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I called it in December 2007 - Oil hit $140 by mid-year

On December 21, 2007 the price of oil was in the $90 range. As we recorded “Outlook 2008” on that day I predicted a price of $140-150 by mid-year. And, yesterday on June 26, 2008 I was proven right, as oil climbed above $140 for the first time.
Looking ahead, let’s put to rest [...]

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Book now in Brazil, Portuguese Translation

My book, Turning the Future Into Revenue, still generally available but most easily obtained via Amazon, is now available in a Portuguese translation, published in Brazil. My publisher, Wiley & Sons, just sent some copies, which look nice.
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The Long Tail

In the digital ecosystem, it’s the head that gets the hits: the most popular and visible players garner the most attention, and therefore revenue. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired, has drawn attention to the rest of the animal in his book, The Long Tail. Anderson proposes that the smaller entities—likened to a long tail streaming [...]

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