I’m not excited about this.  I’m quite happy with OS X.  I’m not one of the minions tearing their hair out, bitching about Vista.  But as a business story, this is fascinating. You see Microsoft is married to an old business model.  They make their money selling Windows and Office.  What if these are suddenly […]

Buzz starts at the bottom. I hate press releases.  Almost as much as I hate the people who e-mail me their MP3s unsolicited and ask for a ride to stardom (as if I could provide one!) I spend all day at the computer.  Surfing regular sites that might amaze you.  But I’ve ferreted out the […]

My dream is bittersweetCause I’m an old man dreaming in a young man’s world Ageism.  You think it’ll never happen to you.  Then you reach a certain age and your opinion no longer counts, the kids control the music and those aged executives still in power wear baseball caps and try to act like kids […]

The Death Of Traditional Media The story was broken on TMZ and spread on Twitter.  Not only was the straight media caught flat-footed, stating that it was playing by traditional rules, waiting for confirmation, it let TMZ continue to own the story. In other words, in the future, if a story is breaking, you will […]