Opinionated

Month: March 2004

  • Video Island lands Tesco deal

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    My good friend Saul Klein has been running Video Island since the beginning. He is one of the best marketers I have ever worked with. Video Island (UK based Netflix competitor) has now landed a deal with supermarket chain Tesco. A great win. Congrats Saul. The story – from The Register – is here. Video…

  • Liam’s first steps

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    Keith Teare
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    Our 15 month old son is now walking The evidence is here You gotta love iMovie.

  • Letter from Rome – Susan Crawford.

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    Keith Teare
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    I have to agree with Susan. The world needs ICANN or something like ICANN. But it does not need ICANN to make decisions that are better left to the market. It needs ICANN to set a minimum level of rules and processes and then let business get on with what it does best, sorting out…

  • The Future of Communications

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    Keith Teare
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    I thought it was a very good piece. with excellent clarity. It defines companies as falling into two groups. Plan ‘A’ and Plan ‘B’. The first are companies focussed on interoperability with the phone system. The second are pure computer-to-computer players. Santa Cruz Networks (my new company) is very definitely in the ‘Plan B’ space.…