There is no such thing as “Dumb Broadband Pipe”. The worst thing video service providers can do is petitioning a Network Neutrality.

Social networking and media consolidates niches, forms new brands; long tail concept as we knew it dies and becomes a specialized thick tail.

The end of the “Silicon” in Silicon Valley has been obvious for a long time, even if the timing has not. Given housing costs, salaries, regulation, water and energy issues, manufacturing in the Bay Area has been heading for the exit for more than a decade.

In recently helped out at plotting the future of a company after being acquired. On a side note, I had an almost philosophical discussion with friend that studies psychology whether or not marriages are easier divorced than jobs quit. My argument was that marriages are much more emotional, and failure will hurt much more [...]

TiVo announces YouTube videos on TiVo box, including YouTube’s long awaited API and YouTube Everywhere. In an earlier Whitepaper from October 2007, The Evolution of Digital Entertainment, I pointed to the new ways TiVo needs to align technology, markets,and demographics in order to capitalize on content. It looks like they moved quicker than I thought.