Prologue: (purloined from http://www.fourthturning.com/html/boom_generation.html) The Boom Generation (Prophet, born 1943-1960) basked as children in Dr. Spock permissiveness, suburban conformism, Sputnik-era schooling, Beaver Cleaver friendliness, and Father Knows Best family order. From the Summer of Love to the Days of Rage, they came of age rebelling against the worldly blueprints of their parents. As their [...]
There are now several hundred “watch on line for free” video sites. These online sites make the point about file-sharing almost moot except for countries like Australia that have an artificial monopoly stranglehold on the internet bandwidth and monthly Caps. So Koltai, people in Australia are using P2P because they cant afford the cost [...]
A story on page three of the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday (No – I didn’t buy it – Chris did….. he was on the train and likes to do the crossword….) entitled “A blast form the Past: music lovers paying to play quoted some interesting numbers”. Digital Music Player 88% Had Purchased Music from [...]
A section of my Introduction to the Responses to Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper By Thomas P. Koltai, on Behalf of Perceptric Pty. Ltd. Submitted 10th of February – Before the Governments National FTTH rollout announcement and before the ACCC ruling against Telstra on last mile local loop. – A section of my [...]
I was involved in email listserver discussion about peering restrictions in Australia recentely and one of the querants whom I’ll call SL asked me if the Swedish Peering model had a positive impact on the countries economy.My answer was complex but essentially a few weeks ago we rated 172 country’s around the world from poorest [...]
Most people walk through the streets observing life, nature and each other. Economists walk through the same streets noting the number of vehicles of a certain type, the frequency of recurring colours on womens clothes, and the numbers of people that are taller than six feet. We count. A lot. So sometimes we see evolving [...]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the possibility of the content industry owning shares in the broadband networks and that if they did – then P2P was merely another distribution channel. Today, I will revisit the scenario, but this time from the perspective of policy makers. Consider, if you will, the role of [...]
Whirlpool podcasts. The pods are about family issues. So. A conservative manufacturer selling white goods, usually considered a boring big box market segment, has cutting edge communication. Whirlpool's pods present the company as the living embodiment of itself as the heart of the family. Someone's thinking at that company.