Here is an article I just discovered that suggests that the recession has arrived.

There are more and more gadgets to buy. There is no doubt that America leads the world in the ideas that create them and the demand to consume them. Demand is the mother of invention in this case. But the problem is that, whether we want to hear this or not, the train is accelerating [...]

Presentation. What is it's value? Immense. Sure. Check out a brutal satire It compares what Apple did with iPod. And what Microsoft would do. Naturally, the video is posted on YouTube, an emerging winner in hosting consumer created content.

Internet shakes up business models and media. Hot news? Well, to New York Times readers today it is. First, the Times points out that media companies are looking for, but wait for it,  running out of significant internet companies to buy. And second, the Times reports, consumer created video content is becoming a competitive space. Interpretation. Major media would [...]

Nintendo report that the DS, their portable two screen handheld, has crossed one million wifi users in four months. March 20, Nintendo introduce Metroid Fusion, which adds VOIP to the online game experience. The device had a built in mic. So. Your kid upstairs? Or at the corner hotspot? Playing games, talking, interacting, with the kid in Korea, Nashville and France. Unconsciously. [...]

Good all cotton shirts used to cost sixty bucks at Brooks Brothers. The button down, heavy cotton, long lasting, well made variety. You couldn't get all cotton elsewhere, all that easily, either. You had to pay. And Brooks had cachet. Spool forward to Saturday. Three guys talking. One, a big time contemporary art gallery owner. Mr [...]

I was sitting in Richard's lounge room in Santa Monica yesterday. We were talking about the impact of technology on media and media companies. This is about convergence. Media companies pay sometimes billions of dollars to get the exclusive rights to the Olympics, the Rugby, the Tennis etc. I am thinking sports here, because the [...]

There are a lot of things about American society that you can't understand when you are outside of the culture, and in some respects can't really appreciate while you are there. Tivo and Sling Media are two that come to mind…. For anyone who lives there, they are absolutely fantastic tools. (I just got back [...]