Inflection Points
Although the articles on adamalthus.com represent my personal views on the intersection of technology, policy and economics I rarely write about the personal im...
Author: JM
Cloud Computing’s Free Lunch
One of my mother’s favortite sayings is “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” Generally that’s a pretty good rule to live buy. If it looks like your being off...
Technology’s Triple Threat
Cross-posted from the Innovia Strategies Blog by Jonathan Murray & Desiree van Welsum If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prud...
Policy Challenges for A Globally Integrated Innovation, Production and Market Platform
“Cloud computing” is much more than simply a new set of technologies and business models. It is rapidly emerging as the platform that will underpin the next ge...
The World Needs Eyes And Ears on Syria
The growing slaughter of innocent civilians by the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad – and his brother Maher Assad – is posing quite a challenge f...
Chemical Reaction Dynamics as a Model for Technology Platform Competition
In various corporate meeting rooms at Samsung, Microsoft, HP, RIM and Google eager teams of engineers, marketing folks and freshly minted MBAs are trying to fig...
Greece’s “Argentina” Moment
Watching the news coming out of Greece over the weekend reminded me of the economic crisis in Argentina in 2001. Growing public unrest, a history of military in...
When Apple Became “The Man”
This weekends pranking of the future Apple store in Hamburg shows just how far perceptions of Apple and Microsoft have changed. This puts Microsoft in the posit...
Microsoft’s Nokia Nightmare
Last week saw a lot of speculation regarding Microsoft’s possible acquisition of Nokia’s mobile devices business. The rumor was quashed by Stephen E...