PHIL SIMON
Phil Simon
Looking at platforms and sports metaphors.
Posts Tagged as: Amazon
Posts Tagged as: Amazon
Are you willing to be misunderstood?
An interesting view on the long term by one of the Big Four.
Platforms Keep Colliding
Frenemies and coopetition pervade the Age of the Platform.
Is Udemy a True Platform?
Looking at Udemy’s attempt to create a true platform.
New Course: How to Build a Platform
Want to learn more about building platforms?
On Platforms and Choice
On Facebook’s new board and our ability to choose.
It’s not the Age of Conscription
Google isn’t Wikipedia. It exists to make money–among other reasons
On Books, Steps, and Numbers
This is not a how-to book.
10 Technology and Business Trends for 2012
My HuffPo piece on what to expect in 2012.
Most Popular Book Passages on Kindle
Amazon lets you see some neat data.
Why Google Music Is a Necessary Plank in its Platform
This isn’t 1998.
How Big Is Amazon?
A really interesting infographic on Bezos’ company.
The Disintermediation Continues
Amazon and its partners keep innovating in the eBook arena.
There’s No One Right Way to Build a Platform
Apple and Amazon have very different views towards computing—and business, for that matter.
Netflix and the Age of the Platform
Hearing your customers is not good enough.
We’ve Seen This Movie Before
Thoughts on AWS.