Have you ever noticed how the media is sometimes used as a weapon of mass destruction? Example: News Headline: Jews are Ruining the Economy! Result: Krystallnacht and 6 million Dead Jews. Rupert Murdoch wields News Limited as his private editorial rapier, slashing, trimming, opining and burning. Burning institutions, politicians, industrialists, bankers, entrepreneurs. [...]
What an interesting name the military plan for Iran has…. TIRRANT. You could be forgiven for pronouncing it as if it had a 'Y' instead of an 'I'. There is a fair amount of detail in the New Statesman. Here are some interesting bits: The US army, navy, air force and marines have all prepared [...]
Technology always wins. The Australian Open Tennis tournament debuted a moveable roof on its Stadium in 1988. It's been used innumerable times since. For rain. For excessive heat. Whatever. But television worldwide fans always know that there will be tennis, entertainment, available when they tune in. It's a guarantee. It's a technology promise. Tennis is [...]
I was out at dinner last night with my friend Dan Pitt, who is the Dean of the School of Engineering at Santa Clara U. And a great dinner it was. We were talking about kids. I briefly reminisced about a time when I had been at University – around the early to mid ‘60’s. [...]
Where is technology going? Where is sport going? Wimbledon has always been at the forefront of change for both although they pretend not. This year Wimbledon will see the BBC give UK broadband users access to five courts of live tennis action for the first time. The BBC service will be available from BBC Sport's dedicated Wimbledon [...]
Talk to anyone. We're all under siege from the number of emails we get every day. Time dealing with them is the killer. Hundreds pour into everyone's Outlook through a variety of addresses. From a hundred different spots. We need to cut back. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> A Microsoft senior guy works on his email mountain for one [...]
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 was a 40% increase in traffic on the Australian Tennis Website. How much of this could have come from Greece/Cyprus – or from Greeks living in Australia?
Eventually, Roger Federer beat Andre Agassi in the final of the US Open.comfortably. But only by lifting his game when under tremendous pressure. Federer thought clearly about his mounting problems mid match. Then he solved them. He tweaked his strategy. He demonstrated resolve. He was calm and measured. Agassi would have beaten anyone else last Sunday. But Federer is a great champion. [...]
Yahoo has hired Kevin Sites to blog/report from war zones. Sites is an experienced journalist. He will present video, audio and text, chats and video conferences on a daily basis. Yahoo has hired an NBC news producer to produce the Santa Monica part of the blog. Sites has had his own blog for some time. This [...]