Next Gen Wii? & Best Product Development quote…

First and foremost, a “next generation Wii platform” just doesn’t sound right. It is already a game changer (Casual Games Market) and has put a lot of pressure on Sony and Microsoft to compete.

I can only imagine what will be in the next version. Maybe a full body motion suit that interacts with the game? Whatever it will be, it’s going to be interesting.

Now to the quote:

Satoru Iwata, Wii platform president says, “We only turn something into a product after it’s been thoroughly vetted INSIDE the company”.

I don’t care what anyone says, this is rule number 1. Inventing products that you do not use yourself is stupid. I posted earlier about pricing products you don’t use and I think this fits the same bill. If you aren’t using your own products, how do you know how good or bad they are? How do you know what price to set when you don’t understand its value to YOU?

If this is how Nintendo approaches product creation, I would have to say it is a good reason why they have been able to take a lead in the console space so quickly.

They are their own customers.

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Relating to everyone with your ideas...

This hits an emotion that you, and possibly everyone else you've ever met, gets enjoyment out of.

All I can say is, "this is FRIGGIN brilliant".

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"Pass the TP"

Mike Michalowicz's "Toilet Paper Entreprenuer" description from "The Big Idea Blog".

This is one of my favorites:

Slant Toward Premature Action – Do not wait for the perfect conditions to start or expand your business. Taking action early is better than taking action too late. And don’t be nervous about these lean times we are experiencing right now. This is the perfect time to start a business. With everyone waiting until the economy is ripe, the startup competition is almost non-existent.

Let's get building!!

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Thanks...

Brad Garlinghouse.

Seth Godin's newly coined word, "Clowd"...

With Seth's new word...I think he summarizes the times ahead of us in quite a unique way.

Things just keep getting better and better.

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Decisions made by non-users

I heard a speaker say one time that if you were over 35, you had no clue how to handle the demands of the next generation technology user.

I couldn't agree more and I am north of 35, albeit just by a tiny bit.

If a "leader" who is making decisions that effect the end-user (the CUSTOMER) isn't using the technology like the customer (texting, consuming video, using a converged mobile device, sharing via their social network, using web applications, and/or active in some form of community) I don't think they should be making decisions regarding how to charge for services.

If you aren't using the technologies you're customers purchase from you, then how can you appropriately understand it? If you don't understand it, you shouldn't be allowed to make decisions regarding it.

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No Femto Needed? Who said that!

Just finished commenting on Jeff Pulver's post, No Femto Cells needed in my home. WiFi UMA works just fine.

I don't agree with his take on not needing femto in the home. I would have made a different purchase decision.

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