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Category Archives: Blog
Fun with Numbers: State Fiscal Policy Edition
Warning: serious wonkery ahead. Not for the faint of chart. Amid discussions of how dire are the fiscal situations of American states and which state most resembles Greece, plus various initiatives on the ballot in the recent election, I was … Continue reading
The Baby Bills Are Back
First it was Forbes, and now Goldman Sachs is raising the idea of splitting up Microsoft. When the Department of Justice proposed splitting Microsoft asunder, the company resisted it tooth-and-nail. Ten years later, it isn’t a crazy idea and could … Continue reading
So Who is Giddy About Windows Phone 7?
Windows Mobile is a dinky business for Microsoft but it has assumed a much greater symbolic role as a lens to judge the company’s future prospects and its ability to compete outside of the traditional PC business (the inexplicable lack … Continue reading
The Hole in Android and Google’s Double Pony Problem
Android is on fire and Gartner predicts it will be the number two mobile operating system worldwide this year, surpassing Apple and RIMM, but behind the seemingly immortal Symbian. Google embraced the ubiquity strategy and it is working. But they’re … Continue reading
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Do Not Call – What Part of That is Unclear?
Nothing like having the whole household awoken by a robocall early on a Sunday morning. The Do No Call law is a huge success. Over 190 million phone numbers are registered (including mine). That is truly impressive given it is … Continue reading
A Perfect Match
I have been asked for perspectives on the EU investigating IBM for mainframe malfeasance. Other than saying how nice it is to see these two fine organizations keeping each other busy, I really don’t have much new to say beyond … Continue reading
Senator Blowhard – Still At It
It takes an exceptional act of shamelessness to rise above the general level of shamelessness in Washington DC and merit comment, but noted antennae expert and Senate Finance Committee member Charles Schumer’s decision to weigh in on iPhone 4 reception … Continue reading
Must Have Software: Google Analytics Opt-Out
Google Analytics can track individual Internet users across millions and millions of web sites. Google has quietly rolled out a browser add-on for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari that prevents information about an individual web site visit from being … Continue reading
Book Review: Cognitive Surplus – Clay Shirky
Subtitled “Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age”, this is social media theorist Clay Shirky’s second book after Here Comes Everybody, which concerned itself with the dynamics of using social tools to “organize without organizations”. Cognitive Surplus starts with a … Continue reading
The Decline and Fall of Mozilla – Continued
Another indicator of Mozilla’s continued slide (previous complaints here and here): IBM announces they are standardizing on Firefox. The party is surely over. The only news here is why didn’t this happen years ago. My prescription remains Microzilla.
