Netflix – Master Of Inventory
Netflix has an amazing system for managing their DVD rental inventory. I watched a Netflix DVD this past weekend. On Tuesday I put the DVD in the pre-stamped, pre-addressed mailer and took it to the post office around noon. I received an email from “Netflix Receiving” time stamped 11:27 AM the next day that they […]
On Demand
January 10, 2013 Note (this is the original story – an edited and revised version may be read here.In the height of the “dot com” frenzy a class of companies emerged called Application Service Providers (ASP). The ASPs claimed to solve all known business problems by providing applications over the Internet. Solutions covered a wide […]
Wind Chill (2003)
It was supposed to be a warm and sunny day. I had a long ride ahead of me from Pennsylvania through New York to Connecticut on Interstate 84. The temperature barely got above 55, and there was no blue sky or sun to be seen. A slight drizzle was in the air, although fortunately, I […]
Spam – The Role Of Governments
In prior postings I have asserted that when it comes to the spam problem, technology will work better than legislation. I have not said that governments have no role. The FTC Spam Forum was a very good thing. It has raised a lot of attention and focus on the issue. Orson Swindle, one of the […]
FTC Spam Forum – Press Coverage
Federal regulators have only one ultimately effective tool – regulation (or the threat of regulation). Regulation through legislation is their hammer and when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail! Another way to say it is that when you are a regulator, many problems cry out for a regulatory solution. […]