Microsoft as Sony, Nintendo and Sony

Each generation of consoles see lines move between different manufacturers, so the market has changed during this generation next-gen, during which Microsoft has implemented the strategy of Sony, as Sony and Nintendo.

Microsoft as Sony, Nintendo and Sony

The video game industry is made of twists, successes, failures. Sega and its very good Dreamcast saw by Microsoft to reveal the unexpected challenger console show. Meanwhile, Sony and Nintendo each other to better himself to fight: Nintendo relying on a strong supply of First Party Games, Sony creating a strong partnership with the Third Party studios to offer consumers a wide range of successful titles . Strategies that have evolved over the past three years. Continue reading

Film101: Award-Eligible Podcast Snubbed!

Recently, Rich Albertoni wrote a very good article about local podcasts for Isthmus. Given my penchant for hyperbole, “very good” is a scathing critique from my keyboard. Why, I gave a review of eight of ten multiple orgasms to the week-old fries I found under my couch last night. This so-called piece of journalism claims to discuss local culture in the podcast era, yet fails to mention our very own semi-professional, not-technicaly-illegal Film101.

What’s the deal, Albertoni? Or should I say, Alber-phony?! Do you think we do this podcast for fun? Why do you think I spend literally dozens of minutes every couple weeks to bring the best in local cinema to Dane County? I didn’t go to film school, fail to get a job in Hollywood, and spend my day job hours reviewing movies and crying into my beer for this. Continue reading

CrunchUp Live: The Real-Time Moment

Today, at our Real-Time Stream CrunchUp conference Erick Schonfeld is sitting down with Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter; Chris Cox of Facebook; and Bret Taylor, co-founder of FriendFeed.

Erick: Jack, tell us why you decided to present the info that’s coming through Twitter as a stream of information and why is it resonating?

JD: It’s the way I’ve always been visualizing information. A stream, imagine a 911 calls a typical center gets, and those calls flowing into a stream that bubbles up makes sense. We developed it over many iterations.

ES: Facebook always had a stream element, but with the latest re-design this has been emphasized in a big way. How’s that going? Continue reading