Thought stream on these stories: 1. The early calculators cost thousands, weighed pounds, and did little. Now my TI-89 solves differential equations and integrals, weighs ounces, and costs well under $100.
2. Digital cameras followed the same pattern, and so did the music industry. 3. Consumer technologies like these disintermediate their operation, rendering extinct all the business links that made the old business models work. 4. News media are finding themselves increasingly devalued as concentrators and managers of information. We used to listen to pundits and the analysts for civic guidance -- now they're entertainment. Why read AP when you can get the story from an Afghan guy on the Web? 4. How is e-publishing any different? It's about linking author to reader. That's all. Publishing increasingly belongs to the authors, just as imaging belongs to the picture taker, just as computation belongs to the person who wants answers. Just wait a few years, and the costs will drop, the power will multiply, and the convenience will blossom. 5. E-books won't fail. Publishers will. 6. A lot of people don't like this chaos -- a lot of middlemen have to reinvent themselves. But it's what we've facing, so we're better off embracing it. The chaos creates new worlds of opportunity. It's up to us as creators of value to find and exploit them. [email protected] wrote: > http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/03/netbooks-ebooks-now-and-in-future.html > > http://futurismic.com/2009/04/02/why-ebooks-must-fail/ > > > Frank > > Check out my web page at: http://www.geocities.com/stardolphin2/link3.htm > > "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or > present are certain to miss the future." > - John F. Kennedy > ____________________________________________________________ > Digital Photography - Click Now. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmRFa0N43pk9hvXOY5mLjNOZsq4vl3ywkhlXtgePFEYPdyqmv3C/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
