Adam Sadowski – Thoughts, Articles and Research
Patrons in the Digital Speakeasy
Mar 13th, 2012
Matthew Inman had a typically blunt, funny cartoon a while back that sums up the feelings of many early adopters when it comes to consuming great content on computers and other connected devices. I think the reason it’s great is that he explains the issue from the consumer perspective without managing to sound like a rich, entitled jerk (which frankly, is how many people, myself included on a bad day, sound when they make this argument). He’s willing to pay to watch Game of Thrones. He tries to get it from Netflix, Hulu, iTunes and HBO. He can only get it More >
OSX Messages – A step towards Apple Voice?
Feb 21st, 2012
Posted by in Mobile
Before writing this post, I want to stress that this is pretty idle speculation on my part. But what the hell. I’ve been inspired toward idle speculation by MG Siegler’s recent rants about how a good deal of what technology writers write these days is pretty much nothing but rumor and idle speculation. You report a rumor or two about what Apple or Google might launch soon, slap a tweetable headline on it and try to goose the pageviews of your site for the few hours or days that the rumor might be interesting or relevant. It doesn’t really matter if More >
Utterly Delusional Samsung Manager: Apple Can’t Beat Us In TV, Because We Have Great Picture Quality
Feb 21st, 2012
Posted by in Media
Apple iTV Concept by Guilherme Schasiepen
This is one of the silliest things we’ve read in a long time.Samsung product manager Chris Moseley told Paul Lamkin at PocketLint, he’s not worried about Apple producing a TV because …
“We’ve not seen what they’ve done but what we can say is that they don’t have 10,000 people in R&D in the vision category
“They don’t have the best scaling engine in the world and they don’t have world renowned picture quality that has been awarded more than anyone else.
“TVs are ultimately about picture quality. Ultimately. How smart they are…great, but let’s face it that’s a secondary consideration. More >
Business Insider and the Dream of Apple’s iTV
Feb 9th, 2012
Posted by in Media
Here’s How Apple Could Make A Great TV AND Screw The Cable Companies
That’s the headline on a Business Insider post yesterday. Great trolling headline there.
“Hey,” I’m saying to myself. “I like Apple products. I also hate the cable companies. I had better go read that article.”
Well, I’ll never say never, but I think Matt Rosoff is dreaming here.
He posits that Apple could bake an ATSC tuner in the iTV to pull in free HD signals over the air to cover off the broadcast networks. Apple could then cut deals with the networks that people actually care about (ESPN, HBO, etc…) to be More >
The Discipline of Oversharing
Dec 20th, 2011
Posted by in Tech
I’ve resisted the urge to purchase an iPad, and thus, had not been introduced to Flipboard. I have been blown away by the experience on the iPhone and it has become the default method I now use to consume news and my social feeds. I made my brother put it on his iPad just so I could see it and the experience it creates for consuming your designated sources of information is mindblowing. It got me thinking about the approaches various companies are taking to manage information overload in the age of “oversharing”. It’s what Nova Spivack has dubbed “The Sharepocalypse“.
In More >
iMessage, Privacy and Identity
Oct 17th, 2011
Posted by in Mobile
I feel sort of bad writing about this, since to illustrate my point, and to satisfy my own curiosity, I engaged in what I would call an invasion of someone’s privacy. A very light invasion of privacy, but an invasion nonetheless. That said, I think it brings up a fairly interesting issue that individuals need to think about, and Apple should probably provide some guidance on.
One of the most exciting features of iOS5 for me is iMessage. It’s certainly not the coolest feature, but I’m excited about it for the reasons Techcrunch cited on the day iOS5 was released. Since iMessage More >
You Can’t Stop What People Ultimately Want To Have Happen
Jun 15th, 2011
Posted by in Media
If I said this, you might tell me to shut up, or maybe thank me for sharing such a blinding glimpse of the obvious. But when Fred Wilson says it, I’m inclined to listen. This is a guy who arguably has done as much to shape and influence the social web as anyone with his investments. This discussion took place at the Techcrunch Disrupt conference a few weeks ago. They’re talking about a few areas, such as Education, Government, Finance, Hotel Reservations and Television.
I just want to deconstruct the quote a bit, since it seems so obvious, but I’m not really More >
Is Netflix a broadcaster?
May 11th, 2011
Posted by in Media
In February, a group of executives from Canada’s telecommunications, broadcasting, TV production companies, as well as union leaders, formed the “Over the Top Services Working Group” to discuss an industry-wide strategy to what they refer to as Over the Top viewing, or accessing video content outside the channels they control: Namely, the Internet. More specifically, “Uhhh, this Netflix thing is for real.” On April 1, the group sent a letter to the CRTC asking it to reconsider its hands off approach to the Internet in the wake of the Netflix Canadian launch.
Canadian broadcasters are subject to a variety of restrictions as More >
More thoughts on Cable Cutting and TV landscape in Canada
Mar 22nd, 2011
Posted by in Media
I had hoped to get some thoughts down about this a while ago, especially in the wake of the Usage Based Billing controversy in February. Basically, SNL Kagan has been publishing numbers for the last year indicating that cable/satellite television subscriptions are down. There’s been some commentary about how much of this is attributable to people actually getting rid of cable/satellite in favour of other options, rather than just normal numbers seen in a lousy economy.
Basically, I’ve been wondering what these numbers may mean for Canada. As an active cable cutter myself, I’m wondering if there’s any data which may indicate that More >
Summary Thoughts on Usage Based Billing in Canada
Feb 7th, 2011
Posted by in Media
There’s been a ton of opinion generated on this already, so I’m not entirely sure if there’s much original that I’ll say, but I’ve been following the issue and retweeting folks like Michael Geist and Peter Nowak since the CRTC decision came down. So I thought I’d just try to sum up what I’ve been thinking and observing on the issue.
Overall, I hate the concept of Usage Based Billing, but I’ll admit there’s been a fair amount of misinformation that’s been forwarded by those opposed to the decision. It’s a confusing issue, and the largely technical aspects of it are understood by More >
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