Archive for 2010/04


Mobile

I watched Steve Jobs’ iPhone 4.0 presentation.  He’s at risk of becoming a caricature of himself.  Every feature is described with superlatives, as if a plumber lifted the back of the commode, delineated the inner-workings and pronounced them not only revolutionary, but emotionally satisfying, decreeing that users would truly love the operation of the toilet.  […]

Sales-Week Ending 4/4/10

5. Lady Antebellum  "Need You Now" Sales this week: 86,616Percentage change: +11Weeks on: 10Cume: 1,647,332 Could end up outselling GaGa.  Definitely could have a longer career. In other words, tradition triumphs over fad.  Just like Nickelback plays meat and potatoes rock and sells forever, tonnage, Lady Antebellum sings songs, that you can not only sing […]

Team Coco To TBS

Same thing happened in the record business.  Huh?  Distribution widened and the traditional players lost their stronghold, lost their power.  The paradigm shifted and the big money turned out to be in the niches as opposed to playing to the mainstream.  Well, not exactly.  GaGa is still wildly profitable, like "American Idol".  But losing at […]

Jimmy’s Sound Idea

1. What is it? 2. Why is it only with HP? 3. How much better than regular sound is it? 4. Does it have a chance of becoming a standard? 5. Does it need to be in your MP3 player and mobile phone too? 6. Do you pay extra for it, or does it come […]