PHIL SIMON
Understanding Microsoft’s latest acquisition in the context of a “more social” business.
Category: Platforms
“I think music is the most phenomenal platform for intellectual thought.”
—Annie Lennox
Category: Platforms
Amazon: A Life Saver?
A simply amazing story of how one author used Amazon platform’s.
A New Kind of Social Network
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at The Experience Project.
Platforms, Microsoft, and Two-Sided Markets
Understanding the virtuous cycle of platforms.
The Library as a Platform
If you don’t get the little p’s right, you can forget about the Big P.
Kara Swisher on the Gang of Four
I’m not the only one who’s taking notice of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
The Postal Service as a Platform?
Are we confusing planks and platforms?
On Platforms and Stickiness
In my latest HuffPo piece, I look at the evolution of Google and how it’s become a platform.
Platforms and Scale
Some great platform-building lessons from Amazon.
Want to Buy My Platform?
RIM is the latest casualty in the Age of the Platform.