July 2009
6 posts
Are we living in a "FREE" economy?
I downloaded Chris Anderson’s “Free” (for free) but haven’t yet turned the first digital page. I look forward to reading Anderson’s thoughts on the future where prices are driven to zero as productivity increases and input prices decrease at an exponential rate. Anderson is testing his hypothesis by providing his new book, the hardback version of which will fetch...
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.”
– Great quote from an unlikely source: Michael Arrington paraphrasing news baron Alfred Harmsworth. What is cleverly being referred to as “Twittergate” has been the subject of much blog chatter. After the most embarrassing of security breaches (Twitter’s password was...
“We will have more Internet, larger numbers of users, more mobile access, more...”
– Vinton Cerf knows a thing or two about the internet. He did invent it after all (*disputed by Al Gore). Mr. Cerf works for a company conglomerate called Google as its Chief Internet Evangelist. He says the Internet is just a baby, and he’s right. For all the cackling about VC being dead, there...
Law of Unintended Consequences
A few states this week found themselves in precarious public relations positions as their legislatures tried to pass laws which would require internet retailers to collect sales tax in states where they do not have a physical presence. Amazon, Overstock and other big box internet retailers severed relations with advertising affiliates in those states to make the states’ arguments even more...