I have been reading John Adams by David McCullough at the same time this debate in Congress over the debt ceiling and spending cuts has occurred. What strikes me is that democracy is messy. It is today and it was in 1789 when John Adams was Vice President and oversaw the Senate. The first act [...]
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Laws and Sausages
August 5, 2011My Founder’s Buzz Interview
February 7, 2011I was interviewed by Scott Olson over at Founder’s Buzz about how the mobile software world has changed in the last dozen years. This builds off my A New Year, A New Perspective: Web Economics in an App World post where I synthesize a number of thoughts on the fundamental P’s of marketing, hitting each [...]
Are You the Customer or the Product?
December 21, 2010If you aren’t paying then you aren’t the customer, you are the product. —————– A customer emailed me last evening and asked me to justify the price of powerOne for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. At first, I have to admit, I was a little insulted but as I thought about it more I decided [...]
Palm To Partners: Bend Over
December 2, 2010Looks like Palm is up to their old tricks: screwing their partners. I have a long history with Palm, for good and for bad. In about a one year period, Palm screwed Infinity Softworks three times, costing us millions in revenues. The first time was when Palm dropped their education team. Palm had a very [...]
The Economics of Fear
July 9, 2010In my lifetime — at least in the part of my lifetime I can remember — there has never been such a big debate about what to do with the economy. I believe very strongly that economic success is all about positive thought. I said quite some time ago on this very blog that fear [...]
