If you care about the internet, entrepreneurship or technology, you should care about PIPA / SOPA. For the record, I am 100% in favor of protecting the rights of artists and copyright holders. Artistic creation takes incredible effort and intellectual property rights help insure that we have a vibrant culture and media economy. However, the “Stop … Continue reading
I found myself in a Sony store at the Cherry Creek mall in Denver yesterday, and came to some (interesting?) conclusions about product design and user experience. Obviously the fact that Apple ate Sony’s lunch in multiple departments is not news, but I think my visit to the store encapsulated that story well. First , … Continue reading
I titled this blog “Silicon Bowery” because my company, Indaba Music, has been located on the Bowery in lower Manhattan since 2006. We have space in a renovated building that used to be a flophouse called The Windsor Hotel. For those who don’t know, the Bowery is a historic area at the intersection of the Lower East … Continue reading
I’ve been asked a lot lately about the process of marketing a new product. In particular, how does one go about generating initial buzz and adoption of a new consumer web or mobile application? Since this has been coming up a lot lately, I figured I’d organize my thoughts here. The plan I outline in … Continue reading
