Conflating Powers and Markets
I love Jesus Manifesto. Among the Emergent types, Mark Van Steenwyk and his crew are the absolute top-shelf. They are anabaptists and flirt with anarchism. We like this. A lot. In a recent post Mark warns Emergents against becoming a mere fad, comercialized, and thus contributing to empire. A fair warning, especially considering the emergent […]
Early adopters, a model, HD DVD and Kindle
Newmark points out that Amazon has an interesting offer: buyers of a new-standard HD DVD player can get 10 new–count ‘em, ten–HD DVDs free with purchase in a post about overcoming path dependence, or how to attract early adopters.
I offer the following in the comments there:
Amazon, interestingly, is NOT giving away free titles for their […]
This has Kindled my Enthusiasm
Just heard about Amazon’s new reading device, the Kindle. Click on the Kindle Video in the top left corner of the page.
I just spent $55 on books last weekend at the Wake County Public Library book sale. I got 4 boxes of books for that price, and some of those books were real […]