Versatile Amphibian

I’m of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this (short) post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye in the last week. This week: smartphones vs magazines at the checkout; Spotify vs Netflix in video and Yahoo! pays $30m for a 17 year old. Media Shoppers aren’t reading magazines anymore because they check their phone in the checkout queue. Interesting social observation! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-21/shoppers-mobile-blinders-force-checkout-aisle-changes.html Spotify planning to go toe to toe with Netflix in online video. Makes sense. In fact, I can see Spotify being good at it – I love the way they make commodity music into an experience. http://uk.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=7784749 Nearly 90% of 18-24 year olds check their smartphone within 15 minutes of waking up; 75% check it immediately...

My unexpected ‘life redesign project’ is still in progress, but - with a little trepidation - I’m going to start blogging again. So here we go.  I’m of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this (short) post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye in the last week. This week: rumours of cut cords greatly exaggerated, Wii U fail, Ofcom cost taxpayer billions and only 30% of executive decisions are good ones (says McKinsey…) Media Cord cutting didn’t really happen in the US last year. No shit. This shows how a badly worded survey can totally mislead unwary observers. Common sense needs to be applied in the future… http://allthingsd.com/20130320/how-6-million-cord-cutters-disappeared/ Good analysis here of multitasking behaviour amongst the TV audience. It’s always gone on, which is why second screen et al are no threat to TV – we’...

I’m firmly of the belief that participants in the TMT industry need to read widely in order to understand the present and future dynamics of the market. To that end, this post is a collection of the articles that have caught my eye. This week – $50k the price of ideology, Airforce, NOAA dispense with RIM, Amazon beats up HMV and forces Indian retail consolidation while Netflix “destroys” TV New business models Fascinating – ideological hacking has replaced criminal hacking as #1. Also worth noting the rise of attacks originating in Asia. No corporate can overlook this threat to their externally facing web properties. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/08/ddos_attack_trends/ Although extorting $50k doesn’t seem particularly ideological. Slightly amusing that the torrent got malware infected within hours of being uploaded. No honour amongst thieves! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/07/pcanywhere_shenanigans/ Bye bye RIM. Even government doesn’t think security is enough of a differe...