by Jeff Yablon | Aug 12, 2010 | Business Process
Chris Brogan has spoken: the social crash is upon us. And “Ambient Connectivity” is the solution. I can’t argue the first half of that, and I don’t; I’ve been telling you for quite some time that even as we look for new ways to do social...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 11, 2010 | Business Process, Media
When the United States Library of Congress created a policy that amounted to law, I made a passing remark about downloading movies in the aftermath of my local video store shutting down. While Blockbuster Video isn’t responsible for the way people watch movies,...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 10, 2010 | Business Process, Media
So now that Verizon and Google have proven themselves to be liars, the FCC is out of the Internet regulation business, and you still have to plan for business change, what should your next move be? None. It doesn’t matter. Move on. OK, so it isn’t as...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 9, 2010 | Business Process
OK, one more time: software patents are bad. When Facebook was granted US Patent 7,669,123, I talked about it, and you’ve talked back for months; this thing simply should never have been awarded. I’ve spoken more broadly about software patents, too. They...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 6, 2010 | Customer Service
Remember last January when I told you about Best Buy / Geek Squad’s mandatory computer set up fees and what a rip off they were? At least they (presumably) were doing something for that money. The folks at Lifehacker have uncovered something new. Best Buy / Geek...