Autonomy Will Reshape Transportation More Than You Think

“What an absurd idea! What an absurd idea! Lady, I may be a born fool, but you got ten absurd ideas to my one, an' don't you forget it!” – Charlie, “The African Queen ,” United Artists, 1951

My daughter first got behind the steering wheel when she was about seven, learning to drive in a big open field next to the marina where we kept our boat.

It was a blast … for both of us.

Mom? Not so much.

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Smart Home Solutions Are Coming in Bits, Pieces

“There are two dilemmas... that rattle the human skull. How do you hold onto someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?” Gavin, “The War of the Roses,” 20th Century Fox, 1989

CES is all about “things.”

Things people can talk to; which, in turn, talk to other things as well as something somewhere else to come up with things to sell you; and so, the cycle continues.

For many of the things, services and apps at the show CES 2018 will be the last time they will be seen.

But for the companies and buyers with deep pockets, they will slowly enter our homes and become part of our daily lives.

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Maybe the Problem of Sundance is the Distribution, Not the Content

“My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.” – Ripley, Alien: “Resurrection,” Brandywine Productions, 1997

The reason a year seems to pass so quickly is that it starts so darn fast and the only constant is fast, faster and fastest change.

The M&E (media and entertainment) industry took up a lot of attention (and space) at CES – the everything for everyone show.

Even before all the screens, cameras and storage solutions were packed up and shipped home; people were unpacking their skis, parkas, cameras, storage and hopes in Park City, Utah for Sundance, the first huge film festival of 2018,

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