Interesting quote" Content creation has become an important check and balance for democracy or internationally, those trying to achieve democracy." Oh Twitter!! are you listening?
My Thoughts: Interesting point of view on the new "Content Creation Class". How does it stack-up against the "Content Consumption Class"?
Efficiency over growth (and jobs)
From the article - "The hook to every song sung at Davos is “jobs, jobs, jobs.” The chorus of machers on stages here operate under an article of faith that growth can come back, that they can stimulate it, that that will create jobs, and then that all will be eventually well.
What if that’s not the case? I am coming to believe, more and more, that technology is leading to efficiency over growth. I’ve written about that here. This notion is obviously true in some sectors of society: see news and media, retail, travel sales, and other arenas. But how many more sectors will this rule strike: universities? government? banking? delivery? even manufacturing? Read more"
My thoughts: Whoa. Someone who is actually saying aloud what I've believed since I read the book "The End of Work" in 1995. There are a lot of jobs that will not be coming back. Yes, even in journalism and in the print industry.
So all we have to do is invent new ones….
Apple total sales for the iPad reaches 55 million
From the article: "One of the questions I am asked most often by publishers and other media executives is what is the total number of iPads in the market – many in Europe want to know what the penetration of the iPad is in their country, a much harder question to answer.
Well, for those keeping score, Apple has now reached the 55 million mark.
Apple began selling (or more accurately, shipping the iPad since they accept pre-orders) in April of 2010. April represents the first month of Apple's third quarter. Read more"
My thoughts: I love the last paragraph - "The biggest question on the minds of publishers concerning the iPad has always been 'at what point is the market big enough that I should invest in a tablet edition?' These numbers should clarify things for quite a number of them." (100 MILLION! by the end of 2012) has any other device gone from 0 to 100 million in 3 years? Does that define a platform?
Understanding Moore's Law
You REALLY need to understand this foundational principle of technology. Every 18 months the number of transistor's doubles (conversely the price for the same performance falls in half.). Computers are increasing in power and capability so fast we can no longer grasp it. Here's an example that might help you get a sense of how fast things are changing. Apple is hot right now. Let's take a look at what they did with their technology in the last 12 years (8 Moore generations).
(image credit: Brett Jordan via Flickr)
Here's a quick update from the infographic above from 2010.
Year 2000 - Apple iMac with 32 GB hard drive, and Motorola 500mhz processor - $2000
Year 2012 - Apple iPhone 4s (with Siri) - 32 GB - TWO Apple A5 - 1ghz processor - $299.
Here's my prediction for 2020 (6 Moore generations)
Year 2012 - Apple iPhone 4s (with Siri) - 32 GB - TWO Apple A5 - 1ghz processor - $299.
Year 2020 - Apple Siri Aural Embed 32gb - Sixteen 2ghz processors - $99
(image credit: Peter Meng )
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