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Internet Connectivity and Economic Growth

I recently made reference to a widely quoted World Bank report that claimed that 10 points per 100 in Internet penetration translates into 1.21% GDP growth - more for developing countries. One of my colleagues challenged me to show that this was causation and not correlation. There have been many... more »

Daily Grommet - Helping the little guy

When Jules Pieri asked me to be an advisor to The Daily Grommet I liked her formula for a web site to showcase long tail  products with compelling stories, and I knew she could make a success of anything she tried, but I did wonder how she could find enough interesting products to keep up the... more »

Berkman Broadband Study

The comment period is closed for the Harvard Berkman broadband study for the FCC and it does seem that the study was, as the authors state,  "a mini stimulus act for telecommunications lawyers and consultants." The 232 page document describes in quite some detail how US compares to the... more »

Why the TV Networks Should Love the DVR

I don't always agree with everything Mark Cuban says (he's still awaiting YouTube's demise) but I did catch up on his blog recently and came across a compelling argument for why the Digital Video Recorder, e.g. TiVo, is good for the TV networks.  While the networks are fretting that people might... more »

When is free > paid?

Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, suggested  in a blog post last September that musicians who sold CDs at their gigs should follow the example of the band Griffin House and let the customers decide how much they should pay. He passed on this advice: 
Say to the audience, “It's really important... more »

Evidence-based care: The Limits and the Promise

“In God we trust; all others must bring data.”               -W. Edwards Deming.In the discussion about how me might control health care costs while simultaneously improving outcomes on proposed solution is evidence-based care, i.e. using data on what works to suggest (or mandate)... more »