Comments for The Warshaw Curve http://thewarshawcurve.com The Shape of Media in the 21st Century Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on “THE AGE OF DISRUPTION” by Lynn Moore http://thewarshawcurve.com/the-age-of-disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Lynn Moore Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:47:39 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=750#comment-1055 Douglas – I read your Fortune cover story “Reinvention” and immediately recognized I’d been “disrupted” by 9/11 [boy, is that an understatement] when I lost a promising corporate job. I also recognized myself as a successful reinventor when you described it as someone who loves learning by doing. I believe there are insane amounts of reinventors incubating like cicada nymphs that will hatch in broods of 1-3 year increments because that’s how long it takes to manifest a great idea into a product. I speak from personal experience – once corporate creative services manager to online marketer to founder of DigitalCollegeShowcase.com an online website profile builder for college applicants. I look forward to being part of the Reinventors revolution in your follow up article!! Thanks for the insight. Douglas – I read your Fortune cover story “Reinvention” and immediately recognized I’d been “disrupted” by 9/11 [boy, is that an understatement] when I lost a promising corporate job. I also recognized myself as a successful reinventor when you described it as someone who loves learning by doing. I believe there are insane amounts of reinventors incubating like cicada nymphs that will hatch in broods of 1-3 year increments because that’s how long it takes to manifest a great idea into a product. I speak from personal experience – once corporate creative services manager to online marketer to founder of DigitalCollegeShowcase.com an online website profile builder for college applicants. I look forward to being part of the Reinventors revolution in your follow up article!! Thanks for the insight.

]]> Comment on “THE AGE OF DISRUPTION” by Stephen Lack http://thewarshawcurve.com/the-age-of-disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Stephen Lack Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:57:40 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=750#comment-748 The observation is astute and parallel to the children of the boom going into old age. This is a great period where the excesses are becoming evident and we may be running out of the 'juices' to leverage a positive change. Another writer friend moaned yesterday that it was getting impossible to write about people because half their time is spent online and as such their lives are less (interesting). The rate of change is certainly in hyperdrive, but it may be the 7 fat years before the line of 7 starving cows.The planet has a way of healing, maybe that's what global warming is about, a fever to get rid of a virus. The observation is astute and parallel to the children of the boom going into old age. This is a great period where the excesses are becoming evident and we may be running out of the ‘juices’ to leverage a positive change. Another writer friend moaned yesterday that it was getting impossible to write about people because half their time is spent online and as such their lives are less (interesting).
The rate of change is certainly in hyperdrive, but it may be the 7 fat years before the line of 7 starving cows.The planet has a way of healing, maybe that’s what global warming is about, a fever to get rid of a virus.

]]> Comment on “THE AGE OF DISRUPTION” by Matt Sacks http://thewarshawcurve.com/the-age-of-disruption/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Matt Sacks Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:12:42 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=750#comment-747 Douglas, Great article and it's exactly what I've been doing the past few years. I'm now a high school reading teacher and still work in video production on the side. I'm feeling inspired! Matt Sacks Douglas,

Great article and it’s exactly what I’ve been doing the past few years. I’m now a high school reading teacher and still work in video production on the side. I’m feeling inspired!

Matt Sacks

]]> Comment on A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION by Amy http://thewarshawcurve.com/a-practical-suggestion/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Amy Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:33:21 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=16#comment-35 Big ideas die by the whimper, not the bang. Lot's of reason to agree with your positions. Where does that leave the web? Having a similar discussion on my blog right now. www.jakezim.com. JZ Big ideas die by the whimper, not the bang. Lot’s of reason to agree with your positions. Where does that leave the web? Having a similar discussion on my blog right now. http://www.jakezim.com.
JZ

]]> Comment on CONTENT IS NO LONGER KING by Steve http://thewarshawcurve.com/content-is-no-longer-king/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Steve Sat, 29 May 2010 10:32:19 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=19#comment-32 I think the never-ending quest for the killer app has resulted in the development of a ton of cool little tools. Like mitochondria, maybe one day they can come together with other apps to form an evolved interface. Content will then be the blood coursing through its veins, free and unmitigated. But for now, I feel that content is just the cheese in the mousetrap: http://www.blogoriety.com/2008/04/brands-meet-warshaw-curve.html I think the never-ending quest for the killer app has resulted in the development of a ton of cool little tools. Like mitochondria, maybe one day they can come together with other apps to form an evolved interface. Content will then be the blood coursing through its veins, free and unmitigated. But for now, I feel that content is just the cheese in the mousetrap:
http://www.blogoriety.com/2008/04/brands-meet-warshaw-curve.html

]]> Comment on OTHER SECTORS FOLLOWING THE CURVE? by The Warshaw Curve » Blog Archive » The New Yorker & The Warshaw Curve? http://thewarshawcurve.com/other-sectors-following-the-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-29 The Warshaw Curve » Blog Archive » The New Yorker & The Warshaw Curve? Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:43:06 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=22#comment-29 [...] other areas that adhere to TheCurve, along with ”>Adam Park’s observations about TheCurve and consumer electronics. And although Surowiecki never graphically drawers TheCurve, in this week’s New Yorker he [...] [...] other areas that adhere to TheCurve, along with ”>Adam Park’s observations about TheCurve and consumer electronics. And although Surowiecki never graphically drawers TheCurve, in this week’s New Yorker he [...]

]]> Comment on THE NEW YORKER & THE WARSHAW CURVE by Seve Sanchez http://thewarshawcurve.com/the-new-yorker-the-warshaw-curve/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Seve Sanchez Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:56:45 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=5#comment-2 Read your post regarding "Soft in the Middle." Very nice. Not sure what direction your follow-up posts will head, but I think you could even take it a step further, at least in regard to comedy targeting my demographic. I've noticed in the past couple years an increasing, direct incorporation of low-end content into higher-end entertainment. Network hits like South Park, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and even more palatable-to-the-masses shows like those of Greg Daniels- they've all prominently featured viral videos, social networking sites, internet memes, and other user-generated content. Could just be the writers recognizing what's relevant to pop culture, but it's an interesting trend that shows further alienation of the middle. If the network higher-ups are clever, they're the ones spearheading this movement. Read your post regarding “Soft in the Middle.” Very nice. Not sure what direction your follow-up posts will head, but I think you could even take it a step further, at least in regard to comedy targeting my demographic.
I’ve noticed in the past couple years an increasing, direct incorporation of low-end content into higher-end entertainment. Network hits like South Park, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and even more palatable-to-the-masses shows like those of Greg Daniels- they’ve all prominently featured viral videos, social networking sites, internet memes, and other user-generated content. Could just be the writers recognizing what’s relevant to pop culture, but it’s an interesting trend that shows further alienation of the middle. If the network higher-ups are clever, they’re the ones spearheading this movement.

]]> Comment on OLYMPICS PROVE THE WORLD IS FLATSCREENED by noubar http://thewarshawcurve.com/olympics-prove-the-world-is-flatscreened/comment-page-1/#comment-3 noubar Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:24:00 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=8#comment-3 Don't overlook the fact this is the first Olympics completely HD. Sports on HD provide a "wow" factor unlike any other programming, so the ubiquity of the flatscreen along with the content will give more people more reason to watch in more places. Don’t overlook the fact this is the first Olympics completely HD. Sports on HD provide a “wow” factor unlike any other programming, so the ubiquity of the flatscreen along with the content will give more people more reason to watch in more places.

]]> Comment on APPLE STUMBLES ON THE CURVE (cont.) by douglas warshaw http://thewarshawcurve.com/apple-stumbles-on-the-curve-cont/comment-page-1/#comment-5 douglas warshaw Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:47:43 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=10#comment-5 Lucky for you, indeed. The MSM has slowly started writing about the issues with MobileMe, although still far more gently than I would have expected . . . and surprisingly few are taking Apple to task for their negligent communication/marketing. Most are simply (and surprisingly gently) criticizing them for failing to release a usable product. I just see it as a bigger story that the company/man (Apple/Jobs) that's regarded as one of the preeminent marketers in the world has stumbled so badly in their messaging. Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal is a case in point: In his review, "APPLE'S MobileMe IS FAR TO FLAWED TO BE RELIABLE," Mossberg writes about it as a flawed product with glitches, rather than as a critically flawed, and even dangerous (if you value your information) product that's done some serious damage to customers, which is how David Pogue finally blogged about it for the NY Times (see the link in my post, above). Here's the Mossberg piece: http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080723/apples-mobileme-is-far-too-flawed-to-be-reliable/ Lucky for you, indeed.
The MSM has slowly started writing about the issues with MobileMe, although still far more gently than I would have expected . . . and surprisingly few are taking Apple to task for their negligent communication/marketing. Most are simply (and surprisingly gently) criticizing them for failing to release a usable product.
I just see it as a bigger story that the company/man (Apple/Jobs) that’s regarded as one of the preeminent marketers in the world has stumbled so badly in their messaging.
Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal is a case in point: In his review, “APPLE’S MobileMe IS FAR TO FLAWED TO BE RELIABLE,” Mossberg writes about it as a flawed product with glitches, rather than as a critically flawed, and even dangerous (if you value your information) product that’s done some serious damage to customers, which is how David Pogue finally blogged about it for the NY Times (see the link in my post, above). Here’s the Mossberg piece:
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20080723/apples-mobileme-is-far-too-flawed-to-be-reliable/

]]> Comment on APPLE STUMBLES ON THE CURVE (cont.) by Partners in Grime http://thewarshawcurve.com/apple-stumbles-on-the-curve-cont/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Partners in Grime Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:43:36 +0000 http://thewarshawcurve.com/?p=10#comment-4 MobileMe has been working great for me since the first day. It's good to be lucky. MobileMe has been working great for me since the first day. It’s good to be lucky.

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