Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Well you knew I'd chime in on the Sony Playstation Network outage and the SOE hack. I knew I'd do it.
I expected the writeup to be done after the fact, since I write at times a week ahead. I figured it'd be a measured analysis (and with an extra rant, perhaps). I had all these expectations of what I'd do when PSN was up.
I didn't expect I'd write it when PSN was still down and this was still a developing story.
Geeks may just save Wal-Mart. Gods, I don't believe I'm saying this.
I'll get it out of the way, I'm not exactly a fan of Wal-Mart. It's a combination of business factors, quality, effects on community and so on. You know, the usual. I'm not exactly going to diss success, but I think Wal-Mart's been on a kind of a race to the bottom.
In fact, it looks like that bottom is being reached pretty fast, as this article notes: Wal-Mart shoppers are running out of money: http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/27/news/companies/walmart_ceo_consumers_under_pressure/index.htm
So the Xoom's had some bad reviews (which I admittedly don't think are fair, but still). RIM's playbook is getting trashed – though it's having some surprisingly good sales (which I chalk up to loyalty). The Android-and-other Tablet market doesn't appear to be doing too hot at the moment.
So this has me thinking. OK, linoleum makes me think (name the reference), but in this case I'm thinking about Tablets.