BizTechTalk Briefs 03/12/2009

• Front End of Innovation: FEI Podcast Series: Dan Keldsen

  I'm honored to be presenting at the Front End of Innovation in Boston May 18th-20th, 2009. Lucky enough to be the kick-off podcast interviewee for all of the speakers this year.

  "Yesterday I had a brief conversation with Dan Keldsen, the Co-founder and Principal at Information Architected, in which he talked about some of his work at the consultancy firm and some insights he plans to discuss at the Front End of Innovation Conference taking place in Boston this May. Dan will be presenting on Enterprise 2.0 and its heavy connection to innovation on Tuesday, May 19th. Stay tuned as we will be bringing our readers more podcasts from those speaking at FEI."

  tags: keldsen, biztechtalk, innovation, information_architected, information_architected_for_innovation, podcast, front_end_of_innovation, FEI

• Amazon's Apple Deal: Kindle Cannibal? - BusinessWeek

  Interesting take at BusinessWeek by Douglas MacMillan regarding Amazon releasing the Kindle app for the iPhone.

  My take:
  The ongoing revenue stream for Amazon is clearly in the electronic books themselves, not in the Kindle (or Kindle 2), and in general, as I found out when I was consulting with a company who served the microfinance world - credit card companies aren't competing with each other, they're competing with CASH.

  Amazon isn't competing with Apple, they're competing with non-consumers of books and magazines, and for those who, particularly in this economy, who aren't willing to pony up for the Kindle but who still want the content. I have the Kindle app on my iPhone, and while it works just fine, I agree with the general sentiment, that for serious readers (I frequently consume 2-3 books a week), the iPhone isn't the format you're going to want to read. The Kindle? Perhaps.

  The economics of e-books are still a bit expensive for the consumers, and publishers have only begun to get their heads around this "new" distribution model. Then again, Apple's iTunes Music Store wasn't exactly an overnight success. Innovations take time to find a foundation. All sorts of baggage that needs to be undone, for consumers, authors, publishers, and on and on.

  tags: kindle, cannibal, innovation, iphone, e-books, businessweek, douglas_macmillan

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