Internet

The Big Lebowski and the State of Book Publishing

Posted on 09. Dec, 2009
Categories: Internet, Publishing

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A recent post by Forrester Research’s James McQuivey about the state of book publishing aroused my ire today. This sometimes prickly author finds fault in McQuivey’s logic. I also vent about the limits of “Free” and additional disruptions caused by technology.

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2009: A Year of Tensions and Technology

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009
Categories: Internet, Social Media

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It’s been an interesting year in technology. Improvements that can make our lives easier and more efficient, and more interactive. At the same time, however, they pose major privacy and safety concerns that I don’t think we fully understand.

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Simon 2.0: My New Window to the World

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009
Categories: Announcements, Internet

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Welcome to the new site and home of all things Simon. Why the new site? A bunch of reasons, really. First, the old site was a bit of a relic. It was actually a composite of two different ones: a “main” site and a Wordpress one. There was simply so easy way for me to easily integrate the two. Updating the register.com site with my blog entries from the WordPress one required a decent amount of work.