When I was a junior in college, I took a class in computing. In those…
Author: Brian O'Leary
The tension between access and perceived quality
Andrei Hagiu, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, and Julian Wright, an economics professor…
Multi-sided platforms
Andrei Hagiu, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, and Julian Wright, an economics professor…
Op-ed laments are not the answer
I subscribe to a lot of magazines – almost 20, by a recent count. There…
Here’s your cake
I subscribe to a lot of magazines – almost 20, by a recent count. There…
The power of undiscovered public knowledge
In early December, I came across an obituary of Don Swanson, someone I’d not heard…
Sunshine and water
In early December, I came across an obituary of Don Swanson, someone I'd not heard…
A media guru event
Quantum Media regularly hosts a series of breakfast conversations with "media gurus". In December I…
Small, medium or large
Writing for The Guardian, Faber & Faber chief executive Stephen Page recently claimed that the…
Coals to Newcastle
I started writing about publishing containers in 2009. I found “container” to be a useful…