Whenever I have an idea for a blog post, I add it to a running list. The idea for today’s post came to me during Web 2 Summit and I wish I had posted it then because it would look more prescient. Oh well – here it goes a bit late. Yesterday reports surfaced that Microsoft is working on a new TV service that would be an alternative to the offerings from cable providers. That could be terrific for consumers by expanding choice and finally driving down price, assuming for a moment that bandwidth...

We took a quick look yesterday at the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics, which was painful (Shatner, really?) but as we flipped to another channel, we ran across Undercover Boss on CBS. The premise of the series is simple: a boss from a large company works “undercover” at the frontlines of the business. The (first?) episode was one of the family owners of White Castle working shifts at several of their restaurants and at two of their supply facilities. On the downside, like all reality...

Whenever I have an idea for a blog post, I add it to a running list. The idea for today’s post came to me during Web 2 Summit and I wish I had posted it then because it would look more prescient. Oh well – here it goes a bit late. Yesterday reports surfaced that Microsoft is working on a new TV service that would be an alternative to the offerings from cable providers. That could be terrific for consumers by expanding choice and finally driving down price, assuming for a moment that bandwidth...

We took a quick look yesterday at the Closing Ceremony for the Winter Olympics, which was painful (Shatner, really?) but as we flipped to another channel, we ran across Undercover Boss on CBS. The premise of the series is simple: a boss from a large company works “undercover” at the frontlines of the business. The (first?) episode was one of the family owners of White Castle working shifts at several of their restaurants and at two of their supply facilities. On the downside, like all reality...