Clearing the mental attic of some odds and ends... A little bird told me that Fisher Communications is up for sale. I have no idea if this is true. But interestingly, Fisher filed an 8-K on August 24, notifying the SEC of changes in its top executives' Change of Control agreements. From its preamble: The … Continue reading Tidbits: Fisher Communications, TechFlash, Snow Leopard, etc.
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World Plone Day, Open Source Bridge, Friends, Bittersweet Chocolate
Yesterday's World Plone Day in Seattle was interesting, and helped me think about a few matters. Fifteen – 20 people were physically present, with another 10 watching via Brian Gershon's ustream.tv wizardry. (It was lower quality than a separate camcorder recording, due to a ustream.tv bug.) After Jon Stahl's introduction, Andrew Burkhalter, David Glick, and … Continue reading World Plone Day, Open Source Bridge, Friends, Bittersweet Chocolate
Television affiliates are dead meat
Consider: Tonight, I watched the latest episode of Kings. I watched it on Hulu, at 480p, which is so-called Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV). It needed only a little over 1 Mbps of bandwidth. Video and audio quality depends on more than the stream's resolution, so it's possible for a 480p stream to look no better … Continue reading Television affiliates are dead meat
Newspapers and the Internet. Next, TV Stations?
Clay Shirky wrote a brilliant treatise on the Internet's effects on the newspaper business. It nicely summarizes how newspapers got into their current state, and advocates a from-within-the-revolution way of thinking about what's happening to information. It has many money quotes. Here's one: If you want to know why newspapers are in such trouble, the … Continue reading Newspapers and the Internet. Next, TV Stations?
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