Books that have shaped American Business
The Washington Post recently published a list of books that shaped America. Made me think of writing about books that have shaped American business. Perhaps I’ll follow-up with more rational when I have more time. But here is a start to your summer reading. The first book that comes to mind is Clay Christensen’s classic […]
The Future of OTT
While there is frequent discussion that studios and other rights holders will eventually take their content directly to consumers through over-the-top distribution paths and threaten content distribution platforms, there continues to be a myriad of signs suggesting traditional distribution channels like MSOs will continue to have a major role in content dissemination. Arguably, the tie between […]
P-E-R-F-E-C-T!
I was in San Francisco this week speaking at and attending the TV of Tomorrow Show. As I typically do, I was scheduled to take the red eye home on Wednesday night. I had a few hours between the end of the conference and my flight so after grabbing dinner at Anchor and Hope, I […]
The Killer App for the Television
Over the last two days I’ve been attending and speaking at the TV of Tomorrow Show in San Francisco. One thing said several times is how the “Killer App for TV is TV.” This feels shortsighted to me. In the years before touch and gesture we could have said “the keyboard is the killer input […]
What’s in a Nickname?
As I mentioned in a recent post, I was catching-up on RyanTatusko’s blog the other night and happened to read his post on nicknames. As a youth baseball coach, it is actually something I think a lot about. Typical with youth baseball, there are a variety of things I think far too long and hard about. […]
The dot-com Game
I was catching-up on RyanTatusko’s blog the other night when I read his recent post on games played among minor leaguers. Last year I attended an Orem Owlz’s game where I saw the Owlz playing some iteration of the pre-game ball games he discusses. I think it was likely speedball which he describes as followings:
Strategic Immigration
There is often much said on strategic immigration and the competitive battle for the world’s most gifted workers. A recent interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in the Detroit Free Press drives home the negative externalities from limiting the brightest from our shores. Ballmer discusses why in 2007 Microsoft built an R&D facility in Vancouver – just over the […]
A Lack of Confidence Can be Very Contagious
Recently I’ve been asked repeatedly about the current state of Europe. I’ve said since January that 2012 was going to be marked by periods of volatility – stressing that European issues would be a key catalyst to those periods of volatility (energy prices have also contributed to uneasiness – something I’ll say more on at […]
Cole Hamel, Bryce Harper, and the Unwritten Rules of Baseball
One of the books I’m currently reading is Jason Turbow and Michael Duca’s The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America’s Pastime. It’s a great read that goes through the myriad of unwritten rules in baseball – from running up the score, when stealing should be done, retaliation and […]
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