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Thad McIlroy commented on Thad McIlroy's blog post 'The Kindle Dilemma'
That's a provocative, deeply-researched presentation. Fascinating. Thanks for the lead.
October 21
Andrew Savikas commented on Thad McIlroy's blog post 'The Kindle Dilemma'
Absolutely. I was at the BookServer event on Monday, and we'll be among the first with "live" BookServer catalogs. Hearing Morgan Stanley's Mary Meeker at Web 2.0 Summit put some data behind what's happening with the Mobile Web confirmed to me tha...
October 21
Thad McIlroy commented on Thad McIlroy's blog post 'The Kindle Dilemma'
Very funny Andrew! Please see the following: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10378573-52.html I think the game is changing VERY rapidly!
October 20
Andrew Savikas commented on Thad McIlroy's blog post 'The Kindle Dilemma'
I agree about dedicated readers, though I do think they'll find a niche (albeit one probably too small to support the exploding number of vendors). After all, there are people working on horoscope devices....
October 20
Paul commented on Thad McIlroy's blog post 'The Kindle Dilemma'
Agree - like with the typewriters (IBM 65xx etc) in the middle of last century. And then they've been wriped out by PC text processors. As soon as normal laptop/netbooks are easy as a newspaper, run for 4+ hrs on battery, have a display that allow...
October 19
Thad McIlroy and Mary Gay Marchese are now friends
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I've just added a blog post to my site with the same title as I use here. But I want to examine a very different aspect of the issue than posted there. There are several things that intrigue me about the odd near-overlap of Microsoft winning a pa...
August 18
Thad McIlroy added a blog post
I think that the Kindle is the most over-hyped piece of hardware since...mmmm...the toaster oven. I have a running series of comments on my Future of Publishing blog here: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/blog/?s=kindle I know I'm in the min...
July 18

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At 4:18pm on September 26, 2008, Andrew Savikas said…
Welcome, Thad. Glad to have you in the mix.

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Thad McIlroy is an electronic publishing analyst and author, and founder of the website www.TheFutureofPublishing.com. Nearly a decade in the making, it is the most comprehensive source of information on where publishing is heading.

A well-established expert in the technology and marketing issues surrounding electronic publishing and the Internet, he has authored a dozen books and over 200 articles on these subjects. McIlroy served also for five years as Program Director for Seybold Seminars.

As a consultant Thad McIlroy works closely with publishing and media companies, printers, design and advertising agencies, as well as vendors serving the publishing industry. He serves also as an expert witness on patent litigation.

He is a contributing editor to PrintAction magazine, and on the editorial board of the journal Learned Publishing. For three years McIlroy has been named as one of Canada’s 50 most influential people in graphic communications.
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Microsoft, XML, Injunctions & Patents

I've just added a blog post to my site with the same title as I use here. But I want to examine a very different aspect of the issue than posted there.

There are several things that intrigue me about the odd near-overlap of Microsoft winning a patent on its XML technology for Word, and days later losing a major case which, on the face of it, involves the same technology.

First things first. I've been an expert witness on patent litigation cases for some 15 years. I love them because they're fi… Continue

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 3:27am —

Thad McIlroy

The Kindle Dilemma

I think that the Kindle is the most over-hyped piece of hardware since...mmmm...the toaster oven.

I have a running series of comments on my Future of Publishing blog here: http://www.thefutureofpublishing.com/blog/?s=kindle

I know I'm in the minority: most people think it's, as they always say "the most important (whatever) since Gutenberg (probably) invented movable type."

I think it's transitory hardware technology which Amazon is pushing in a VERY cynical way.

That's not to say that the e… Continue

Posted on July 18, 2009 at 4:41am — 5 Comments

Thad McIlroy

The Problem at Wired

A group of colleagues have an occasional email back-and-forth over something we find online discussing technology and the changes in publishing.

Today's back and forth concerned the article in today's New York Times regarding Chris Anderson's problems at Wired.

My comment to the group:

I'm in the ranks of those who hasn't bought a copy of Wired in I don't know how long, and rarely visit the site (also do… Continue

Posted on May 18, 2009 at 4:04pm —

 
 

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