Ozzie and Harriet
Harriet is Mark Cuban. Mark (stood next to him but never talked to him) is out with his latest swipe at Web 2.0, that HDTV is where the action is. Harriet thinks Apple TV is a day late and a dollar short.
I am one of the people Mark says is eyeing HDTV. I’m looking because my Apple TV has HDMI output and I have an HDMI cable that doesn’t connect to anything. Mark is right: I will buy a new HDTV this year, and probably every year or two from here on out. Mark says the Internet is dead. I hope Mark keeps saying that. I’d be interested in hearing his talk at TechBrunch 20 but I doubt I’ll be able to get in given the blogger-of-note line ahead of me.
Ozzie is Ray Ozzie. I tried to sneak in to Mix07 at the least second to see Ray talk about whatever Microsoft can do right now to block somebody (Adobe? Amazon? certainly not Google) but they’re turning A-Listers away before they ignore me. I actually think Microsoft has turned a corner, but the body is still jerking from the old head being removed and I trust Wagged keeps ignoring me for a little while longer.
I listened to Doc Searls on Adam Curry’s show last night, a discussion of webradio and the cartel’s move to crush net radio. If Harriet is right, why bother worrying about it. Curry announced the end of the Sirius satellite relationship, coming some ten months after The Gillmor Gang was taken off Sirius. Bob Dylan remains aboard XM, renewing for a second year. And Dylan is quoted as wishing Paul McCartney would quit making music because he’s so good at it and not letting new talent emerge. Me, I’m looking forward to his first record on Starbucks next month.
So there you have it: Ozzie and Harriet control the waves, one calling PCs dead and the other Live. Scoble’s in the hallway, Arrington on stage, Calacanis and Winer insisting on email. I’m just sitting here challenging all the nodes to raise their hand and tell me where to go. This week, Staci says I’m in, so does Kevin SuperNova. And as we speak, iTunes is filling my Apple TV up with…. Stay tuned.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Bring the Gang back, please. Well, maybe not Jason and Arrington. Sure miss it.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Jesus, Steve, just when I’m almost convinced that you’re right about not using links, you start using them again - and not even to flip a dime into some regular joe’s coffee cup but to promote commercial clusterfucks. Thank you for your wine, California. Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruit. Nick
April 25th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Almost convinced? Looks like a clean sweep to me. I am a regular Joe these days. Just because I’m right doesn’t mean I can’t tell a joke.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Or two.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:24 am
I count three.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Oh, you heard it already.