - Page 2

Sometimes stuff breaks.  Sometimes something just behaves differently and you really are at a loss as to why.  Much of the time in my house that was computer-related and the girls learned early on an acronym that became the first line of defense:  RTFM.  Read The Freaking Manual.  Much of the time, that solved the problem, whether PC-, TV-, or car-related.  It’s even easier to do that today since even though we lose manuals they’re almost always available on-line. It’s sort of the same in business except when it’s not. Continue reading

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