Hollywood shoots itself in the foot. Again.

So, pretend you’re a Hollywood studio executive.  You’re trying to prevent your lucrative DVD movie sales business from being overrun by disruptive forces like online piracy, online streaming services like Netflix, and other rental companies. You currently make everyone wait 28 days from the day …

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Quitting coffee

I’ve made the decision to start eating better.  The timing of this decision is coincidental – I don’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions.  But it’s time to make some refinements to my daily practice in the interest of self preservation.  For the bulk of my …

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PressPausePlay – the Digital Revolution

The term “digital revolution” has been used to describe the phenomenon of how improvements in technology have broken down barriers to entry for all kinds of industries.  This in turn leads to the leaders in those industries losing their advantage, their “special sauce” that previously …

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