To quote Charles M Schultz “There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people… Religion, Politics, and The Great Pumpkin. ” Since this Halloween and the Great Pumpkin is almost here, Ill take a momentary break and talk meta-politics. I will be as unpolitical about my politics as possible without actually talking politics. Continue reading My Political Post for 2012
Category: Morally Challenged
Netflix Feeling the Pangs of Content Delivery Evolution
I don’t have Netflix, but I have been enjoying the Prime video service of Amazon Prime perhaps just a little too much. Every time I get close to finishing some obscure series on Prime, Amazon restocks with something I really want to see – especially intelligently written British television shows like Touching Evil and Trial & Retribution. But Netflix is feeling the pangs of a changing market. Continue reading Netflix Feeling the Pangs of Content Delivery Evolution
Hiding Your Identity: Do Not Identify and Do Not Accept
Yeah, I get spam. I get a lot of it. I do the basics, not posting my email address on public forums and the like. People can find me though, for the most part. I am on the social networking sites. Also, there are plenty of records in existence that have my name associated with them. There are plenty of people who are much more obsessed with their privacy – I’m talking about the ones you hear about, that want to participate in the Internet. If you stayed off the grid and never got onto the Internet – then its irrelevant because you aren’t reading my blog. Continue reading Hiding Your Identity: Do Not Identify and Do Not Accept
Rank Fixing on the Mac App Store
MacWorld Magazine has an interesting piece of news ( Apple warns developers against gaming App Store rankings ) about how Apple is warning developers about gaming the system on the Mac App Store to improve ranking. I have not engaged in this kind of gaming, but every system has its holes, and the Mac App Store seems to encourage some kind of unethical behavior by nature of how it works. Continue reading Rank Fixing on the Mac App Store
Zynga Extorts Employees of their Stock Options
As reported by C|net on a Wall Street Journal article, Zynga, the company that made its fortune on viral games on Facebook has been compelling its employees to give up their pre-IPO stock options or risk being fired. There’s a word for that that has nothing to do with every day business. It is comforting to some CEOs who find themselves in difficult situations to justify their actions by claiming it is for the good of the company. But this isn’t the same thing as mandatory lay offs, or mandatory salary reductions to avoid lay offs in a time of crisis. Continue reading Zynga Extorts Employees of their Stock Options