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Consumer-Generated Pricing: Foundations of a democratic patronage

How much more would you pay to hear the songs of a local band, because you want them to succeed? Today, you really dont have a choice, because companies have already inserted themselves into the equation, setting prices arbitrarily, whether it is $0.99 a song at iTunes, $0.88 a song...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Ze Frank and Rocketboom: How much is too much for Web stars?

Yesterday, I launched a poll about whether readers would give $50 to National Public Radio or to vlogger Ze Frank. At this writing, the results are 57 percent for NPR and 43 percent for Ze Frank. Here's the follow-up question: How much is too much to pay for a Web...

Tags: Ze Frank

Blog posts 2006-10-25

$50 for news and entertainment: Ze Frank or NPR?

$50 for news and entertainment: Ze Frank or NPR?Ze FrankFrank is ahead of the media curve, no doubt.http://one.revver.com/watch/82957/format/flv/affiliate/23672

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Ze Frank, NPR, entertainment

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Ze Frank has a video for dumbfounded NBC execs to watch

Ze Frank has a video for dumbfounded NBC execs to watchLearn what?How to not make money?I like it.I like this guy, his humor and the fact that he is trying something new. Using Revver is so damn cool.Old media = dinosaurThe creaky dinosaurs who run most old media empires just...

Tags: INTERNET, Corporate communications, Ze Frank, NBC, video

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Ze Frank has a video for dumbfounded NBC execs to watch

 Talk about serendipity. Just when I was lashing NBC executives with a wet noodle for finding scapegoats and planning to take until 2009 to fix its problems (2009? We'll be on Web 4.0 by then... or will that be XP Service Pack 5?), Ze Frank comes out with a show...

Tags: Ze Frank, media, video, video blogging

Blog posts 2006-10-25

$50 for news and entertainment: Ze Frank or NPR?

ZD Net has some nifty new polling features, so I am trying them out with a question I have been pondering. Ze Frank or NPR?If you had $50 for news and entertainment this month, would you send it to Ze Frank of the show with zefrank or to National Public...

Tags: Ze Frank

Blog posts 2006-10-24

Additional Resources

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over

CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-overMy perception of CEOsMy perception of CEOs:1. Company makes a profit, CEO gets a pay raise and a bonus.2. Company loses money, CEO fires people and still gets a pay raise and a bonus.3. Company files for bankruptcy, CEO gets a severance package for...

Tags: do-over, meltdown, bank, Marxism, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Are there really 750 million mentally ill?

Are there really 750 million mentally ill?Not hard to believe at all...just walk down a street or watch people as the are driving... hell look at some of the posters here!LoverockMike Cox (although he is probably the most sane...)Anton PhiladoryeShade TreeMike FarinaHey wait a minute... I see a trend here....

Tags: flute, Messiah

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...

Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

The IT role in the mortgage meltdown

The IT role in the mortgage meltdownNobody likes a WhisleblowerYou got blacklisted for publicly Whistle-blowing at a company meeting. For your trouble you lost a job, faced economic hardship, and had to explain at interviews why this employer would not give you a reference. You did not follow...

Tags: Leadership, information technology, mortgage meltdown, IT role, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

The cloud finally comes to education

Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...

Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-06

End the spectre of science for sale

End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study. There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...

Tags: NIH, democracy

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts

Somehow I'm not surprised to read that Gov. Sarah Palin has more email accounts. It's now very well known, of course, that her office operated Yahoo accounts. Someone breached one of the Yahoo accounts, prompting an Internet manhunt. Now the Washington Post reports (yeah, I...

Tags: e-Mail Account, Yahoo! Inc., Governor, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Microsoft says crisis will impact tech

Microsoft says crisis will impact techGround Control to L.E.M. Apollo13 Gemini has returned to Canada:Tom Hanks Impersonator,"Aren't we glad Houston didn't say San Fransico. That fire would wipe-out the SSA and put fourteen million Americans out of their homes."" I wonder how my trailer park is doing?"Wrong!!What's needed is NOT...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft says crisis, MICROSOFT SAYS

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Thanks, but no thanks, SAS

Thanks, but no thanks, SASSome good R linkshttp://www.johnmwillis.com/r/are-you-using-r/openIntelTry openIntel, a free data model offered by OSEd ( http://osed.com ). IT is free and it includes documentation explaining it, the tables and the relations. It was designed by Maurice Frank, the original creator of the IBM Insight at...

Tags: SAS Institute, data model

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Wall Street's Pain = Tech's Gain

Wall Street's Pain = Tech's GainA Wake Up CallThis is unfortunate, but it should serve as a wake up call to all American investors. If you want to protect your money, you need to diversify and invest at least some of it overseas. These are hard times for...

Tags: Frank Miller

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Odds for Yahoo-AOL deal may increase

Yahoo's board reportedly set the stage for additional talks with Time Warner's AOL unit for some kind of deal. According to a relatively thin Financial Times report Yahoo's board approved talks with Time Warner about the future of AOL. Time Warner has been trying to unload AOL...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Performance Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)

Comcast really does care aka how Twitter helped save Nick at NiteYou are not the only one...Fresh Prince is still cool and funny. I did the same as you, but once I started making use of my media center in vista I was watching recorded shows of Inuyasha and Angel...

Tags: DVR, Fresh Prince, Comcast Corp., Nick-at-Nite, Twitter, CableCard

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)

It's a little embarrassing for me to admit this, but I go to sleep every night watching Nick at Nite. Loser, right? What can I say, I never tire of the antics of Will and Carlton on the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air." All was fine last...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Twitter, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe It

Americans Hate Flying - Consultants Must Really Loathe ItDelta doesn't seem all that bad......but maybe it's just in comparison with US Airways which held the franchise at the local airport just before them. They'll even let you bring food on the plane, and they have a real live flight...

Tags: Benefits, Food & Beverage, Americans Hate Flying

Discussion threads 2008-09-23