tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post6761495366813421830..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Sony is toastSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-19992530808249360682012-04-27T15:20:57.110-04:002012-04-27T15:20:57.110-04:00Indeed, just as a technologically undifferentiated...Indeed, just as a technologically undifferentiated market, Michaleangelo was merely a triumph of slick marketing. I remember reading for my history class a pamphlet issued by the Guild of Paint Mixers and Marble Quarriers of 15th century Florence that it was <i>their</i>technologically sophisticated methods of extracting marble from quarries and mixing pigments that was the <i>true</i> Kevin Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11010959877549442482012-04-20T21:03:49.599-04:002012-04-20T21:03:49.599-04:00So basically what you're saying in far too man...So basically what you're saying in far too many words is that in an technologically undifferentiated market, slick marketing reigns supreme.DukeofQinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-50224731287558998722012-04-18T20:27:21.421-04:002012-04-18T20:27:21.421-04:00Japan, and Asian economies in general, are going t...Japan, and Asian economies in general, are going to be in a bind in the coming decades. None of this is really about the technology, which is fairly simple and basic stuff, and has been around for quite some time now. Nothing really special going on on the technology front - just minor incremental advances as the result of the collective labor of multiple countries. Some of the higher level Kevin Rosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52586591166799177702012-04-17T16:03:05.637-04:002012-04-17T16:03:05.637-04:00Btw Yan, having a quick search for "artists s...Btw Yan, having a quick search for "artists spatial verbal scientists" seems to suggest that artists have a distinct visual-object ability strength, oriented around the qualities of static objects, distinct from verbal strengths and the spatial strengths of artists (objects moving in time), although maybe more correlated with the latter. I've not looked around much at it, but you Matthew Carnegienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-83026946993403520972012-04-17T15:49:58.732-04:002012-04-17T15:49:58.732-04:00"Is design innovation i.e. the art of the bus...<i>"Is design innovation i.e. the art of the business more a reflection of V and value transference, while technical innovation i.e. the science of the business, more a reflection of M and S and actual value creation?</i><br /><br />Skeptical of the the value of the theroretical basis (if this is the case, it should be reproduced across all forms involving visual design - is that true?).<br Matthew Carnegienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-58843745144122127432012-04-16T23:13:24.087-04:002012-04-16T23:13:24.087-04:00" This seems odd, since I have the impression..." This seems odd, since I have the impression that all the MSM articles I'd read during those same recent years had said nice things about Stringer, the Sony CEO, and gave him very high marks. "<br /><br />Good ol' boychik network.Bob_Arctornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-5017820464677651072012-04-16T16:12:05.838-04:002012-04-16T16:12:05.838-04:00SGR-A1SGR-A1Robert Rotahttp://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Rota/590870887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-86327080156797769312012-04-15T22:17:34.550-04:002012-04-15T22:17:34.550-04:00Well, I haven't really been following Sony'...Well, I haven't really been following Sony's history or its problems, but I've noticed all the recent NYT/WSJ/MSM articles suggesting that Sony has been doing disastrously badly in recent years. This seems odd, since I have the impression that all the MSM articles I'd read during those same recent years had said nice things about Stringer, the Sony CEO, and gave him very high RKU1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-46864694434178545712012-04-15T21:02:38.312-04:002012-04-15T21:02:38.312-04:00I have seen this critique of Samsung before. Ther...I have seen this critique of Samsung before. There are lot of niggling things that distinguish Apple from Samsung. It annoys me when I see the they-are-artless criticism, it's bullshit. At a notional level, to me, there is only one difference. Apple takes long-lead risks with long, uncertain payoff timelines. It is fundamental and strategic. Samsung can't continue as an UltraBig, David Coughlinhttp://twitter.com/dscoughlinnoreply@blogger.com