Gordon Moore famously described the relentless exponential growth rate of computing power with Moore’s Law. Since then, a similar rule has been observed for computer storage. Digital content follows that familiar path – a steady exponential march to increasingly larger files. Continue reading
In our wired and wireless world, content seems to be constantly in flight. In reality, it usually has to land somewhere.
And as content grows in value, content owners are increasingly locking up their landed content. But it’s one thing to secure content safe inside the owner’s PC or datacenter; it’s a much more difficult task once it’s sold to others to consume. Continue reading
Industry pundits often talk glowingly about the potential for the internet (and computing in general) to be a utility. Nirvana, right?
Actually, the internet already resembles a classic utility – the power grid – in some disturbing ways. Continue reading
Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO: “You purchase an app for one operating system, and if you want it on another device or platform, you have to buy it again. That’s not how our customers expect to experience this environment.” Randall Rothenberg, … Continue reading
Apple has decided to allow publishers to sell content subscriptions on the iStore. That’s a big deal for a company that doesn’t like to share the iCash being generated by its content distribution ecosystem.
Why would they open up like this? Continue reading
Medical modalities like X-ray machines and MRI systems generate a steady stream of digital images, which find their way into patient medical records. This is a major advance over the days of film, but it’s only half of the digital content story for healthcare. Continue reading
Location: Metropolitan Ballroom Device: BlackBerry Curve Network: Verizon The great thing about blogging from my phone is that I can do it literally anywhere – in Verizon’s network. But there’s a price to pay for that freedom. The BlackBerry WordPress … Continue reading
This blog is about content everywhere, and typically it’s from the receiving perspective. However, content publishers are experiencing the same new freedoms as those being enjoyed by content consumers.
This is the first in a series of posts written from a range of devices and locations, just because I can. Continue reading
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