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Debating Some of the Issues of Our Time with Dmitry Shapiro

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What the NetFlix changes were all about and the economics behind this. We had a long chat about “pseudonymity” – so much so that I came home that night and wrote this blog post. Facebook “lists” and why the algorithmic approach is better for maintenance.

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Facebook’s Biggest Mistake?

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Maybe even as big as Netflix’ seemingly permanent mistake of not allowing Netflix subscribers to send a “your friend Arden thought you’d love this movie. Click here to watch it for free” link to their non-Netflix friends. Photo Credit: Tech The Best , Tech blog. Photo Credit: Let's Not And Say We Did , Personal blog.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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In a world where we’ve seen newspapers crumbling, record labels struggling and Blockbuster imploding and making way for the rise of Netflix it seems kinda intuitive to most of us but we can’t quite place why this happens. I am reminded about how dismissive traditionally television media is about YouTube – even to this day.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. I look carefully at who is speaking before me.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. We are seeing the emergence of the “digital living room&# and yet Netflix, Apple & Google all seem to be better positioned to have a seat at our couches.

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The Future of Advertising will be Integrated

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So people will spend money online to get you to sign up for credit cards or Netflix but not to change your laundry detergent. The technology blogs will be aflutter with continued criticisms of in-stream ads while mainstream consumers continue to click on links provided by the celebrities they respect and will buy products accordingly.

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Gimlet Media and Anchor: What Spotify’s Acquisitions Mean for Podcasts

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Not for nothing, Spotify’s CFO is the former CFO of Netflix, another streaming service that is betting big on owning an entire content pipeline.). Since its inception, podcasting has been compared to the early days of blogging: It’s decentralized, it’s easy to do yourself, it’s the cool thing for nerds.