In my previous post, I shared the first half of the transcript for my opening keynote speech about the future of television at the PrimeTime conference in Ottawa in March. Below you will find the text for the second half of the complete transcript for my speech. This section focuses on Facebook’s impact on social [...]
VIDEO: Robert Tercek at PrimeTime on “TV’s New Ecosystem” with transcript
April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Conferences, General Observations, Video Clips
Tags:Apple·Conferences·digital media·Future of Media·Future of Social Media·future of TV·Google·innovation·Mobile phone·public speaking·social media·social software·speeches·television·Twitter
VIDEO: Robert Tercek at PrimeTime on “TV’s New Ecosystem”
April 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Conferences, General Observations
On Thursday, March 1, 2012, I gave the opening keynote speech at the CMPA’s PrimeTime conference in Ottawa. My topic was the future of the television. This talk examines the disruption of the old television industry and the rapid emergence of an entirely new ecosystem for digital video. This clip includes the full video of [...]
Tags:digital media·digital video·Future of Media·Future of Social Media·future of TV·Google·innovation·new media·social media·social software·speeches·television
Is it really necessary for Google to screw their customers?
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · General Observations
Yesterday, Jason McCabe Calacanis invited me to respond to his post “Has Google Been Naughty? Yes. Should the Government Get Involved? No”. You can read responses from Vivek Wadhwa and Robert Scoble along with mine in a handy digest on the Launch blog. The following post is the full text of my response [...]
Tags:Android·Apple·coercion·cooperation·creativity·debate·Future of Media·future of TV·good ideas·Google·innovation·IPhone·new media·search·Smartphone
Top Tens, 2010 Predictions and Other Provocative Lists
January 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · General Observations
This week everybody seems to have a Top Ten list to herald the dawn of a new decade. Never one to miss a chance to jump on a rolling bandwagon, I decided to chime in with my own list of the lists that caught my attention. Did I miss one? Got a suggestion? I’d love [...]
Tags:Bono·digital media·Google·innovation·new media·New York Times·predictions·social media·tech trends·Techcrunch·the future·top ten lists·Twitter
Motorola Droid vs Apple iPhone: yet another view
December 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · General Observations
The Motorola Droid features a slide-out keyboard With the Droid, Motorola and Google have introduced a credible alternative to the iPhone and Apple’s vision of mobility. Until now, the reaction among handset manufacturers to Apple’s innovation has been pretty disappointing. For more than a year, the best that the wireless phone makers could muster was [...]
Tags:Android·App Store·Apple·Droid·Google·IPhone·iTunes·mobile innovation·mobile internet·mobile phones·mobility·Motorola·smartphones
