Just freewheeling about buying and selling

This is one of my more provisional posts; in it I bare my thoughts somewhat more vulnerably than I am normally wont to do, because it is about an important subject. I’ve been thinking about it for some time now, which means it is a long post. It’s rambling and woolly because it is provisional. … Continue reading “Just freewheeling about buying and selling”

More musing about news: wikinews

Following on from comments on my last post, and at least in some part influenced by what I’d had bouncing around my head when I wrote this in 2006 (to do with Gresham’s Law and information), I’d like to spend a little time thinking about news as a commons, its damage and its repair. If … Continue reading “More musing about news: wikinews”

You’re a blog

Gapingvoid tweeted this earlier this morning. Coming from Hugh, that’s saying something. Even if he has “retired” to Alpine. So I went and took a look at the story: The Techcrunch Web Tablet project. Which seems to look like this: Now neither Michael Arrington nor Hugh Macleod needs any link love from me. So why … Continue reading “You’re a blog”

A sideways look at IT and IS strategy and VRM

I’ve been reading quite a bit of Umair Haque this past year. He makes me think. Take his latest post, Saving Strategy from the Strategists. You don’t have to agree with everything he says, but the following excerpt shows where his head’s at: Perhaps the meaning of competitive advantage, when all the games have been … Continue reading “A sideways look at IT and IS strategy and VRM”

What does bad look like? And related questions

I was in conversation with an old colleague, Sean Park, a few days ago; with a little bit of luck, we’ll be able to spend a little time together next week in San Francisco, at Supernova. During the conversation, this post by Chris Skinner came up. First, a few disclaimers. One, I am not against … Continue reading “What does bad look like? And related questions”