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Thought for the day:Business sense is
vital for IT success

Thought for the day:Business sense is
vital for IT success 11/04/2003 03:05 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 3 2003 9:46PM ET

Open source systems make business sense

Open source systems make business sense 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
CNET Mar 19 2003 1:24AM ET

$1 million from EisnerCorp for an
insider baseball account of a
long-defunct magazine few outside
BIGMEDIA read, written by two of the
most self-absorbed egomaniacs in the
business, makes sense too

$1 million from EisnerCorp for an
insider baseball account of a
long-defunct magazine few outside
BIGMEDIA read, written by two of the
most self-absorbed egomaniacs in the
business, makes sense too 12/18/2003 06:57 AM
Spy Kids to Net $1M for Memoir of Humor Mag

nypost.com/seven/12172003/business/kelly.htm
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Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents

Businesses For Sale in Northern and
Southern California Reached a Record
Number 368 Business & Franchise Sales
This Past Week from Business Brokers,
Small Business Owners, & Real Estate
Agents 05/31/2004 01:52 PM
Businesses for sale in Northern and Southern California reached a record number 368 business & franchise sales this past week from business brokers, small business owners, & real estate agents for the week of May 17, 2004 thru May 23, 2004. [PRWEB May 27, 2004]

"his sense of humor"

"his sense of humor" 12/15/2003 10:29 PM

Now it all makes sense.....

Now it all makes sense..... 02/01/2005 08:42 PM

Greed and digital convergence often go hand in hand.

Many a deal has been f*cked up by some greedy (usually white male) as**hole who thinks he can't just stick to his business model and evolve into digital convergence - organically (read: later.)

No this guy - needs to try and take it all - NOW. He's gonna make his play, and dam the logic of the alliances, the virtue of doing it right and smart - we want IT ALL - NOW.

That seems to be what Mike Ramsey at TiVO did.

Instead of going into a deal with COMCAST, which was critical - given the fact that PVRs are becoming a commodity and Microsoft and Digeo are on their asses. TiVO turned down a deal with COMCAST supposedly in favor of their "digital convergence/Home LAN" play. This is why they bought Strangeberry.

But what seems strange to me is why couldn't TiVO have lciensed it software to COMCAST and STILL do their Home LAN play?

Why can't they organically grow into a Home LAN play, evolving their brand into something that means - cool, compelling experience that works?

By turning down the COMCAST deal, Mike Ramsey got kicked out and now they'll probably never ship the Strangeberry V3 - and they'll just tube - as COMCAST will hook up with MS and squash them.

Oh well.

Here's Peter Rojas' engadget report....

Ok, now we understand why TiVo CEO Michael Ramsay was “promoted” out of his job last week. You know how people have been telling TiVo how the only way they’re going to survive would be to convince some a cable company to license their digital video recorder software for use on set-top boxes?

Yeah, well according to the New York Times last summer they were about to score a big deal with Comcast to do precisely this, that is until Ramsay pulled the plug at the last moment because he was convinced TiVo wasn’t getting paid enough money or given enough control over the service.

We won’t second guess his decision, since we don’t know the exact terms of the deal (though apparently they were pretty bad), but you know what, TiVo is sort of in a life-or-death situation right now and might have to take what it can get if it wants to stick around. The company is still not turning a profit, they’re facing increased competition from all sides (from cable companies with their generic DVR-capable set top boxes, Digeo’s Moxi, and Microsoft’s Media Center OS, not to mention stuff like MythTV and Beyond TV), and having deal like this in place would have been especially valuable in the wake of their recent break up with DirecTV. Now it’s Microsoft and Digeo who are testing their software with Comcast and TiVo that’s being left out in the cold. Ramsay says his strategy was to make an end-run around the cable companies and focus on turning the TiVo into a digital entertainment hub (i.e. “convergence”, i.e. the same thing everyone else claims to be working on), but now he’s out (at least as CEO, he’s staying on as chairman) and it’s unlikely that whoever succeeds him will have the luxury of grand visions: right now they’re going to have to focus on ensuring that TiVo is still in business a year from now.

[engadget]

This is important stuff. TiVO defined PVRs and now they're about to lose the market. Same thing is happening to NetFlix as we speak.

Is it lack of patents and bank account that causes this to happen or it something more about execution and staying smart. It's not good enough to be first and be really smart about your product offering or compelling experience.

It's about staying smart and working with others. Not being too greedy and keeping your eye on the end-user's experience - not your bank account. Or shall I say your future bank account.

Yah gotta follow DROC (do not run-out-of cash.) But you also can't be too greedy. TiVO knew that COMCAST knew that DirecTV was blowing off TiVO. TiVo should have known that MS was sucking up to COMCAST - HARD.

Why was COMCAST trying to do a deal with TiVO? Cause TiVO has the best product and experience. But they weren't able to come to a deal. Hmmmmmm.

Sounds like Apple to me.

A little sense of things

A little sense of things 04/29/2004 10:32 AM

I talked with Dan Kreiss the other day. He's working on a Master's at Stanford and is writing his thesis on blogging. He's posted notes from our discussion on his blog. It was a lively conversation, and gives you a bit of an idea where my thinking is these days. The best part of talking with him was discussing what I'm interested in doing next. The answer of course is lots of things! But in particular I got all jazzed up again about some ideas I've been thinking about for a while. When you've just finished a job, and you're spending you days alone at home, getting jazzed up about ideas is a really great thing.

Seven Inches Of Sense

Seven Inches Of Sense 07/20/2004 08:05 AM
blogger Mark O'Brien's .. mark

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A Sense of Scale

A Sense of Scale 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
A visual comparison of various distances. From the height of the Shuttle's typical orbit to the distance Earth travels in one second .. website showing reletive scales

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Doesn't make sense...

Doesn't make sense... 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
I haven't posted a lot because I've got too much stuff to post about! OK, I know it doesn't quite...

A sense of humor?

A sense of humor? 04/25/2004 09:39 AM

The NY Times reviews Eats, Shoots & Leaves, a book about punctuation that's recently come across the Atlantic after receiving rave reviews in the UK. In what's surely a sly joke to the Sunday Book Review reader, the Times entitled the article, ' Eats, Shoots & Leaves': Punctuation and It's Discontents. At least I hope it's a joke.

Making sense of AON

Making sense of AON 06/24/2005 05:11 PM
What does Cisco's AON announcement really mean for your SOA roadmap? A lot of enterprise architects must be scratching ...

Wireless Web in Britain

Wireless Web in Britain 05/06/2004 11:11 PM
IHT May 7 2004 1:52AM GMT

Britain steps on the gas

Britain steps on the gas 04/04/2005 07:04 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 4 2005 10:39PM GMT

Britain facing new Ice Age!

Britain facing new Ice Age! 01/26/2004 03:29 AM
A very interesting article which is getting some serious air-play and is being taken seriously by scientist seems to have...

Britain pledges �15m in aid

Britain pledges �15m in aid 12/29/2004 09:41 AM
The British government says it will give at least �15m to help the victims of the Asian earthquake.

PayPal's sense of decency

PayPal's sense of decency 07/03/2004 11:43 AM
RageBoy is getting messages from PayPal saying that what he's sellling violates their standards of decency. If PayPal doesn't want to be used for the sale of pornographic items, I guess that's their choice, but in this case, RB isn't trying to sell a thing. He has a "donate" button on his site. Apparently that requires him to clean up the content of his site to meet PayPal's sense of decency. Feels a tad intrusive, doesn't it? BTW, if you've got some spare cash, you might want to consider pressing that big ol' donate button while it still works....

Antisense Making Sense?

Antisense Making Sense? 02/17/2004 04:58 PM
With new antisense drugs in critical trials, David Nierengarten makes the case for companies that stand to benefit.

Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense 06/07/2004 08:38 PM
Rumsf eld fears U.S. losing long-term fight against terror. The troubling unknown, he said, is whether the extremists -- whom he termed "zealots and despots" bent on destroying the global system of nation-states -- are turning out newly trained terrorists faster than the United States can capture or kill them. "It's quite clear to me that we do not have a coherent approach to this," Rumsfeld said at an international security conference. Who are you and what have you done with Rumsfeld? And Can you do it some more? via the illustrious oliver willis.

Making sense from Web services

Making sense from Web services 06/22/2004 07:48 AM
ZDNet Jun 22 2004 11:36AM GMT

Making Sense of startup

Making Sense of startup 02/16/2004 07:24 AM
Some tips for figuring out what all the startup messages flying by your screen actually mean.

Dinosaur 0, Common Sense 1

Dinosaur 0, Common Sense 1 05/29/2004 05:05 AM
Barney is a 6 year old boy whose dad bought the .co.uk domain of his name so he can use it when he's older. Barney is a 60 million year old malevolent purple dinosaur and wants "his" domain name back. Hilarity, thinly vieled contempt and common-sense ensues .. (via NTK)

Wep gives 'false sense of security'

Wep gives 'false sense of security' 11/11/2003 05:40 PM
Personal Computer World Nov 11 2003 4:09PM ET

Sense of humour over-ride anyone?

Sense of humour over-ride anyone? 10/29/2003 10:20 AM
"Rupert Murdoch: Terrific dancer... Study: 92 per cent of Democrats are gay... Oil slicks found to keep seals young, supple..."

Fox News threatens to sue the Simpsons (and as a result, its sister company) over news ticker parody, according to an NPR interview of Matt Groening.

Copyright Common Sense

Copyright Common Sense 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
The Cato Institute's Adam Thierer's makes good sense in this essay on how to draw lines in the copyright debate. Key quote:

"But how we call in the cops and who the IP cops are makes a big difference. In particular, we shouldn’t expect Congress or regulatory agencies to legislate on every problem that creeps up or ban or mandate specific technological solutions in an attempt to solve IP debates. But when certain parties are egregiously violating the rights of copyright holders, they are certainly justified in seeking redress in the courts."

E-mail tries out a sense of smell

E-mail tries out a sense of smell 02/19/2004 07:58 AM
UK net provider Telewest Broadband is testing a system to let people to send scented e-mails.

Making Sense of the SCO Suits

Making Sense of the SCO Suits 03/06/2004 02:01 AM
Legal experts explain the differences in the two SCO lawsuits and what they mean to Linux users.

If Ahnuld has a sense of humor...

If Ahnuld has a sense of humor... 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
...as one of his first acts as governor he'll create a state telecommunications agency called "SkyNet."...

13 things that do not make sense

13 things that do not make sense 03/19/2005 02:51 AM
From the New Scientist, it's 13 things that do not make sense: placebos, homeopathy, dark matter, cold fusion, and more....

Does SenseCam Make Any Sense?

Does SenseCam Make Any Sense? 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
Microsoft researchers are busy at work on dozens of futuristic devices like the SenseCam, a 'visual diary' worn around the neck that captures 2,000 images daily. On the horizon are forge-proof ID cards and traffic-savvy alarm clocks.

"A Justice's Sense of Privilege,"

"A Justice's Sense of Privilege," 04/13/2004 01:57 AM
Bob Herbert .. tales

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It is recognized that you have a funny
sense of fun.

It is recognized that you have a funny
sense of fun. 04/29/2004 04:50 AM
The first draft, sans pictures or video, of my account of the Marathon des Sables is up. The great mystery of this Metafilter thread on why I dropped so many places on Day Four is finally answered. Lawrence: Oh thanks,...

Stop making sense!

Stop making sense! 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
ZDNet Dec 28 2004 4:03PM GMT

When Secrets Make Sense

When Secrets Make Sense 12/17/2004 06:37 PM
Recently I wrote a short piece making a strong and general claim that the same forces that are pushing data towards XML are pushing software towards Open Source. There was an interesting and well-written pushback from Microsoft’s Joe Marini. I think that, as Joe says, there are places in software where secrets make business sense; but we disagree as to where they are...

Common sense security

Common sense security 02/10/2004 03:01 AM

A new PC makes no sense--but who cares?

A new PC makes no sense--but who cares? 07/11/2004 08:40 PM
ZDNet Jul 12 2004 0:32AM GMT

PC that can sense a user's mood

PC that can sense a user's mood 02/10/2004 09:02 AM
Instrumentation Systems and Automation Society Feb 10 2004 1:16PM GMT

Making Sense Of Search

Making Sense Of Search 07/15/2004 03:18 AM
Linguistics Based Search Engine Delivers Sense To Internet Searches [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

Making Sense of Specs

Making Sense of Specs 12/24/2004 12:15 PM
In many cases, product specifications may mean something different from what they appear to, or mean nothing at all.
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