http://www.tapsns.com/blog Mark Anderson Strategic News Service Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:25:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tim O'Reilly probably meant no more than to market his omni-present conferences when he coined the term "Web 2.0," but the results have included giving some kind of ill-conceived business model faith to tens of thousands of hapless would-be entrepreneurs, and a smaller number of even more at-risk investors. As though ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/facebook-and-business-model-20/ There is a lot of important conversation going on currently about what we have all learned about regulation in the financial industry, and what happens with a lack of it, what we could have done differently, why we (and the regulators) ignored often-prescient warnings, and so on. This all presupposes that ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/01/it-isnt-what-we-are-learning-its-who-is-learning/ Imagine this: SNS members now know that the real causes of the current economic crash, on a global dimension, came from the Japanese carry trade and huge petrodollar increases inflating the global liquidity bubble until it was unstable. Amazing that Fortune magazine would put a cover up claiming that a) the ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/the-big-mistakes-they-still-dont-see/ From NPR and KPLU Radio: 2009 should be a good year for videogames and cell phone applications. Voice recognition, diskless computers and wireless broadband will take great strides forward. Strategic News Service publisher Mark Anderson shares his top ten predictions for the new year with KPLU's Dave Meyer. Listen to the interview. http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/kplu-2009-technology-predictions/ From the Island Guardian Published 12/16/2008 By Mark Anderson The plight of our resident killer whales has become as simple to understand as is the most likely means of saving them. After years of argument driven as much by money as by science, we have suddenly, unfortunately, reached a moment when the causes ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/the-southern-resident-orca-population-crashes-in-2008-starvation/ From CIO Today: Mark Anderson shares his technology predictions for 2009 With consumer spending on entertainment slowing down, consumers will happily spend more to improve their at-home entertainment experience instead of splurging on outings to restaurants and movies. That means bigger TV screens to connect to video game consoles for family ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/the-tech-trends-to-expect-in-2009-cio-today/ From BusinessWeek: Mark Anderson predicts the year's coming developments, from expanded home entertainment to voice recognition to new, lightweight netbooks Read the article and watch the video. http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/tech-trends-to-expect-in-2009/ Mark Anderson outlines the origins of the Netbook for BusinessWeek journalist Steve Hamm: "Suddenly, Netbooks are all the rage. Turns out the UMPC (ultramobile) form factors were a bit too small and too expensive to make a mass market, but the Netbook is JUST RIGHT." Read the complete article. http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/the-inspiration-behind-netbooks/ Every time we arrive in New York for our Predictions Dinner, it is more fun.  The city is all dressed up for Christmas; some would say this is New York at its best.  The hotel is incredible, and the choice of things to do is literally unequalled world wide. I ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/ny-ny/ Many people have been forced into having their own verbal and intellectual lenses for explaining the behaviors of George Bush. He can't just be insane, so -- what is it?  What explains his behavior? Today, as Congress fished around for money to save the U.S. auto companies, in a pickle because they ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2008/12/a-few-last-desperate-consistently-self-oriented-moves/