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Watching Twitter tonight has taught me one thing, Phillies fans are a bunch of whiny dicks. But it's ok, every tank needs a bottom feeder.
- Terrence O'Brien
And I thought I wanted to hug Johan last week. I think I'm officially in love.
- Warren Riddle
Listening to Ra, glance at the notes and there's @AliveRecords. Nice cover, Mr. Boissel! @TheGloryFires #magiccityjams http://t.co/uT0M77VJ
Gadget News
- Motorola MOTOACTV update adds Twitter and Facebook to keep you company during marathons
- Avengers Blu-ray preorders listed, including massive 10-disc Marvel Cinematic Universe set
- Google: Ice Cream Sandwich now accounts for 7.1 percent of Android user base
- Chipworks, iFixit tear down the Galaxy S III for all to see, spot iPhone 4S' camera sensor hanging around
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(Unverified)Sep 7th 2009 3:33PM
Clayton Christensen wrote this concept up in The Innovator's Dilemma. The great high tech revolution, according to him and many others, was created by simpler and cheaper.
Mini Computer v. Mainframe; PC v. Mini; solar calulator v. HP; flash drive v. backup hard drives; cars that go 6000 miles or more between oil changes; cars that last 100,000+ miles v. 40,000 being a kind of limit. Email v. mail. And on and on it goes.
Peter Drucker added that things getting smaller, the nano phenomenon, is what boosted world trade. Mfg sales in the US have been going up for a long time; workers required are not. This led to 6.6% productivity boost last Q, with a labor drop off. Unheard of previously.
This trend has been going on for a long time.