by Jeff Yablon | Jun 17, 2014 | Business Process, Influency
It’s a pretty good bet that you own something from—or at least something reminiscent of—IKEA. Perhaps the world’s foremost expert at producing and distributing inexpensive furniture and home goods and teaching people how to outfit small spaces to feel like...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 29, 2012 | Business Process
In the aftermath of last week’s Samsung/Apple legal debacle over patents (you can bet I’ll have something to say about that, soon), I’ve been thinking about another topic that pops up here, every now and again. Hello, AT&T? This is Net Neutrality...
by Jeff Yablon | Jul 20, 2012 | Business Process, Content, Media
Yesterday, my Nexus 7 arrived and I spent a bunch of time digging into it. I’ll have the results for you next week. Something (almost) even cooler than my new Nexus 7 arrived at Answer Guy Central yesterday. Remember that UK judge who threw out Apple’s...
by Jeff Yablon | Jul 10, 2012 | Business Process, Content, Design
I’ve long had concerns about the way patents and trademarks are issued. And while I confess to knowing very little about the systems in place outside the USA, I understand how things work here well enough that one of the things you can hire Answer Guy Central to...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 9, 2012 | Business Process, Media
Perception is Reality. So what’s your perception of AOL selling a big chunk of its patent portfolio to Microsoft? Reality: whichever side you hear things from, it doesn’t really matter whether AOL made a good deal here or a bad one. I wasn’t even...