The Second Digital Decade’s Impact on Food Service
Today I had lunch with a friend whom I haven’t seen in several years. We met in a part of the city I rarely visit so I wasn’t familiar with the restaurants. Our phone conversation setting up our lunch plans went something like this: friend: “What are you in the mood for…” me: “I don’t know, […]
The Changing Flow of Story Telling: The Potentially Large Impact of the Second Screen
Today there is a tremendous amount of focus on the proverbial “second screen.” But today when most refer to the second screen they mean some screen adjacent (and subservient) to the television. I think this relationship is changing. As I’ve outlined in other places, ownership rates of connected devices has increased significantly in recent years. […]
The Innovator’s Dilemma in Entertainment: Netflix, Original Content, and the Value Chain
The Innovator’s Dilemma in entertainment is playing out in real time, and Netflix is its most visible example. When Netflix released its first original series in February 2013, it was more than a gamble – it was a strategic step up the entertainment value chain. By year’s end, the company planned at least five proprietary […]
Holiday 2012: Part XII – How Many Products were Promoted over the Weekend?
For my past holiday predictions and commentary see the following: 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 Holiday 2012: Part X Holiday 2012: Part XI – […]
Holiday 2012: Part XI – What One Can Learn From Promtional Email
For my earlier holiday expectations see the following posts: 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 Holiday 2012: Part X We’ve seen Black Friday evolve in […]
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 […]