Clothing By Amazon
I suspect a lot of people were skeptical upon hearing that the world’s largest bookstore would now be selling clothing. What does Amazon know about clothes? I don’t know how many people at Amazon know clothing but they acquired hundreds of partners who are experts. Combing those partnerships with Amazon’s incredible service and it may […]
Amazon Then And Now
Seven years ago, in the Fall of 1995, I made a presentation to a group of CEOs about the Internet. I showed them various web sites that I was fascinated with at the time, mostly related to engineering, scientific, government and academic projects. Probably the most exciting site to me at the time was The […]
Media Wearing Out – Go Netflix
A lot has changed since the Fall of 1998 when I wrote “Will Our Media Wear Out?“. In addition to “floppy” diskettes of the 8″ and 5.25″ variety, 3.5″ diskettes, and cassette tapes of various sizes, most of us have also accumulated piles of CDs, and now DVDs. In time they will all be artifcats […]
Cold Day On A Motorcycle
The sky was so blue, I could not resist taking a motorcycle ride this afternoon. It was 38 degrees and windy but the Widder electrics kept me warm — except for my toes. I should have worn the Widder electric socks too. It was a nice ride across route 35 through South Salem and Katonah and […]
More On “Will Our Media Wear Out?”
Thanks to JY Stervinou for commenting on my “Will Our Media Wear Out?” story. He pointed out that Dan Bricklin, co-creator of VisiCalc, has written a story that is relevant and related. It is called “Copy Protection Robs The Future“. This is an excellent read.