When Apple announced what was coming in it’s iPhone 3.0 software update it activated a hidden marketing weapon that it had deployed the day the iPhone was released. Was it a secret feature that had gone some how unnoticed? Actually quite the opposite, it was a missing feature that Apple had been very openly criticized [...]
Withholding features as a Competitive Strategy
July 21st, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
Innovation without Execution is Worthless
July 16th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
When I was at HP a small group of the former SPI Dynamics team had the opportunity to speak with Ann Livermore and share our thoughts and experiences on life inside HP. The conversation was free flowing and unstructured and we spent way too much time complaining about how hard life was inside HP but [...]
The next great Technology Supernova is coming
July 6th, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink
The four great axioms that govern all information technology innovation are processing speed, storage, connectivity and bandwidth with a fith super axiom, cost, that defines the innovation threshold for each of these axioms. If you trace every major technological advance back to its starting point you will find the threshold of one of these axioms [...]