Update on Blu-ray and DVDs
Posted by Thom in Uncategorized on 2010/08/23
Most companies prefer sales charts that move up and to the right, not down and to the right.
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article which validates my previous post on Blu-ray’s obsolescence. Today’s article notes that DVD/Blu-ray sales are continuing to decline from their peak of nearly $16 billion in 2007, to less than $13 billion in 2009. Year-over-year sales declined 14% in the 2nd quarter of 2010 with no expected increase. Most movie execs claimed that a lack of movies was responsible for the decline in sales not a shift in viewing and buying patterns.
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Blu-ray Discs are Already Obsolete
Posted by Thom in Business, Technology on 2010/08/15
Blu-ray is cool and all, but too bad it's going to be irrelevant.
Yes, I am stating unequivocally that Blu-ray disc technology is already obsolete. But not because there is a better pre-recorded viewing technology, but rather the Blu-ray disc obsolescence stems from a changed marketplace. Online Streaming coupled with changing media consumption patterns means that those Blu-ray Disc players and movies delivering the latest and greatest viewing experience are already becoming obsolete and will never achieve the success and ubiquity of VHS or DVD players.
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Are You Solving an Old Problem?
Posted by Thom in Business, Technology on 2010/06/10
Search engines are still an onramp to the internet.
Businesses are often formed to provide a product or service - either proactively or in response to a specific problem. But businesses have to be careful that the problem that they are solving remains a current one, or that it solves the whole problem and not just part of the problem. Otherwise those businesses are vulnerable to competition from new market entrants and new technologies. A classic example of this phenomenon is Carbon Paper.
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Light Beer Sales are Down – I’m Shocked!
Light beer – your days are numbered.
The big news out recently is that beer sales are down about 4% and sales of so-called “premium” light beers are down as well, some by as much as 7%. To paraphrase the famous Captain Renault scene from Casablanca: Captain Renault: ”I’m shocked, shocked to find that light beer sales are falling. Waiter: “Here’s your Sam Adams Captain.”
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My First Month at Microsoft
Posted by Thom in Business, Technology, Work Experiences on 2010/05/29
I didn't have this verbatim conversation per se – but it aptly captures the work intensity here at Microsoft.
Somehow I made it through the gauntlet of interviews and Microsoft decided to hire me. Yea, I don’t believe it either. Even after a month, it still feels a little unreal each morning when I swipe my badge – I keep waiting for the light to turn red and for someone to come out and say this has all been a big mistake and that they’ll have to take my badge….But so far it hasn’t happened.
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