It’s still Rock Band. When the game’s intro unfolds your adrenaline rushes, your heart starts to palpitate and a broad smile crosses your face.  It’s akin to the lights going down at Madison Square Garden.  You’ve been waiting for this.  And as the band takes the stage in New York and hits stray notes in […]

"He (Bezos) went on to describe Amazon’s actions as ‘stupid, thoughtless and painfully out of line with our principles.’"Amazon.com Offers to Replace Copies of Orwell Book What if your enemy suddenly becomes your friend? What if someone you hate, for oppressing you, for doing something stupid, admits his mistake and offers to make amends? I’m […]

Don’t tell me you love the physical version.  You’re the same people who e-mailed me a decade ago telling me that nothing could be superior to the CD.  I would say you’re part of the problem, but you’re completely inconsequential. What is the value of a book? No, let’s change it to an equation you […]

Did you read that article in today’s "New York Times" about Microsoft’s response to the Apple "Get A Mac" ads?  Deep in, at the bottom of the second to last column, it says this: "On Madison Avenue, they say that the more hands that touch an advertisement, the worse it becomes." That’s the beef, but […]