PHIL SIMON
Be transparent—or else.
Category: Platforms
“I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.”
—Annie Lennox
Category: Platforms
On Websites and Montetization
The platform is a means to an end—not the end itself.
On Websites, Planks, and Platforms
Your site is a plank, not a platform.
Yahoo! and the Age of the Platform
The costs of inaction and inertia exceed those of action.
Why Yahoo! Isn’t Google: A Theory
My HuffPo piece comparing the two companies.
The Hubbub over Google’s New Privacy Policy
My HuffPo piece on the company’s policy shift.
CES 2012: It’s All About the Platform
My HuffPo piece on the ubiquity of platforms.
Google’s Risky Gambit
Thoughts on tweaking a core product.
The Paradox of CES 2012
Oddly, you won’t find Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google at the world’s biggest event.
On SoundCloud, CES, and Platforms
How are smaller companies embracing platform thinking?