Tag Archives: Sony

Making useful photographs

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Doc Searls

What does it mean when perhaps hundreds of thousands of one’s photos appear in articles, essays and posts all over the Web? It means they’re useful. That’s why I posted the originals in the first place, and licensed them to … Continue reading →

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An appeal for open cameras

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Doc Searls

David Siegel, author of the excellent new book Pull, shares with me an abiding frustration with all major camera makers — especially the Big Two: Canon and Nikon: they’re silos. They require lenses that work only on their cameras and … Continue reading →

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Up the creek without an iPaddle

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Doc Searls

In response to Dave‘s Reading tea leaves in advance of Apple’s announcements, I added this comment: Steve loves to uncork constipated categories with the world’s slickest laxative. So I’m guessing this new box will expand Apple’s retail shelf space to … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Value Subtraction

Posted on August 1, 2009 by Doc Searls

One of the reasons I liked Dish Network (to the extent anybody can like a purely commercial entertainment utility) was that their satellite receivers included an over-the-air tuner. It nicely folded your over-the-air (OTA) stations in with others in the … Continue reading →

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