Digital technology empowers and it destroys. As the legacy silos entrench themselves and become more polar in their approach the silos start to crumble. It happens in business and more of that later. As is incredibly visible right now, it happens in politics. Sometimes those silos are not really about the leader or the policy [...]
Every so often I visit the James Howard Kunstler blog to see what he has been thinking about… I noticed some mail to James about his prognostications about Y2K way back in the last century. Over the last ten years I have had conversation with a few people about my pre-Y2K book… A lot of [...]
(Our previous article was the first upset.) This time, Canadians have made the top ten list of countries that are “out to get” the content industries. They share this dubious honour with the following countries. Priority Watch List (Links retrieve country specific pdf reports.) Argentina Canada Chile Costa Rica [...]
It would be hard for anyone who has a serious (or comedic for that matter) bone in his body to allow the changes to the Liberal Party in Australia to pass by without comment… Today the Libs (who, if you are reading this in another part of the world, are akin to the British Conservatives [...]
While other media companies look at merging their broadcast and catalogue divisions with online broadband delivery companies, (Comcast & Universal) Jeff Bewkes the CEO of Time Warner is placing his bets on content distribution agreements. But just in case that doesn’t work, he’s placing a side bet on owning the distribution methodology, whatever that [...]
Unfortunately in our enlightened world, no-one likes to be criticized. This includes big business, Government and the next door neighbour. Thousands of Bloggers choose to write their opinions and interpretations of current events. Even more choose to hide behind pseudonyms, avatars and anonymous commentary. Why? Because we as a world are [...]
Today we present a point of view that will offend many, please few, but will attempt balance the mainly conservative viewpoints and opinions that Perceptric strives for. “Conservative? Hah!” I can hear from the peanut gallery. “Conservative my arse! Koltai you’re nothing but a leftwing Bolshevist commie agitator.” Thank-you. You are right on [...]
We start today, with a little wind-up. Just like a clockwork mechanism, a Blog should wind up the tension, to allow the bell to be struck with a clear ringing blow. So get a coffee, put your feet up, take a deep breath and… Why did God prohibit Adam and Eve from partaking of [...]
On Movie Greats (Foxtel Channel 415) last night I saw an oldie (1959) but a goodie North West Frontier so I looked up the IMDB Database (click on the title to go there), I thought movies over 20 years old were the exclusive domain of TCM. Obviously not. This particular title has been screened [...]
Here are some more thoughts on something I blogged earlier: I don't know if you have noticed, but I certainly have. Over the last week or so there has been a rising tide of government rhetoric that is tantamount to the Howard message, “We are alert, but not alarmed”. I am not sure what sources [...]