I ran across this presentation about GoogleTV. It’s interesting. Because it suggests that Google really believes the silly things it said back in May and June. (See some of my prior posts on the topic.)

There’s no way to predict the future of GoogleTV. But I see quite a few red flags in the . . . → Read More: GoogleTV: A TiVO in Wolf Clothing?

In the great religion of the internet, there is unshakeable belief that the internet is a disruptive technology – technology that changes industries by destroying old structures. (This requires ignoring the fact that revolution all-too-often replaces the mediocre with the bad.)

In the 1990′s, belief in . . . → Read More: TV and the Myth of Disruptive Internet Technology

I’ve been interested by the industry hoopla surrounding Google’s vaunted approach to development. Maybe “interest” is the wrong word. Because whenever the innovator books worship a company’s policies, I get suspicious.

The Wizard

It appears these suspicions may be well founded. Bloomberg reports that Google is acquiring companies to drive growth because internal . . . → Read More: Google Says its Internal Development is Struggling

There’s a superb blog post at DigitalTonto summarizing how traditional media company results are showing that traditional is anything but dead.

I couldn’t agree more. When there’s something new and fresh, the ad business runs after it – like lemings into the sea. And, then, all to often people start thinking that just because . . . → Read More: Why Traditional Media Wins the Day…

Did Apple turn tech marketing on its head with the iPad? The marketing world is guided by theories – “models” that are expected to explain the key issues we face and help us take action. Without these models, marketing would grind to a halt. Too often, though, we forget that these marketing theories and . . . → Read More: My Ipad – Post 11 – Did the Apple iPad Succeed Without Early Adopters?