Carrying the Lantern

Here's the rest of the story about Yeast Radio - the podcast by Madge W. that Adam liked so much.

To me, this is an interesting blip in the evolution of podcasting. But to Adam C. (and maybe Dave W.) its much more. Look at the context. We know from Adam's DSC leading up to this revelation that he and others were in the middle of developing a business plan for a new initiative and that 'Madge' was a valuable example for them - or Adam at least. Whether this revelation significantly changes their plans - only they know. But I certainly can appreciate their angst.

As Dave W. says above - onward & upward.

- Posted by William A. Riski - 10:42:45 AM - comment []

I enjoy reading Russell Beattie's weblog about 'everything-mobile-phone', but this article is really a turning point, IMHO. Up front I have to say I'm a Mac addict and not a fan of Microsoft. I like some of their products (e.g., Office suite) by abhor their unethical & monopolistic business practices. Now they have effectively leveraged off the music and movie industries paranoia with user's illegally sharing digital copies of products. Microsoft has positioned their Digital Rights Management implementation (WMA) to be the preferred solution in nearly all consumer electronics, including today's and tomorrow's entertainment and portable devices. But let me turn to Russell to explain this further. Read his entire posting - great think piece.

Ever play a game of chess and your opponent makes a move and you realize the game is over? Nothing dramatic like taking your queen, just a simple strategic move where, after you look at it for a second you think "oh-oh," and from that moment on you're basically just looking for your opponent to make a mistake because otherwise they're obviously going to win.

Well, I've been watching Microsoft's moves over the past few weeks and I can pretty much say that it's game over for a lot of Microsoft competitors, though they may not realize it yet. To me the decisive move was their MSN Video announcement which included deals with MTV as well as TiVo to make sure that TiVo To Go recordings play on Microsoft Mobile devices. That's when I saw the big picture: Microsoft's DRM strategy and Windows Media WMA codec are going to allow them to have a massive advantage in the consumer electronics market, which includes everything from MP3 players, to mobile phones to your set-top box, to a host of other converged devices. ......

- Posted by William A. Riski - 10:18:08 AM - comment []