"Your love is gonna drown."
0. Comments would be very welcome today.
1. Chilly and sunny today. Our little Indian Summer has come and gone. All three days of it. I left the house only once, briefly, the entire time. I expect no more days in the eighties until June.
2. On this day, eighteen years ago, I began writing Silk. Weather-wise, it was a day much like today, though ( Read more... )
1. Chilly and sunny today. Our little Indian Summer has come and gone. All three days of it. I left the house only once, briefly, the entire time. I expect no more days in the eighties until June.
2. On this day, eighteen years ago, I began writing Silk. Weather-wise, it was a day much like today, though ( Read more... )
And as far as the Netflix thing, utterly ridiculous. The histrionics over the fee increase and company changes were pathetic. I love my Netflix account, it's worth the price increase, and if they wind up going under now because of a bunch of entitled first world whiners had a hissy, I'm going to be really put out.
Happy Silk Anniversary. Definitely one of my favorite books. I love where you've taken your words and stories lately, but I love where you've been too.
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The io9 write-up didn't seem to be taking itself too seriously, and I found it a delightful fantasy. I didn't really think anyone was supposed to take it as good science.
Well, McMenamin is presenting his paper before the prestigious the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. But, already, he's being dismissed by many paleontologists.
And as far as the Netflix thing, utterly ridiculous. The histrionics over the fee increase and company changes were pathetic. I love my Netflix account, it's worth the price increase, and if they wind up going under now because of a bunch of entitled first world whiners had a hissy, I'm going to be really put out.
Agreed. And they have almost (and might yet) kill the company over this. And then what? Amazon?
Happy Silk Anniversary.
Thank you.
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Ultimately, I see Amazon and Apple owning this "space" in the next few years. (Netflix still is the clear leader in the US, but this "arrogance" fiasco has been a PR nightmare for them.) Amazon has been staffing up their "digital media" division like crazy. Expect new services and new devices this year. Apple TV seems to be gaining ground (and they're Apple).
I'm guessing the Blueray-by-mail model will be taken down by automats like Redbox. The capabilities of Blueray and HD TVs will be ahead of what streaming can provide for a time, so people still want the physical discs. Plus, some people don't have the Internet at home, or it isn't connected to their TVs.
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(Netflix still is the clear leader in the US, but this "arrogance" fiasco has been a PR nightmare for them.)
I entirely fail to see the arrogance.
Plus, some people don't have the Internet at home, or it isn't connected to their TVs.
We stream through laptops.
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That’s how the Netflix CEO characterized the original miscue:
“In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.”
Arrogance is one of those words that gets tossed around a lot, but Netflix didn’t seem to have an inkling as to how their customer base would react to their proposed changes. This implies that either they didn’t care, or they were just clueless. Even if your value proposition is solid (as I believe theirs continues to be), you still need to carefully manage your message when you are a faceless megacorp. Netflix failed-colossally-to do that.
We stream through laptops.
You can stream high-quality through almost any device with screen these days, so it’s probably the Internet connection that is the main sticking point. I used to tell people that I have a TV, but I don’t have “TV.” Essentially, my television was just a big monitor that could tune in a broadcast station in case of an emergency. This used to be strange, now I imagine it’s common.
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