Initial thoughts on Black Friday
You can see my previous holiday expectations and analysis here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Here are my initial thoughts on today’s (and really […]
Holiday 2012: Part IX
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX On Wednesday afternoon I visited several retailers in advance of Black Friday. As […]
The Changing Flow of Video – from the Tablet to the TV
The popular news site, Huffington Post, recently released a new iPad app to accompany the HuffPost Live – the social video site it launched back in August. As the app description states, HuffPost Live is a live-streaming video network that uses the most engaging stories on The Huffington Post as the jumping-off point for real-time […]
Books to Read
Whitney Johnson recently published a list of 11 books to read. Looking forward to reading several on the list I haven’t had a chance to read yet.
The Role of Ultrabooks in Defining the Future of the Laptop
NPD’s Steve Baker has a good post – even though it lacks the bite of much hard data. Baker provides a reasonably sound estimate, that ultrabooks will represent 40-50 percent of the laptop market over $500 which equates to roughly 15 percent of the overall laptop market. For the month of September, Baker reported average […]
Holiday 2012: Part VIII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII A tremendous amount of Holiday and Black Friday news in the past few days. Let’s jump right into it:
On Voting – Bond Measures
There were a variety of referendums and other ballot measures this election. In Fairfax County there were four separate bond measures and each passed with a wide margin. Surely each of these are “good” and “needed,” but on seeing the results I questioned if most voters understand how municipal bond issues work. There are two primary […]
The Future of Subscription Services
Amazon is testing a $7.99 monthly price point for Prime which currently only offers a $79 annual option. As I’ve written on in the past, Amazon has added a variety of services and offerings to Prime. While Prime started with a focus on shipping options, it has blossomed into much more While many have focused on […]
Thoughts on DEMO Fall 2012
I went through some of the DEMO 2012 companies. Here are the ones I find most interesting: YouBetMe: Facilitates betting on anything with your friends RecBob: app/platform for managing recreational sports The Taploid: turns your facebook feeds into Onion-esque tabloids ube: app/platform for managing multiple connected devices
2012 CES Trends: Windows 8 Hardware Innovation
Over the last two weeks we’ve seen massive promotions and much fanfare around the Windows 8 launch. Here are just a few of the circulars and email promotions I’ve caught over this time. One thing somewhat unique about this Windows launch compared to previous Windows launches is hardware innovation. Of course there is always some hardware […]