The “internet of things” (IOT) has become a hot topic in the tech. press. While the term is relatively new, connecting devices to networks is certainly nothing new. IOT has become the catch-all name to describe smart-home sensors, embedded devices, and other…
Category: business models
Google == AOL 2001?
Brian S. Hall and I share some views about Google’s situation. Earlier this year, I said: Google has to be worried even more about the decline in the desktop pie, given that according to their own SEC filings, 96% of…
This is why investors see too much risk in Twitter-dependent companies
It started way back in 2010 when, just before their first Chirp developer conference, Twitter shocked their developer community and ecosystem by buying a Twitter client and making some other moves that essentially put a stop on capital investment in…
Forbes: Android is shipping more phones but Apple is still the logical choice for mobile development
The title to this May 9 story, suggests another Apple bashing: “Is Apple’s dominance of Mobile Development on the Wane?” It appears to be an old editorial trick, the classic alarmist headline, because the article itself goes on to answer in…
Twitterverse reality check and lessons learned
You’ll probably never know it by looking at the final result, but I’ve been working on this post, at least thinking about it, for several months. I’ve been reluctant to publish it because every time I start, it tends to sound like…
Apple’s great Mac OS X bait and switch
It’s been almost three years now since, with great fanfare 🙂 , I switched from a UNIX Workstation to a Mac as my primary desktop workstation. That change was many years in the making – I worked with Mac OS…
Is it time to drop the Twit, Tweet, etc. from your App Name?
There has been a storm of sorts this past week surrounding Twitter, their developers, and the “ecosystem”. It started with some comments from VC Fred Wilson followed by comments from Twitter CEO Ev Williams in a New York Times interview,…
Rich Buchanan out at Ooma
I missed this in February via, hdvoicenews.com By Doug Mohney, on February 8th, 2010 After two years as Ooma’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Rich “The Dude” Buchanan is departing the company for another project. Makes one wonder who is left…
Skype grossly over hyped, even with the Verizon deal
Ok, short and sweet here. The recent hype about Skype, and in particular surrounding the Verizon deal has been blown WAY out of proportion, IMHO. It’s time to set perspective here. First, Skype was supposed to have killed off traditional…
PhoneGnome participatory marketing challenge
It’s been over 4 years since PhoneGnome’s initial release. It has evolved a great deal over that time and I’ve learned a lot. Over on the PhoneGnome blog, we look at where it is, and where to go from here:…
