So this is what it’s come to. A recorded music industry battered for 16 years, which has seen 60% of its revenue evaporate, has learned nothing, circled the wagons and left the customer out. That’s right, Napster was a consumer revolution. At this late date, only Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker are demonized, but if […]

He not busy being born is busy dying. Or, if you prefer your musical references via the UK as opposed to the US, as Dave Edmunds once sang, Crawling from the wreckage, crawling from the wreckage, INTO A BRAND NEW CAR! In case you missed the memo, and I doubt you truly care, Arianna Huffington […]

APPLE It’s over folks. In tech, he not busy growing is already dying. The landscape is littered with companies that dominated once and failed thereafter. And dominance is key. Something Apple no longer does. Samsung and Huawei and Android are eating into the iPhone business and Cupertino’s computer numbers are going in the wrong direction, […]

1. He not busy being born is busy dying. That which is high-flying today might crash tomorrow. Always be looking in the rearview mirror, especially in tech, where everybody has the tools and the barrier to entry is low. 2. Don’t take on an undoable task. Where does Marissa Mayer go from here? Probably home, […]