Marty Manley on economics, politics, technology, and culture

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Media Wants to Be Digital, Downloadable, and Free

Moore’s Law famously describes an important trend in computer processing power: the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit increases exponentially. Specifically, Intel founder Gordon Moore observed that chip density doubles about every two years. Thanks to Moore’s Law, computer processing is now free for most intents and purposes. Metcalfe’s [...]

Steve Jobs — Again

For Steve Jobs, it is clearly not sufficient to be the leading innovator of the age — his products must be so hot that  they define cool for the entire planet. The figures boggle the mind: six years after launch 110 million iPods now play 4 billion songs. 200 days after launch, 1 million iPhones [...]

To Infinity and Beyond: Steve Jobs Does it Again

Every year at this time I make a habit of watching the finest business presentation on the planet: the Steve Jobs keynote address at Mac World. The event is held nearby, but I watch the film to see Jobs present new results, products, and businesses. On Tuesday Jobs keynoted MacWorld 2007. He is surely one [...]

Audacious. Daring. Artistic. Insanely Great. 30 years old.

CNET wishes Happy 30th Birthday to the company that won our minds by knowing our hearts. They recall that the founders used to go "door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes"–electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls". One of the scofflaws was Steve Jobs, easily America’s most [...]

The Time is Right for E-books

Like music five years ago, today’s book industry is ripe for an iPod. Here is why eBooks are back and why, when they hit, many brick and mortar book stores will start to look like the fading relics that many music stores do now.