What's Your Story? » Amazon http://www.greggmorris.com Reinventing Yourself and Your Business... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:29:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Triangle Roundup – June 29, 2009 http://www.greggmorris.com/triangle-roundup-june-29-2009 http://www.greggmorris.com/triangle-roundup-june-29-2009#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:25:05 +0000 Gregg http://www.greggmorris.com/?p=2113



A look around the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area.

Tweets Around the Triangle

  • @dayers from Raleigh, NC Journalism students / grads: 30 things you should do this summer: http://tinyurl.com/msygdm
  • @mync from Raleigh, NC Did you know you NCDOT lets you report litterbugs online or by phone? Have you ever or would you ever turn someone in? #MyNCQuestion
  • @mikeeyes from Cary, NC Don’t think about this one too hard or your head will explode. http://bit.ly/fTyPJ#fb
  • @pund_it: In Raleigh, NC for an analyst event. Heading out for a day of golf. Be “fore” warned.
  • uuimages: Online Business Energy Conservation Powers Up Tech Opportunities: Based in Raleigh, NC, this IBM .. http://bit.ly/S66NR
  • @EmilyDickey: rt @ruby Just seen on a t-shirt in Durham (NC): “I went to the Iowa State Fair and all I got was Type 2 Diabates.” Heh. (via @rscottjones)
  • @durham_crimeFrom http://www.spotcrime.com – Robbery – 1XX BEACHPOINTE AVENUE, Durham, NC: Two armed men burst into a home occupied by five people inc    Wasn’t aware of spotcrime. Very useful maps of Durham, Duke U. UNC, Cary, NC State.
  • @Biotestman: Career resource links from UNC Chapel Hill, NC. Good luck 2 ya! http://bit.ly/x6frw
  • @SugarlandFan567: @Sugarlandmusic http://twaud.io/13 – i saw ya’ll in Raleigh,NC!! it was amazing!! i want to meet yall!Yall should go on tour with my band

Social Media Tweets Around the Triangle

  • @gilliatt If you think social media is just for marketing, you haven’t been eavesdropping on my calls lately.
  • @click_optimize Pretty excited about this proposal I’m putting together right now. Some of our best ideas yet about using socialmedia to promote an event.
  • @michaelrowe01 Is there value in internal Social Media Tools… ?
  • @DavidBThomas Why I am right & @chrisbrogan is wrong <about “Social Media Manager” title> http://bit.ly/hDVp5
  • @NCStateFair Brainstorming social mediacontests/event/promos…How would you like to see us use Twitter/FB/blog before/during the Fair?
  • @danlondon from Raleigh, NC Updated Social Network Stats (growing list) http://bit.ly/12cK1hUpdated Twitter section: FYI average user has 126 followers. (via @jowyang)
  • @kbodnar32: Debunking Social Media Myths on the Harvard Business Publishing blog by @armano http://bit.ly/Ropw8 (expand) (via @peterkim)
  • @gerardblanton: “The Complete Social Media Douchebag” – and I quote.http://tr.im/qazJ Too funny!
  • @webby2001: Social Media Research Must Measure Perception AND Behavior To Be Useable: http://budurl.com/h4gu
  • @jtobin: “Social Media is a Cocktail Party” is now available on the Kindle.http://shortn.it/kR01 Wonder if there are enough Kindle’s out there?
  • @alishatv Which Social Media Tool is Right for You? « Financial Marketing …http://u.mavrev.com/f98u

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Durham

Raleigh

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Kindle 2

Kindle 2

Amazon released the source code to their Kindle reader yesterday. Amazon puts code where its mouth is: releases Kindle source to the world. Reports are still sketchy about the licensing (GPL is the going bet based on the source), DRM and a few things along those lines. I’ve talked with several poeple about this and it seems that most are scratching their heads. Why would they do it? Aren’t they just cannibalizing their market? And, I can understand that line of thinking, but I think it’s a brilliant play on Amamzon’s part. Here are a few reasons why.

It should just kneecap the competeing devices. Sony’s eReader is nice but what chance does it stand now in the face of the Kindle clones? It reminds me in some ways of the early IBM clone days. The Mac was still in the game until Leading Edge, Panasonic and all the rest joined the fracas. The shear number of devices running DOS virtually guaranteed success. And even then, the Mac was still kind of in the game until Windows 3 and then 95 ended all of that. The same will more than likely hold true with the Kindle reader if it attracts companies who will produce those clones the way that I imagine they will.

And, speaking of Apple, what about their rumored tablet device? Won’t it give the Kindle a run for its money if it supports media the way the Kindle does? Remember, I can hear you thinking, Amazon already has an iPhone and iPod Touch app that supports Kindle books, etc. I don’t think that will matter at all. If Apple releases a tablet we can be fairly certain that it will cost oodles more than a Kindle, which in turn is still most likely to cost oodles more than the clones. Apple’s device will be a design masterpiece, wonderful to behold, and sell to the fanboys. Even if it has Safari support and all kinds of other goodies, I don’t see it mounting a serious charge against an army of Kindle clones. Most of which will probably have similar capabilities by the time it’s all said and done.

And, what about the 800 pound gorillas, Google and Microsoft? What if they jump on the bandwagon and begin to manufacture devices? Wouldn’t a Kindle clone be a natural fit for Google Books and Microsoft Press?

An army of Kindle clones means that Amazon has a marketplace to sell even more media. So much so, that we might be wondering why we all made such a fuss over the Apple app store. Imagine what the marketplace for media will be when the Kindle and its clones support not just books, magazines and newspapers, but music and video. And who’s going to be selling that media? Oh yeah, Amazon.

Could it also be that Amazon released the source code so that development of the device could move ahead faster than what it would have under just the Amazon umbrella? Maybe yes. Maybe no. But you have to think that it will push the development envelope to a large degree. Wired ran this story the first of the week, Future of Open Source: Hack This Gadget. They were excited then about a collaborative phone. Now that they have Kindle source to work with, they can really get excited.

So, has Amazon created and released a platform for others to build on and become successful? A platform that will in turn open up even more sales opportunities for Amazon? Time will tell but, yes, I think they might have. What about you? Do you own a Kindle? Would you buy a clone? What could the clone makers add that is missing from the Kindle’s feature set?

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