Thad McIlroy's Blog (3)

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

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

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