by Jeff Yablon | Apr 6, 2012 | Business Process, Development
In their continuing effort to stave off irrelevancy, Microsoft keeps branching into new businesses. The beast from Redmond will never again see the same kind of dominance they enjoyed with Windows and Office, but lately they’re making some pretty good moves. No,...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 5, 2012 | Business Process
The other day, Arianna Huffington snapped a picture of Warren Buffett in his office, and tweeted about it: Warren Buffett is a seriously rich self-made man, with great social values. He’s one of the largest philanthropists in the world, and has enough control...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 28, 2012 | Business Process, Development, Media
Closed systems are a very bad idea. Hey, Microsoft: as you slide closer and closer to irrelevancy, keep that in mind. This article pointed me at Bing Rewards. And just as I felt a little sheepish for never having written about Kickstarter before yesterday’s...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 3, 2011 | Business Process, Marketing
Ever notice you almost never hear about marketing and Microsoft? The reason is simple: Microsoft doesn’t need to “sell” anything. Businesses and people buy Windows because it’s Windows, buy Microsoft Office for the same reason, and then …...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 30, 2010 | Business Process
I’m Old. Sometimes that gets in the way, but mostly it affords me insight and the ability to be pragmatic about some of what happens in front of me while younger eyes might lose track of reality. Last week, Microsoft founder and gazillionaire Paul Allen filed a...
