A Truncated Subway

-
Hurricane Recovery Map Oct 312012

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog Carnival: Venture Capital

-
Image
July: Netizen Blog Carnival MonthBlog Carnival: Internet For The BillionsBlog Carnival: WimaxBlog Carnival: Cheap LaptopsBlog Carnival: Microfinance
Venture Capital

Welcome to Mobius Venture Capital, Inc.
Venture Capital Journal
Venture Capital
VentureDeal: Venture Capital with Venture Capital Companies and ...
Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

Posts about venture capital as of July 11, 2009 | Geekfluence
Two Open Source Venture Capital Rounds From This Week
Should Venture Capital Funds Buy Local? The Geography of ...
blog.pmarca.com: Introducing our new venture capital firm ...
Forbes Column 2009: Venture Capital: Get Back To Basics | Sramana ...
Wish more Oregon venture capital firms blogged? OVP grants your ...
Startup Company Financing Model – From Seed Capital to Angel ...
SBIR & Venture Capital Debate Pits House against Senate ...
Blog - History of venture capital | TechFloat.com
Is venture capital dead?

Enterprise & Venture Capital, 5th Edition is out! « Tom The Money ...
Insights on Ventur…
Read more

Movie Making Trends

-
Image
Movies are about to enter a whole different realm, mostly for the good. Some of the trends are:

(1) A Screen In Nearly Every Hand

The smartphone will get there before the broadband will, but the connectivity will get there fast enough. It is a legitimate expectation that people should be able to watch new releases on their own screens. You could charge 10 million people $10 each in a theater, or you could charge a billion people one cent each. Or that cent could be an ad they opt to watch. The numbers work. Micro-payments will become much more of an option.

(2) Reduced Production Costs

A small crew dabbling in the art form could do all the camera work on a smartphone and all the editing on a computer today. That opens up the floodgates of production. Every language, every culture can have its own movie industry. Every such industry has a ready global audience among the scattered peoples, all connected. Let a thousand flowers bloom. That also creates a spectrum of success. A movie makin…
Read more

Larry Page Has Been Underrated

-
Image
Not Google. Google has been rated just fine. But not Larry Page. When we think of Larry Page, we don't think of him in terms of Steve Jobs or Bill Gates. Steve Jobs is even more mysterious than Bill Gates. Jobs had the theatrics done right. There was plenty of essence to him, but he was the master of how the media plays itself out. Compared to that Larry Page is boring. He does not have much of a stage presence. But the guy is a tech genius. And Google is the bright star in the sky.

I have felt this a long time. I am on record at this blog saying Larry Page should have been the Google CEO the entire time. If it were not for Larry, Google might have missed the Android boat altogether.

Now there is an article that supports my long held feelings towards Larry Page. Heck, compared to Larry Page even Marissa Mayer has more media wattage.

I think Larry Page will be truly appreciated when the Google Car hits the road in droves, universal internet access becomes a reality, gigabit broad…
Read more