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Standing in a Q(ueue)

2006-05-09T13:58:00.000-07:00

The long awaited Motorola Q phone (see Blackberry Killer?) has been held up again. This time by Verizon, who say they are still testing the device. The ultra thin email device will be Motorola's answer to the Blackberry and the Treo. It has a Microsoft operating system, and could be a serious contender. Think Razr on the Net.

360 degrees of X-Box or How the Gates stole Christmas

2005-12-20T13:47:00.000-08:00

The new Microsoft X-Box 360 is this years hottest Christmas gift, with camp outs in front of all the Big Box retailers. The problem is you can't get one. The hot buzz on the street is that everyone wants one and No one can get one. What's the deal Bill?

Sony=Oops

2005-11-12T04:49:00.000-08:00

Sony began releasing music CD's with a hidden Digital Rights Management feature (a malicious rootkit software) to the public through retailers a few months ago. Since then, hundreds of PC's have been infected and have lost some of their functionality.
At the moment, Sony has stopped releasing CD's with the DRM on them, but thousands are still out there on the shelves.

Format Wars Again?

2005-08-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

Twenty years ago, the video cassette industry fought a format battle that ended with the victory of VHS over Beta. Today a new battle over formats is shaping up for next generation DVD's. Toshiba, with it's HD-DVD and Sony with the Blu-Ray technology are locked in a competition to win the market. Smart buyers can only wait and see which format prevails.

iTunes...the Big Mac of online content

2005-08-24T16:01:00.000-07:00

Apple's iTunes, with it's plethora of podcasting and multitude of
songs available to download to your iPod has cornered the market in online content. With 6.2 million iPod's served during last quarter, and nearly a billion songs downloaded from iTunes in the last two years Apple continues to stay polished.

The Q Phone...Blackberry Killer?

2005-08-03T09:50:00.000-07:00

Motorola, the inventor of the modern cell phone, has just announced the Q Phone smart phone. Aimed at the cell phone/email/internet/ Blackberry/Treo market, the sleek new handheld smart device looks like
a definite winner. With the upcoming iTunes phone and the best selling Razor, Motorola looks to stay competetive.

Follow the Code

2005-07-15T14:11:00.000-07:00

OPML, XML, RSS, DRM... Do any of these mean anything to you? Well, they could mean a lot to you if you are a digital media producer. You need to know how to use them in your media production and distribution business.

The Natives are Restless

2005-07-11T14:19:00.000-07:00

Apple and its music delivery sytem iTunes has pissed off the blogcasting community. An independent community of Internet
broadcasters; blogcasters provide creative content from music to talk to audio books. It seems Apple neglected to list Scripting.com on its directory of iTunes RSS feeds, despite its' popularity.

Many independent podcasters responded with various points of view
on the website.

Hollywood Bypasses the Theater

2005-07-07T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hollywood movie studios that release films to theatrical viewing complexes are closing the window on the time between a film's release and the film's DVD. Video on demand (VOD) for cable and sattelite broadcast was formerly released after the DVD.
With more consumers abandoning the theaters for their living room theatre, DVD's and VOD
will soon be released simultaneously with the theatrical release.
"Home Theater Killed the Film Star"
But I still like loud theatres with 40 foot screens...and sticky floors, once in awhile.

The Future is in the Palm of Your Hand

2005-06-30T02:52:00.000-07:00

With the advent of online banking through your cell phone, Blackberries,
Treo's and other cell phone hybrids will be able to manage your finances
anywhere from your hand held device.
This will represent a major new way business will be done.
Media aquisition by the consumer will also be affected.
MP3's, podcasting, streaming video, stills and now money will all flow through your hand.

Make sure you're packing the most feature loaded unit you can find.

The Gray Ceiling

2005-06-21T02:19:00.000-07:00

In the job marketplace of hi-tech, baby boomers are going
to feel the effects of aging. Younger demographics in the workplace means
less opportunity for us cyberatrics.As we move into our senior years, many of us will find the breaks being put on a career that's just beginning to take off.
We need to learn how to morph and shape-shift into more marketable programs in the
cyber workforce.With increased good health and longevity, boomers can continue to be productive, experimental, creative contributors to our economy well into their seventies and beyond.

Digital Distribution…tiny packets of cash.

2005-05-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

Everything from your music to your videos and photos is digitized today. The iPod for music, satellite radio, streaming web cams: all your media is instantly accessible to anyone. From any where. You can hire a company to digitize your entire CD library to your iPod. Can you say electronic cottage industry?

Digital packets, sliced, copied, pasted, packaged and sold. It’s all new commerce out there now. Television, the Internet, DVD’s, CD’s, blogs, email and web portals. They all move digital content through the marketplace.

Internet advertising, with streaming video is replacing TV ads . This has happened because of two things: broadband Internet and TiVo/DVR’s (digital video recorder).
This allows the viewer to pick and chose their entertainment, and skip annoying content.
Breaking the media pie into smaller digital particles (01) allows the artist to control every micro penny.

Start minding your bits and bytes.

Blog me now or blog me later

2005-04-30T05:29:00.000-07:00

Your business, your entertainment and your personal life are all gonna end up on a blog sooner or later. Get onboard now.

Podcasting and the iPod Revolution

2005-04-28T14:25:00.000-07:00

The iPod is coming to eat your CD's. Hours of music, all in a cigarette lighter sized case, with personal ear buds. Adam Curry, former MTV host and avid blogger, created software that allows MP3 audio to be played through an iPod. All the musician's I know and a lot of the music lovers like the convenience of MP3's,and the sound of the iPod.
Broadcast audio feeds in Mp3, with various kinds of programming, are showing up on the Net.

a global community

2005-04-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

This phrase popped up in a BusinessWeek magazine cover story/headline article on blogs on May 2, 2003. I've only been blogging a short while, but I've been flogging the Internet since 1991 and I still write HTML code by hand. Old School! The chance to create a global community and to make a living posting and consulting on various blogs seems pretty attractive to these old eyes.
More to come...