everything wars

Kaiju Company Big Battle – Where it’s going

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So I talked about the Everything Wars last post and laid down an outline of how I saw the battle going:

Level 1: Apple, Google, and Microsoft battling over technologies of software, systems, and access.
Level 2a: Content delivery companies, battling each other over rights and distribution, and possibly making deals with other companies.
Level 2b: Social media and integration tools, battling each other midly, but somewhat away from Level 1.
Level 3: Content deliverers, dealing with the battles above.

So now where do I see this going and what does it mean for you?

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Kaiju Company Big Battle – The Scope of the Everything Wars

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Bonnie and I have talked a lot about the Everything Wars – where companies are battling for share, market, and presence in a variety of markets, some that you wouldn't expect.  We've jokingly compared it to a giant monster movie, which is probably not too bad a metaphor,but I wanted to explore the issue a bit deeper.

The reason I explore it further is this is big for us progeeks, profans, and the rest of us – technology defines a lot of what we do in our lives, careers, and career interest.  Fantasy sports is played online, websites deliver anime, etc.  What happens in the Everything Wars happens to ALL of us.

So, let's take a look.

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News of the Day 7/28/2009

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Career:
A 'rantifesto' on why Resumes should be irrelevant – I can't exactly argue, I'm just not sure of the solution. I will argue that leapfrogging resumes and doing things like networking, keeping up LinkedIn.com, etc. will give you an advantage. If you can go 'beyond the resume' in your search, it'll probably help you stand out.

You're a Gen Y proud workaholic? a post on why not to say it and to reconsider it

Why programmers hate meetings – A good article, and a great excuse to get out of meetings.

Publishing:
HarperCollins creates Digital Editor post. They're taking the ebook trend seriously – though how well that trend will fair with some of the latest issues with Amazon remains to be seen.

Barnes and Noble partners with AT&T for FREE wi-fi in their stores – Looks like its part of their overall strategy, and probably good for retention.

Social Media:
Social Networking site doubles since 2007.

Linkedin expands company profiles on its site – This is very big for LinkedIn as it will increase traffic AND play on the increasing branding-obsession online. Well done – and if you have your own business . . .

Technology:
More from the Everything Wars: Google yanks the Google Voice App from the app store for iPhone – I don't think we have the full story yet. What we do have is more of the Everything Wars.

Video Games:
Emergent adds even MORE to Gamebryo
– This time adding Pixelux's material simulator. Emergent, still one of our crush objects, continues its march to world domination. So why don't they have your resume yet?

Voice Acting:
Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt are releasing a book on voice acting – Big news because it appears to be quite good. I may even grab a copy so I can review it . . .

Finally a new term for a company just making enough for people to live on: ramen profitable. Side note, 'Ramen Profitable' would be an awesome manga name.

– Steven Savage