“The Tragedy of the Commons” is a famous work by Garret Hardin. Published in 1968 by Science magazine, it offers concepts that are often referenced today without acknowledgement of where the philosophical credit is due. The article’s message is inherently relevant to modern life, and often referenced by academics and professionals.
Hardin is extolled for his [...]
Archive for the ‘Reflection’ Category
Tragedy of the Commons
Posted in Evolution & Trends, Reflection on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
E-Waste & Displacing Place
Posted in Mobile Media, Reflection, tagged computer, disposal, e-waste, environment, incentive, Mobile, recycle on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Key issue: Who is responsible for e-waste management?
Following is a review of the most salient information from Chapter 5 of the book Displacing Place, edited by Sharon Kleinman. It is written by Julie Newman and titled “Displacing Place with Obsolete Information and Communication Technologies.” The focus is on e-waste management.
Author’s Main Point: Waste-management needs to be considered [...]
Presentation Experience
Posted in Evolution & Trends, Reflection, tagged Communications, powerpoint, presentation on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After viewing Brian’s presentation, I was inspired to embrace a minimalistic design as well. I enjoyed his presentation because it was more of a conversation aided by interesting visuals that structured his lecture.
“The Wireless Application Marketplace”
Posted in Mobile Media, Questions, Reflection, tagged application marketplace, cell, open, wireless on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The recent article on the stock market news Web site Seeking Alpha, “The Wireless Application Marketplace: Apple, Google, Microsoft and RIMM” by Option Dragon, offers a look at the emergence of wireless application marketplaces.
With the huge success of Apple’s iPhone App Store, other industry leaders are rushing to get a share of the market. [...]
Reflection on “Disruptive Technologies”
Posted in Evolution & Trends, Reflection, tagged Bower, Christensen, Disruptive Technologies on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Harvard Business Review article “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave” by Joseph L. Bower and Clayton M. Christensen is one of the most useful articles I’ve read pertaining to the rise of successful new technologies. Despite being written in 1995, the material is just as relevant today as it was 14 years ago.
Several take-aways can [...]
Reflection
Posted in Net-centric Economics, Reflection on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night’s class flew by. Being our final class, there was a lot of ground to cover. Here are some of the highlights of what I enjoyed:
The discussion of Disney’s Wall-e movie and the use of copyrighted material was interesting. I have yet to see the film, but I can understand Kathy’s frustration that Louis [...]
Reflection on Howard Rheingold
Posted in Net-centric Economics, Reflection on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a treat I had on August 4th! I wasn’t expecting to be selected to ask three questions of famed digital media expert Howard Rheingold. That was very exciting; and I hadn’t used Skype before, so that was fun as well.
I checked out MartinLutherKing.org, as Rheingold suggested. “A modern day plastic god” is what that [...]
Media Economics Reflection
Posted in Net-centric Economics, Reflection on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While reading chapters 7, 10, 11, and 13 of Media Economics, I found many similarities to other readings. Chapter 10 touches on pricing structures that are resonant of Anderson’s “Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business” discussions of the subscription model, and the concept of free and cross-subsidy methods used by Gillette. Chapter 11 [...]
Web Services Reflection
Posted in Net-centric Economics, Reflection on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guest speaker Mike Culver, Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, brought up some interesting discussion topics including outsourcing methods that have been introduced with the emergence of the Internet. Mechanical Turk allows anonymous people to do work for one another. The tasks are typically things that people can do, but computers cannot (like distinguish a chair [...]
Reflection on T.A. McCann
Posted in Net-centric Economics, Reflection on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
T.A. McCann was an informative speaker – particularly regarding the online content he covered. I was able to usurp some of his attention during the Q &A session and learn about his start-ups, competition factors, and protocol for businesses “stealing” ideas. It was all very interesting. It is clear that he is a salesman, and proficient [...]
