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By: The Disintermediation Era | HPC « Topical Expression

The Disintermediation Era | HPC « Topical Expression — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:02:20 +0000

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By: Μάναμ, επικοινωνείς γιά, δεν επικοινωνείς; « Κάτοικος Γυάλινου Πύργου

Μάναμ, επικοινωνείς γιά, δεν επικοινωνείς; « Κάτοικος Γυάλινου Πύργου — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:33:41 +0000

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By: Tara Hunt

Tara Hunt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Anne,

I didn’t get into patents and IP here, but I feel the very same way that you do. They are predatory, at best.

By: Anne Hong

Anne Hong — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:41:10 +0000

What are your thoughts about intellectual property and patents? Just recently Microsoft patented Edward Tufte’s invention of “Sparklines.” How can anyone fight a big corporation like Microsoft and prove that Microsoft clearly stole this “free” idea. That has been their modus operandi from the get-go. Similarly, Apple stole from Xerox PARC. I believe creative people want to practice, however when these thieves capitalize on free information, it discourages any innovation.

These links were recommended by Sean Salmon [http://twitter.com/seanaes]:
Tufte on Microsoft’s claim: http://bit.ly/1OJR4h Microsoft on sparklines “invented by Tufte” in Excel, http://bit.ly/4veA91

By: Spatial is Special – There’s a (M)App for That « Fiducial Marks – Paul Bissett, WeoGeo CEO

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:52 +0000

[...] that “Content is King”. In a frictionless marketplace of ideas and data, where the process of disintermediation has reached its peak, the lines of competition will be drawn around product price, branding (think [...]

By: Meri

Meri — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:51:52 +0000

Great post, there is new intermediation needed. Do we really need or want to rely on what the doctor remembers in his head to make a diagnosis? Or rely on one teacher standing in front of a classroom of 30 students to meet the needs of each student? Technology can deliver individualized curriculum to each student, with the teacher as mentor and facilitator in the classroom. We can “google with our doctor” to diagnose and to find the best care for our particular needs. The new middle men facilitate knowledge using technology. This is individual-driven medicine and education.

By: missrogue

missrogue — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:14:23 +0000

I see what you mean. I read a great post years ago by Keith Teare about the Foothills of money taking over the Mountains. Even though all of this content creation is leading to smaller numbers in book sales, album sales, box office tickets, etc, there is still a fairly sustainable living to be made by a wider number of people. I'm one of them, I think, so I tend to have faith in it.

By: Strukturwandel: Die Folgen der digitalen Disruption für die Volkswirtschaft » netzwertig.com

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:36:27 +0000

[...] dafür sorgen, dass eine ganze Reihe von Wirtschaftszweigen komplett überflüssig wird: Zum einen der Wegfall der Notwendigkeit von Mittlern, und zum anderen die Möglichkeit, im Web aufgrund minimaler Distributionskosten Inhalte und [...]

By: John E. Bredehoft

John E. Bredehoft — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:04:16 +0000

Throughout history, we’ve seen instances in which old regimes have been swept away – only to see new, more oppressive regimes take their place. Based on history, I believe that there’s a good chance that the new middlemen that are emerging today will be as bad, or worse, as the old middlemen who are withering away. While I live in a cocoon of people who understand how to navigate today, there are billions of people who do not – and the SEO-optimizing so-called social media experts have to be making money from someone…

By: Shooting at Bubbles - The death of the middle man

Shooting at Bubbles - The death of the middle man — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:20:37 +0000

[...] This is because very slowly we are waking up to the fact that we no longer need that middleman. As Miss Rogue writes in a post today “but now these middle-men are our modern villains – using every desperate trick in the book to [...]