Archive for 2011/05


News You Can Use

"Netflix Beats BitTorrent’s Bandwidth" And who says the public doesn’t want subscription services… Who wants some Blockbuster stock? The public doesn’t know what it wants in the future.  It’s the obligation of technologists and content providers to bring them there. Streaming movies on your iPad…it’s a beautiful thing. Maybe music subscription streaming services were too […]

Innovation

I hate "American Idol", but I’ve got to give credit to Simon Fuller for creating something new, marrying music and reality TV to build a juggernaut. And I give credit to Simon Cowell also.  Not because of "X Factor", but because he was willing to tell the truth on TV.  Doesn’t matter how mean you […]

The Future

PepsiCo’s got a problem.  Its signature soft drink and the products of its Frito-Lay division make you fat.  And obesity has become a worldwide epidemic.  How to survive in the future?  Convince people that being fat is good, keep selling them what you always have, or reengineer your products for the future? That’s the subject […]

Stevie Nicks’s Album

She should have made a deal with Spanx! What do we know about Stevie Nicks?  She took Klonopin and got fat.  If Jennifer Hudson can do a deal with Weight Watchers and only enhance her career, why can’t Ms. Nicks do the same?  Show she’s one of the girls.  Dealing with aging as opposed to […]