Archive | August, 2009

Nokia – and the hard slog of taking on Apple and RIM

by admin on 26. Aug, 2009 in Tech companies

Nokia is one of the businesses I’m looking at in my book. Although, the way they’re currently announcing things at the moment, I’m keep having to add bits. A deal with Microsoft here. A new netbook there – it all adds up… The reason I’m writing about them is a bit fiddly to explain, but [...]

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Hacking, painting, and book writing

by admin on 25. Aug, 2009 in Writing

How do you go about writing a book? The longest thing I’ve ever written professionally is a 5,000 word feature, and I felt quite dizzy by the end of that. My dissertation at university was 10,000 but it was mostly gibberish, so that’s hardly encouraging. It’s not so much the crafting of a half decent [...]

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Christian Sandstrom on Creative Destruction

by admin on 24. Aug, 2009 in Sources

What Is Creative Destruction? Sandstrom is a PhD candidate at Chalmers University in Stockholm. He has done a brilliant set of presentation on Creative Destruction and Disruptive Innovation (my two favourite theories), focussing in particular on the impact on the photographic industry. Find out more at his slideshare page . Tweet This Post

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Creative Disruption: the what, when, how and why

by admin on 16. Aug, 2009 in About the book

For the last decade and a bit, I have been working in a newspaper business, dealing with the myriad of threats and opportunities offered by the internet. During all of this, I’ve also been following the trials and tribulations of other businesses and sectors who have seen their world turned upside down by the arrival [...]

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