Comments on: CES’ Huge Growth Depicted—That’s What She Said

By: hrheingold

hrheingold — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:43:17 +0000

Drake, your comment really helped make sense of what you are doing. Your antennae are superbly tuned, your technical chops are at the Jedi level, you write well, but you have an existential problem that affects many, including yourself — you have a very clear picture of how you are putting your complex knowledge, insights, research together, but you need to expend just a few more words conveying why what you are getting at is important to the reader.

By: Gabriel Sama

Gabriel Sama — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:13:38 +0000

Drake, dont forget to post twice — at least — per week. Cheers, GS

By: hrheingold

hrheingold — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:19:54 +0000

What's your beat for Comm217, Drake? It's difficult to figure it out inductively

By: withdrake

withdrake — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:59:34 +0000

well, the second half of the post was supposed to be a rough analysis of the industry as a whole vs. size of CES. Basically, I said that industry growth (as measured by the NASDAQ composite cant account for about 30x of the growth. My hypothesis, that would need to be tested, is that it is a combo of really good marketers working for CES, and a many-fold increase in the presence and importance of electronics in middle income lives. 20 yers ago middle income people had maybe one film camera per house hold. Now it is not out of the ordinary for each member of the family to have 2 or more (digi-cam, cellphone cam, webcam, etc.)

By: Gabriel Sama

Gabriel Sama — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:31 +0000

What would the experts say about the growth of the conference, Drake? Does it mimic the growth of the tech industry, or is there something else? How dependant is the industry on the conference? What'd happen if it closed? Love the graphic: can't make the growth clearer than that. Also, great links, specially the 1990 pics. Good post.
GS