Archive for the “Opinion” category

Patent Office 2.0 Is Sheer Idiocy (Or, When Crowdsourcing Is Clearly Inappropriate)

by Tony Hung on March 5, 2007

The Washington Post reports that the US Patent Offices are going ’2.0′ — and using the wisdom of crowds to help it go through the mountains of applications for patents that are applied every year.  Yes, they are actually going (…)

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Print Publishing’s Death Knell?

by Tony Hung on February 11, 2007

Some pretty startling numbers over here about print publishing’s declining revenues. Honest and ruthless sentiments courtesy of Colin Crawford of IDG publishing: In the US, our online revenue now accounts for over 35% of our total US publishing revenues. Next (…)

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Widgets: Promoting Blogging Mediocrity Everywhere.

by Tony Hung on January 18, 2007

Bloggers ought not to be distracted by widgets.

How the iPhone Could Kick, Spit, and Beat On You — And It Still Wouldn’t Matter

by Tony Hung on January 15, 2007

The iPhone will succeed in spite of its short comings.

Here’s An Exclusive: Its All About The Content, Stupid.

by Tony Hung on December 21, 2006

Its really all about the Content.

What Sifry Isn’t Telling Us About A-Listers and Boosting Your Ranking

by Tony Hung on November 6, 2006

There’s more to blogging than blog frequency.

UPDATE: WOMMA “Slow as Molasses” In “Punishing” “Edel-Mart”

by Tony Hung on November 3, 2006

WOMMA’s response to one of its founding members making a mockery of its principles? The equivalent of 3 hail marys.