Bill Watt’s Blog

I have been given feedback recently that my blog has taken bad direction lately as it moved from restaurant reviews from the Wednesday night dinners to actually having longer and apparently more thoughtful (read- long winded) posts.

All I can say is, “Sorry Danny” and try to include more fluff for readers of his level. I’ll try and get back to more of the content you know and love and also to limit the number of posts since that too seems to be a problem for you. We don’t want another incident like we had with Twitter where you had to turn off mobile notifications specifically to avoid my comments.

Let’s not forget though that it was Danny who started the petition (of sorts) to get me to stop play warcraft.

LOL… the more I read about the music industry the more I laugh. Check out this article from music2dot0 that starts with the title, “Time for Luddite & Wanton Label Chiefs to go” which is a great summary in itself.

I was reminded that in my previous post talking about the Wired Magazine article that Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music, claimed to not even know who the right technology people to hire would have been. “Uh, yeah. So what?” would have been my response. Tons of technology consultants get hired every year who only know one thing (and more yet who know nothing) but that doesn’t stop companies from trying to get the right people. To just stay out of the game for fear of not hiring the right people for the job further reinforces my desire to cut these guys no slack. Hell… they have enough money to go buy a company that is in the space and have them lead the charge.

God, I love seeing these guys get angry over their own ignorance. It won’t surprise me if later it is revealed that they in fact did hire consultants but instead of technology folks they hired MBA’s to tell them who to hate. That seems about right.

Man, I remember being a kid and having nothing to do on weekends. Once I got a computer my parents had to basically ground me from the house to make me go out and participate in the world. And that was before the days of the internet. (PS- Alice tries to do the same.)

I can’t imagine a kid’s life these days with YouTube, game consoles, and all kinds of portable devices. Yes, I’m jealous of my nephews and what their lives will be like in about 10 years… especially with an uncle like me who will “force” the newest toys on them.

My plan for today is simple…

• Sleep late (Alice let me sleep till
• Starbucks
• YouTube and many episodes of Bleach (I’m on episode 29 and looking to get to 40 or so)
• Get in some time on the Xbox
• Work on the resume and get the updated version sent out
• Work on the support plan for FairMarket post-me
• Bang out 2 movies from Netflix to keep the queue moving

Rough life.