by Jeff Yablon | Oct 11, 2011 | Business Process, Media
The guys who made PressPausePlay have a problem: as they make abundantly clear in the film, anyone can make music or movies using inexpensive equipment that they might well already own. But whether that’s a good thing or bad is up in the air. When I’ve...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 7, 2011 | Business Process, Marketing
You know why Steve Jobs could sell us anything? Because he didn’t care what we wanted. OK, so that’s not exactly true. Steve Jobs realized we didn’t know what we wanted, and rather than ask us what appealed to us, he told us what it was. Of course,...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 6, 2011 | Business Process
I’m not one to jump on bandwagons. But today, I can’t think of anything to write about that isn’t related to Steve Jobs. I know, everyone’s writing about Steve Jobs today. Rest in Peace, Steve. Steve, we’ll never know another like you....
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 5, 2011 | Business Process
When I told you about The Facebook Timeline Version and its impact on privacy last week I was pretty laid back about it. Yes, Facebook is setting us all up to disclose even more information about ourselves than we had already been giving away, but at the same time I...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 4, 2011 | Business Process, Design
When I talk evil business practice, it’s generally Apple or Google that’s in my cross-hairs. Apple does so many things disguised as features but really designed to dominate markets at its users’ expense that the “Apple is Evil”...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 3, 2011 | Business Process, Design, Media
One of the funniest pieces of stand-up comedy I’ve ever come across is by a guy named Ron White. Mr. White’s comedy routine revolves in large part around a southern redneck persona that, while clearly rooted in his real life experiences, I suspect he left...
