PHIL SIMON
What happens when everything is a platform?
Category: Strategy
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
—Mike Tyson
Category: Strategy
The Once Unthinkable: You Now Can Ignore Microsoft
You never would have predicted this five years ago.
Platform Lessons From Steve Jobs
Understanding what makes Apple a great company—and a great platform.
Apple and Amazon: Competing Ecosystems
Contrasting two members of the Gang of Four.
Ecosystems, Innovation, and Protecting Platforms
Ecosystems protect platforms; they don’t inoculate them from risk.
Policing the Platform
My HuffPo piece on Apple’s app problem.
Platforms, Offense, and Defense
Looking at platforms and sports metaphors.
Platforms, Apple, and App Store Anarchy
Platforms present problems. Here’s one of the biggest.
Google’s Semantic Response to Siri
Understanding the semantic web and Google’s forthcoming search overhaul.
The Rise of Computing Platforms
An interesting look at changes over time.