Stephen E. Arnold on Information Pathologies
Stephen E. Arnold on Information Pathologies Misunderstanding Censorship: It Is Not Just Words Search: Still Struggling with Synonyms Don Quixote Lives: Another Assault on Data Silos
Stephen E Arnold: Reconciling Two Views of Cloud Computing
Reconciling Two Views of Cloud Computing I think it would be helpful to read “The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox.” The write up is an MBA team effort, and it makes what I think is an interesting point. The cloud makes sense when a company is small and doing the “go fast, break …
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STEPHEN E. ARNOLD: The Addiction Analogy: The Cancellation of Influencer Rand Fishkin
The Addiction Analogy: The Cancellation of Influencer Rand Fishkin Another short item. I read a series of tweets which you may be able to view at this link. The main idea is that an influencer was to give a talk about marketing. The unnamed organizer did not like Influencer Fishkin’s content. And what was that content? …
Stephen E. Arnold: Justice Thomas, Social Media, and Big Tech
Are social-media platforms more akin to telephone carriers or to conference halls? SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas likens them to the former, we learn from “Justice Thomas Argues for Making Facebook, Twitter and Google Utilities” at Protocol. On the other hand, TechDirt makes a solid, though snarky, argument that social-media companies are more like venues that …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Amazon- Where Does It Get AI Technology?
I saw an interesting table from Global Data Financial Deals Database. What’s interesting is that Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft were active purchasers of AI companies. I understand that “taking something off the table” is a sound business tactic. Even if the AI technology embodied in a takeover is wonky, a competitor cannot take advantage of …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Historical Revisionism: Twitter and Wikipedia
I wish I could recall the name of the slow talking wild-eyed professor who lectured about Mr. Stalin’s desire to have the history of the Soviet Union modified. The tendency was evident early in his career. Ioseb Besarionis dz? Jughashvili became Stalin, so fiddling with received wisdom verified by Ivory Tower types should come as …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Microsoft LinkedIn — A Real Loser?
Microsoft LinkedIn: Opting and Gigging Microsoft LinkedIn has determined that its millions of job seekers, consultants, and résumé miners can become gig workers. “LinkedIn Is Building a Gig Marketplace” asserts: LinkedIn is developing a freelance work marketplace that could rival fast-growing gig sites Fiverr and Upwork. The two-sided marketplace will connect freelance service providers with …
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