Comments for TecTrends Monitor http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com Keeping You Ahead of the Curve Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:19:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on From Mobile to Media: Two Quick Shots by Rick Robinson http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/03/05/from-mobile-to-media-two-quick-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-978 Rick Robinson Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:19:44 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=353#comment-978 I believe you are exactly right. I think some of the smaller papers are actually doing better, because if they don't report a local story, it won't get reported at all and won't be online or anywhere else. But overall, raw information is plentiful now - what we need is the news equivalent of better search results. Which comes right back around to what this blog is about. There is a sea of information out there, but who has time to go through it all? What we'll end up willing to pay for is someone to filter it and make sense of it. I believe you are exactly right. I think some of the smaller papers are actually doing better, because if they don’t report a local story, it won’t get reported at all and won’t be online or anywhere else.

But overall, raw information is plentiful now – what we need is the news equivalent of better search results. Which comes right back around to what this blog is about. There is a sea of information out there, but who has time to go through it all? What we’ll end up willing to pay for is someone to filter it and make sense of it.

]]> Comment on From Mobile to Media: Two Quick Shots by Ferrell http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/03/05/from-mobile-to-media-two-quick-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Ferrell Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:45:37 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=353#comment-968 The main problem for newspapers isn't that people aren't interested in buying physical newspapers, but how to present THEIR news in a way that people would want to buy. I suspect that the way to find this out is through a lot of trial-and-error, heavy on the error! It may be painful, but it will be worth it in the end for the newspapers...but only if they stop whinning and start looking for a new marketing model. The main problem for newspapers isn’t that people aren’t interested in buying physical newspapers, but how to present THEIR news in a way that people would want to buy. I suspect that the way to find this out is through a lot of trial-and-error, heavy on the error! It may be painful, but it will be worth it in the end for the newspapers…but only if they stop whinning and start looking for a new marketing model.

]]> Comment on iSlate? by insurance adjuster http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/01/26/islate/comment-page-1/#comment-965 insurance adjuster Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:14:53 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=298#comment-965 As a longtime Mac guy and Apple fan, I had eagerly planned to buy an iPad. And then: No multitasking, no Flash, no webcam, no... So where's the value added? Fuggedaboutit. As a longtime Mac guy and Apple fan, I had eagerly planned to buy an iPad. And then: No multitasking, no Flash, no webcam, no… So where’s the value added? Fuggedaboutit.

]]> Comment on iSlate? by health insurance http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/01/26/islate/comment-page-1/#comment-951 health insurance Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=298#comment-951 At one level, it must irk Steve Jobs, who was widely ridiculed for launching a one-button touchscreen phone, as each of those same critics launch their own devices. I do have to agree though, that the market will quickly sift through the pale imitators and Apple could end up with the same dominance it has in music players. Either way, it's good theater, and highlights that Google no revenue-generating business model other than the ad business. At one level, it must irk Steve Jobs, who was widely ridiculed for launching a one-button touchscreen phone, as each of those same critics launch their own devices. I do have to agree though, that the market will quickly sift through the pale imitators and Apple could end up with the same dominance it has in music players. Either way, it’s good theater, and highlights that Google no revenue-generating business model other than the ad business.

]]> Comment on Tech Execs Committing Truth by Rick Robinson http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/21/tech-execs-committing-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Rick Robinson Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:44:49 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=346#comment-936 This is very true! A generation ago, guys at DARPA computer centers found that they could send each other messages using DARPANet. I don't think any of them imagined that the PRIMARY thing computers would be used for in the future is communication between people. This is very true! A generation ago, guys at DARPA computer centers found that they could send each other messages using DARPANet. I don’t think any of them imagined that the PRIMARY thing computers would be used for in the future is communication between people.

]]> Comment on Tech Execs Committing Truth by Ferrell http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/21/tech-execs-committing-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Ferrell Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:15:49 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=346#comment-933 It usually ISN'T the one who invents (or provides wide-spred access to), a new technology that causes it to reshape the world...it is the ones who use it for purposes that where never originally envisioned for the thing; people just had to see how far they could stretch the technology, and in whatever direction they wanted to suit their own desires and goals. That is how technology really changes the world. It usually ISN’T the one who invents (or provides wide-spred access to), a new technology that causes it to reshape the world…it is the ones who use it for purposes that where never originally envisioned for the thing; people just had to see how far they could stretch the technology, and in whatever direction they wanted to suit their own desires and goals. That is how technology really changes the world.

]]> Comment on The Paradox of Social Media by Rick Robinson http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/17/the-paradox-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Rick Robinson Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:43:58 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=335#comment-917 Quite true! Quite true!

]]> Comment on Strategic Technologies of 2010 by Rick Robinson http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/15/strategic-technologies-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Rick Robinson Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:43:39 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=327#comment-916 My thinking as well - in business, a little extra speed or convenience can go a long ways. My thinking as well – in business, a little extra speed or convenience can go a long ways.

]]> Comment on The Paradox of Social Media by Ferrell http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/17/the-paradox-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-914 Ferrell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:50:41 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=335#comment-914 Humans are always doing things that are (seemingly) mutially exclusive...but we seem to do alright! Humans are always doing things that are (seemingly) mutially exclusive…but we seem to do alright!

]]> Comment on Strategic Technologies of 2010 by Ferrell http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/2010/02/15/strategic-technologies-of-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Ferrell Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:46:33 +0000 http://www.tectrendsmonitor.com/?p=327#comment-913 Most of these technologies, strategies, and techniques seem to be aimed at increasing speed, access, and reliability of the computing and internet capabilities that businesses use. Interseting and logical, but nothing Earth-shakingly radical. Most of these technologies, strategies, and techniques seem to be aimed at increasing speed, access, and reliability of the computing and internet capabilities that businesses use. Interseting and logical, but nothing Earth-shakingly radical.

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