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Why the Boo.comeback makes sense

November 28, 2006

There has been much dis­cus­sion lately, most of it neg­a­tive (you can read more com­ments on Tech­no­rati), about the come­back of boo.com and once again, I find myself on the oppo­site side of the shared wis­dom. Before I go into rea­sons as to why I think a come­back by Boo.com (a boo.comeback?) makes sense, let me first go into my […]

Apple Aims for the Living Room

September 12, 2006

Apple launches a frontal attack on your liv­ing room.

Characteristics of Virtual World Users

August 5, 2006

Hav­ing looked, in the pre­vi­ous entry, at the eco­nomic con­di­tions sur­round­ing vir­tual worlds, I am now turn­ing my atten­tion to the demo­graphic pro­file of those users. Over­all Num­bers The over­all pop­u­la­tion, accord­ing to MMOG Charts, is cur­rently about 12 mil­lion peo­ple strong. What is inter­est­ing, how­ever, is the growth rate: look­ing at the linked chart, one can […]

9–11 at 4

September 11, 2005

9/11 @ 4

Conventional Wisdom: The RNC Hits New York

September 5, 2004

All eyes in the United States were on New York city this week, as Repub­li­cans held their national con­ven­tion in my home­town. While I had ini­tially con­sid­ered skip­ping town, I ended up stay­ing in the city and vol­un­teer­ing with the New York chap­ter of the ACLU. Fol­low­ing is a quick sum­mary of some of the expe­ri­ences I’ve had […]

TNL News Update: Leaving Boo

January 31, 2000

I’m leav­ing Boo and launch­ing a new com­pany to help cor­po­ra­tions with their inter­net strategies.

Tech Race: Is Europe Getting Ahead?

September 26, 1999

A call to arms for Amer­i­can e-tailers: catch up now or risk los­ing the lead.