News and Analysis

Nitendo To Launch Own Network

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Well, it finally happened – Nintendo is doing its own network.  Not clear if it's in time for the Wii U launch or what, but a welcome addition to the company.  Well, in short, it's a needed one.

Of course details seem scarce, but let's be honest – Nintendo has to do this to keep up.  It's not something new, it's something they have no choice but to do.

Now a few things:

  • Is this going to be a minimal-network or are they going to do anything different with it?  Nintendo's "do different" ability has served them well in the past (you think we'd have Kinect without the Wii?).  They may leave people unimpressed or suddenly have competitors scrambling to keep up.
  • They may use this to steal the thunder of competitors.  Watch when the announcements occur.
  • How much is made – and how much has to be built.  There may be job opportunities here.
  • How do you get things distributed between this new network?  Developers should keep up on this.

– Steven Savage

 

 

Netflix Is Back?

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OK they may be still playing juggle-the-rights, but Netflix did pretty well for Q4 (beating expectations), and numbers suggest they might be over that hump of sort of annoying everyone.

They're also abandoning their video game rental plans, which makes total sense.

Frankly this is a bit better than I expected, but as a Netflix booster who got disappointed in some of their activities, I'm not sure I can say "they're back," even though I love the service.  It's a positive sign definitely – and it looks like they're aware that Amazon is coming for them.

Oh, and again, where's OnLive in all of this . . .

– Steven Savage

The Resume May Be Dying?

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Well, not quite, but here's some interesting insights on how some companies are going more non-standard routes with resumes.  It's a bit fluffy, I'd have liked more information and statistics.

Now one thing to take away from this is that there's some cool ideas in here you could use no matter how traditional a company may feel about a resume:

  • You could do a video application of yourself and store it privatley, linking a potential employer or client to it.
  • You could work on your web presence (which I've hammered on anyway).
  • You can demonstrate your skill with projects.

Maybe you can get a jump on a trend – or make life more interesting for some poor sot in HR reading the 400th resume.

– Steven Savage