Steven Savage

GoDaddy Getting Bought is unexpected. Sony getting sued . . . is not. It's the surprising and unsurprising today!

Economics/Geekonomics:
A long but mind-blowingly fascinating look at the history of Corporations. This thing is packed with enough ideas for a bunch of articles, and will help you rethinking economics, economy, attention, etc. I can't say I agree with all of it, but boy will you think.  Call it "kinda must read."

Geek Law:
Is Best Buy trying to own the word 'Geek' or just defend Geek Squad? Something a professional geek like me is going to watch . . .

Looks like we've got another child porn/manga/Canada issue on our hands.

Comics:
Just why did the Green Lantern movie not do so hot?

Outages and Outrages:
There's a lawsuit against Sony over the security breaches, and it alleges layoffs that may have affected customer security, as well as poor, secondary practices. Told you this wasn't over, so all you Geek Law types watch and learn, all you working in security you have a new scare story to put the fear of Hack into non-techs, and those of you in gaming . . . watch a publicity disaster.

Bioware is hacked. Is this even news for us anymore?

Wait, PSN Japan is still down? I keep forgetting this since I figure it has to have gone up and I missed it.

Publishing:
A nice look at winners and losers in 'Pottermore'. For myself I have to say this kind of makes sense – and any pressure to have Amazon do EPub is welcome. Sony as a winner maybe . . . but a part of me feels that in the light of their hack scandal some people are gonna love a crack at Pottermore . . .

Technology:
Woah. Domain Registration king Go Daddy is in talks to be purchased. Go Daddy is used by a lot of people, and depending who gets them, it could represent a critical change for these users. It could also mean an interesting new entity to work for – or compete with.

Looks like Amazon is looking to set up shop in India. There's also recruiting going on here (hint, hint).

MUST READ: The Competitive Edge of APIs. If you're not a programmer, APIs are formal, public ways for people to access systems – and several companies like Netflix have made their vast databases and functions available (with security of course) leading to popularity, 3rd party apps, and general adaption

QUESTION OF THE DAY: So just who do you think wants their hands on GoDaddy?

– Steven Savage

Pottermore. Nuff said.

Economics/Geekonomics:
An interesting look at how people use their leisure times by demographics.

OK try and follow this. The CEO of Netflix, who sits on the board of Microsoft, is now on the board of Facebook. Some potential alliances brewing perhaps?

Geek Law:
OK they may have botched it by accident, but The Netherlands is the second country to have a Net Neutrality law after Chilie. A trend yet?

Here comes the Google Antitrust Investigation.

Comics:
G4 will run the 'Iron Man' and 'Wolverine' anime. We reported this awhile ago, I just want to see how it goes over.

Publishing:
Here you go. There is a Pottermore website. It appears to be a place to get Harry Potter Ebooks, and has some social and gaming aspects plans, but no MMO (which I think would be IMPOSSIBLE to conceal, trust me on this). It sounds like a brand/book extenuation that may be interesting and revive interest (note the timing with the last film), and may be worth watching to see what they try (and duplicate it). Heck it might be worth applying to job-wise depending.

Also note? This is basically her self-publishing.

(Note – the development with Sony? NOT gonna encourage people security-wise)

And here is a far more sane look at the problem of eBook Spam/Content Farms. There's a lot to chew on here, and it suggests controls for such things will need to evolve in the ebook space. I sure hope so.

Video Games:
Rumors persist that EA may buy Popcap. That would be huge as they'd get a profitable company (at a high price) that recently adsorbed other companies, and that has a deal with Amazon.

QUESTION OF THE DAY:So Pottermore.  How big do you think it'll get?

– Steven Savage