Live From the Eighth Annual Sports Media & Technology Conference

November 14, 2006

I am attending the Eighth Annual Sports Media & Technology Conference this week, and guest blogging live from the conference for PaidContent.org. Watch for my updates there.

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Recap: Delphi Business and Process Innovation Summit

October 23, 2006

Just returning from speaking at the Business and Process Innovation Summit last week. The conference was very well run by the folks at Perot Systems Innovation Lab, with a variety of interesting presentations. James Taylor, VP of product marketing for Fair Isaac’s Enterprise Decision Management Technologies, blogged the conference live. Here are links to JT’s […]

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Upcoming Keynote Speech: Business & Process Innovation Summit

October 11, 2006

I will be giving a keynote presentation “Innovation at the Intersection of Media and Technology” at the Business & Process Innovation Summit in San Diego next Tuesday. The conference is organized by Perot Systems’ Delphi Consulting Group. “This forum is one of the first to ever examine innovation and processes that support innovation in organizations […]

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RealNetworks to launch “RealTime” news reader

September 25, 2006

According an article in PC Magazine, RealNetworks is launching a beta news reader. The service includes a web-based news and RSS reader at www.RealTime.com and an optional downloadable desktop toolbar. My good friend Kevin Saito has been working on RealTime as a product manager. Kevin has a very broad set of business experiences at Real […]

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Article: How to Be a Smart Innovator

September 13, 2006

The Wall Street Journal has a good article, “How to Be a Smart Innovator“. In this Q&A, Nicholas Carr talks about “bridging technologies”. An excerpt: For a lot of companies, the people who are in charge of innovation, whether it’s the R&D folks or product developers or entrepreneurs in small companies, are the people who […]

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Review: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Nashville

September 12, 2006

Recently stayed at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel in Nashville. As a LoewsFirst Platinum member, the hotel took very good care of me. I stayed at this hotel last February and I was particularly impressed that hotel staff knew me by name upon my return visit. At the time of reservation, I was upgraded to an […]

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Seattle PI: Jim Heckman wheels, deals

September 6, 2006

The Seattle PI has an article about Jim Heckman, previously founder and CEO of online sports network Rivals.com and currently chief strategy officer of Fox Interactive Media. According to the article, Heckman negotiated the blockbuster three-year $900 million advertising deal between FIM and Google. That’s a major win for Heckman if the article is fully […]

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Article: How to succeed in the gadget biz

August 21, 2006

An article today in News.com “How to succeed in the gadget biz” about a book by George Bailey and Hagen Wenzek titled “Irresistible! Markets, Models and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics“. “In our industry the prices fall very quickly, unlike appliances where manufacturers can sell the same product the next year,” said Sean Wargo, director of […]

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Scott Ehrlich: Rocking the Boat

August 10, 2006

As we’re into the summer, here’s a great feature article on Scott Ehrlich, who founded Red Tie Inc. and launched Impulse Media, a Seattle-based consulting company that helps clients predict and capitalize on the intersection of new technologies and media. Scott has more than a decade of top-tier television and Internet management experience, serving in […]

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Article: Internet Is Seizing the Spotlight in the Live-Music Business

August 3, 2006

Concert webcasts and online vintage performance clips are gaining traction, according to this article in The New York Times. What role, if any, will be carved out for fans who take their own pictures and “bootleg” video at concerts? My friend and former co-worker from RealNetworks, Erik Flannigan, is quoted for this article. (If you […]

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