September 2009
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GM’s top electric car exec quits, sets up consulting firm. DN argues he did it to grab Fed EV funds, not b/c of Volt. http://bit.ly/P2Lqq
Why Netflix vs Blockbuster could look a lot like Netflix vs Cable http://bit.ly/15daKF
[Audio] NPR On The Media interview about Netflix:... →
Sept. 25, 2009 Last year, Netflix spent about a quarter of its $1.4 billion sending its little red envelopes back and forth through the mail. That’s why it would rather stream movies directly to your…
Netflix Inside
My latest article is out in Wired, all about Netflix’s bold push into streaming movies to your TV. The article online is titled, Netflix Everywhere: Sorry Cable, You’re History, but the print headline better describes the piece: Netflix Inside. The piece looks at CEO Reed Hastings’ two pronged efforts to 1) get the Netflix software into any piece of consumer electronics equipment...
Just back from speaking at the Idea Festival. Great crowd and event. Lots of interesting, challenging questions. http://bit.ly/1yXE5H #IF09
The unintended consequence of net neutrality
Julius Genachowski’s net neutrality speech today was powerful and very welcome. It seems obvious — and more worth of enforcement than, say, monitoring wardrobe mishaps — that ISPs should be forbidden from discriminating based on the kind of packets moving over their networks. But I was disappointed that the FCC chairman didn’t go any further in thinking about how else to...
Next: clean dishes, Mad Men RT @CPA_Trendlines Wanna know what’s next? Technology journalists are the ones to watch http://bit.ly/SDOp1
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A peek inside the FOIA factory
I had no idea until reading this post on Google’s public policy blog that the government notified companies when they were the subject of a Freedom of Information Act filing. I am reading this correctly, right?
Here’s the quote :
[S]everal individuals and organizations submitted Freedom of Information Act requests with the FCC seeking access to this information [a letter Google...
Forbes just announced its “Most Promising Companies” list. If these firms apply themselves and quit dating jerks, they just might make it!
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Better Place shows off AutOS, its electric car-managing software. Potential big change: the car as CE device on wheels. http://bit.ly/PhGs3
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Bummed I’m not at the Frankfurt Auto show. Seems like everyone is pushing EVs. Audi=the new Tesla? http://bit.ly/4dYqNB
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I’m looking at buying a car soon (first in 16 years!). Man I hope Ford actually launches the C-Max in the U.S. http://bit.ly/y0grw
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Cool site for @nxthompson ‘s “The Hawk and the Dove.” The book is fantastic: how two gov’t rivals shaped the Cold War. http://bit.ly/164qrD
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I’m speaking at the Idea Festival http://bit.ly/Yqyli on 9/24 about innovating in a recession. This one’s ebbing, but another’s always near.
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