"Great comment, thanks Mike! There's a duality to how I used "lowest common denominator." On one hand, it's to connote the "average person" but I'm also thinking of it in terms about the actual practice of composing certain text messages. In the latter case, "lcd" to me means a message/sentence that can't be reduced further. So we're getting into real talk about fractions here. (Obviously, I am spending a fair bit of time helping my wife put compose word problems for her 3rd graders.) The construct of "lcd" is also directed towards for senior execs, management consultants, and corporate communications-types, who frequently (mostly?) only speak directly to other business-types, lawyers, investors, and journalists. Anyways, #justsayin. Your comment is a wealth of knowledge and inspiration of its own! (Sorry it took a minute to respond...my Disqus settings are messed up and I didn't receive notice that you posted!)"
- Ethan Bauley
"#2 is a little funky, and rings my cluetrain/VRM alarm as written. Not sure I understand the architecture of how this would work. Couple [provisional, inchoate] thoughts... Certain data might be widely accessible in this manner, but little of the good stuff (customer transaction data? I don't think so). And in my mind when we're talking about customer data, we're kind of talking about ads, but we're more talking about "CRM". Opportunity here depends on how bullish you are on Salesforce.com et al. Think about all the data Amazon pulls in from its customers...that is one of their most valuable assets. They're not sharing that on some read/write database in "the cloud". (They're not really advertising, either). Of course, companies that do make their data available in this manner can plug into developer networks (e.g. Force platform and others similar). Definitely a model that works but not sure of the market penetration/potential. Actually I think I just talked myself into doing a..."
- Ethan Bauley
RT @howardlindzon: just shorted some $gs so we will see how that goes today...calling everyone i know to spread rumors and innuendo
"Hey Steve - you're completely wrong about attributing this to Richard Kerris...these comments are from Derek Kessler, a reporter for PreCentral.net: http://www.precentral.net/stat... 7th graph. Look forward to you correcting this, we're having trouble reaching you by phone. Ethan Bauley HP Corporate Communications"
- Ethan Bauley
"Hey Steve - you're completely wrong about attributing this to Richard Kerris...these comments are from Derek Kessler, a reporter for PreCentral.net: http://www.precentral.net/stat... 7th graph. Look forward to you correcting this, we're having trouble reaching you by phone. Ethan Bauley HP Corporate Communications"
- Ethan Bauley
RT @michaelroston: That sighing you're hearing accompanies the NYT newsdesk tearing up the designs for tomorrows A1. So much for slow news August.