The Big Picture » Digital Media http://www.ritholtz.com/blog Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:10:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Innovation Can Be Trained http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/02/innovation-can-be-trained/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/02/innovation-can-be-trained/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:30:05 +0000 Barry Ritholtz http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=71899

Source: Slides That Rock

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That leads me to posting an occasional infographic. Okay, a lot of infographics, perhaps a few too many.

That’s why I found this particular piece so amusing:

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via Casual Sophistication

]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/fyig/feed/ 10 How Often Does the Film Industry Cry Wolf Over Piracy? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/how-often-does-the-film-industry-cry-wolf-over-piracy/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/how-often-does-the-film-industry-cry-wolf-over-piracy/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:39:18 +0000 Barry Ritholtz http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=75323 Via TechDirt, we learn the frequency with which Hollywood insists every new technology will destroy the movie business:

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]]> http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/how-often-does-the-film-industry-cry-wolf-over-piracy/feed/ 8 The Shift from Manufacturing to Service Economy http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/the-shift-from-manufacturing-to-service-economy/ http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/01/the-shift-from-manufacturing-to-service-economy/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000 Barry Ritholtz http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=75274 On Sunday, we looked at how the iEconomy Shifts Labor Trends. I lamented about a a fantastic graphic in the print edition, showing changes in Manufacturing versus Service Jobs from the 1960a; it was nowhere to be found online.

Huzzah! After discreet inquiries, we managed to free the Kraken from its print prison:

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Source: NYT

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