Archives for the "Trends" tag
Memo to Media Execs
There’s an interesting Michael Wolff piece in New York about the declining value of content. (Disclaimer: I used to work for Michael in the early 90s) While I generally agree with the concept that content is becoming more widespread and that there is an increase in the amount of content being produced, I fundamentally disagree [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Content, Music, Trends
In Media
History repeats itself
Back in the early-ish days of the commercial Internet (circa 95), we were talking about the browser wars to describe the fight between then-leader Netscape Navigator and Microsoft’s upstart Internet Explorer. Should we start talking about the search engine wars as Overture and Google are about to go head to head in a new set [...]
Tags: Advertising, Future, Google, Microsoft, Privacy, Search, Trends
In Media
New Economy Redux
There has been a lot of articles poo-pooing the concept of the new economy. However, many seems to be missing a critical part about the changes in the economic cycle. We are currently going through a period of sluggish economic growth but people are still getting fired in large numbers. Significant in the Times story is [...]
Tags: Trends
In Business
Election 2000: The Net and Politics
On Tuesday, US votes will go to the polls and select their next president. This election will mark the first time the Internet has played a significant role in politics and it seems there is no turning back. In today’s column, I’m taking a look at how the Internet changed politics and what can be [...]
Tags: Election, Trends, United States
In Politics
From Scandinavia With Love
I was recently speaking at a conference called Escandinavia 2000, which covered the state of the Internet in Scandinavia. During that conference, I had a chance to speak to a number of people about the state of wireless in the Scandinavian countries. Here’s what I’ve learned and how it can help those of you who [...]
Tags: Content, Europe, GSM, SMS, Software, Standard, Trends, United States, Video, Wireless, e - commerce, hybrid computing
In Business, Politics, Technology
Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
Over the past few months, the controversy over napster has continued to grow increasing fear among the music industry that it is becoming an endangered species. However, this issue is not about music but about movies. Yes, L.A. is starting to feel that it has now has to open war on a second front as its [...]
Tags: AOL, Content, Security, Trends, Video
In Media
