Posts with keyword: markets

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This Recession Will Be Different for Tech

Tue Oct 28 05:47:00 2008

George Colony at Forrester argues that this recession will be different for technology companies. I'll let you read the arguments, but the gist is: Tech will be down, but not out. Transformation and innovation will lead recovery. Tech is everywhere. Customers live on tech. Tech issues are burning. I think (hope?) he's right!
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Stop Complaining and Starting Building

Mon Nov 26 08:40:00 2007

Doc, as usual, hits the nail on the head in explaining how to solve the privacy-problem-de-juer: Facebook's advertising platform. To wit: If we want our reach to truly exceed Facebook's grasp, we can't just tell Facebook to stop grasping. We have do deals on our terms and not just theirs. We have to have real relationships and not just systems on the sell side built only to "manage" us, mostly by minimizing human contact. Perhaps most of all, we need to come up with systems that help demand find supply, rather than just ones that help supply find (or
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IIW2005: Doc Searls

Wed Oct 26 10:09:00 2005

Doc is leading out today giving a foundation for why identity matters. Markets are places where people meet to exchange things and make culture. Free markets are not "your choice of silo." Doc notes that the difference between "content" and "speech" is critical. Congress can't regulate speech, but they can regulate the movement of content (his example is the FCC broadcast restrictions on obscenity). The 'Net needs to be a place for free speech and where free enterprise happens. This is an example of an issue that is not about left or right, Democrat or Republican. It can be
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