McGuire’s Law

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• Apple cracks down on rogue app stores
• AT&T Keeps New Wireless Entrants at Bay for $2.35B
• Verizon: US Broadband Is Really Competitive, If You Just Redefine The Market The Way We Want…

Two months ago I participated in eComm. What a great event! (Thanks Lee!)

My talk was on “Cutting the Cord on Big Bell Dogma.” I think it’s a pretty compelling story. You can check out the video here and the slides further down in this post.

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• Why no multitouch on the G1? Because Apple said so.
• Ireland Considers a Tax on Text Messages
• Telcos Resisting Broadband Stimulus Because They’re Worried It Might Force Them To Compete
• As if things aren’t bad enough… AT&T terms change targets Sling

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• Surprise… Big Bell Dogma slows adoption of full mobility
• Big Bell frustrating customers into upgrading?
• Big Bell openness claims “has meant almost nothing”
• France outlaws certain cellphones
• Safety council wants to ban all mobile use while driving
• Big Bell again in contempt of merger consents
• Qwest Cuts Off SkyWi in Network Dispute

Bonus: Brad Reed asks “Does the AT&T breakup still matter 25 years on?”

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• NY taxing mobile music
• Big Bell hindering device capabilities (and claiming not to)
• EU to tax fully mobilized cellphones
• Big Bell forcing setting changes on subscriber handsets

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• “Is Motorola Trying To Ban Reselling Phones?”
• Berlin Metro threatens maker of iPhone app that may increase ridership
• Irish politicians threaten legislating mobile behavior
• “Verizon Wireless Tries To Grow The Mobile Web By Breaking It”
• “AT&T Controls the Future of Privacy — Seriously”

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• “Verizon Wireless Doing Its Best To Strangle SMS Content”
• Egypt bans GPS-enabled mobile phones
• Fear mongers pushing ridiculous theories

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Now playing: Waterdeep - Heart Attack Time Machine

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• Big Bells don’t want to be held accountable
• “Verizon, Your Hypocrisy is Showing”
• Wireless carrier sues to block WiFi app
• Canadian Big Bell exercising market power to harm competitors

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Now playing: Charlie Peacock & Friends - Insult like the truth

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• Congressional committee attempts to HANG UP on in-flight mobile calls
• Government minister tells youth to text less
• Phone manufacturer monitors installed apps and disables unauthorized ones
• Near sighted organizations penalize mobile and Internet models
• Spectrum licensees design to waste rather than share
• Nebraska doesn’t want travelers to know about free WiFi

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Now playing: Matthew Perryman Jones - Refuge

As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:

• European regulators constrain mobility’s growth
• iPhone monopolists practice price gouging
• Cellular duopolists demonstrate big bell “pricing discipline”
• Broadband monopolists throw roadblocks in front of mobile competitors (and here) (and especially here)

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Now playing: U2 - Red Hill Mining Town