Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Looks like our usuals have got some news we need to pay attention to!
Rogers Communication in Canada offers, seriously App-controlled home security. I'm seeing this as a logical evolution of things – I also see it as hackable and a weird venture for the company. On the other hand you know this is going to happen, so hey programmers . . .
People's completion rate of video games is dismally low. Here's a question? Does that matter?
Is winter coming for startups? I'm not sure myself.
Ikea is to furniture what Harlequin is to romance.
Our own Bonnie said that in a chat, and beyond the images it gave me, it made me realize something about success.
Imagine your ideal personal business, ideal employer, ideal industry. You doubtlessly have ideals that you wish to learn from – the best company or person, etc. But at times we're a bit too close to such ideals to learn from them. I've seen this in several industries (most noteably gaming).
So I've wanted to suggest something that comparison made me think: maybe we professional geeks could learn by finding what "non-geeky" industries, companies, and individuals map well to your ideals. It might give you enough distance – and enough stimulation – to extract winning ideas.
An article with interviews on a woman who found her entire novel plagarized with name changes on a fanfic site. Quite fascinating on many levels, a good warning, and a reminder of how good fans can warn you to such things.
This happens more than people realize, and it's not just for no money – there have been issues of "ebook spam" where people sell copies of books cheap until they get caught.
For my money there's not enough focus on plagarism as of late in media. I'm not sure why.