Random Articles

• Our Memories Are Poor, Measure in Context “It isn’t as astonishing the number of things I can remember, as the number of things I can remember that aren’t so” - Paine, Mark Twain: A Biography, 1912 This Sunday, the Vikings are playing the Lions. I’m confident they’ll be keeping score throughout the game. Yard by yard, play by play. Rather than having the
• Using Search Engines and Tags to Get A Specific Someone’s Attention Scoble pointed out this Google search for Susan Dumais, look at the ad in the right-hand column. It’s less of an ad and more of a unique recruiting method. I hope this is the future of Google Ads - very specific messages targeted to a single individual. This reminds me of the how venture capitalist Fred
• If It Weren’t For The Customers “I believe media companies are afraid of interacting with their audiences, because they (mistakenly) believe that their audiences are made up of people just like them — resentful, mean spirited, backbiting, hostile egomaniacs with inferiority complexes who, if given the opportunity, will spout their opinions without regard or respect for anyone but themselves.” - Terry
• Oh, Did I Mention iTunes Kills Television Advertising Josh at Splintered Channels ponders traditional ad spots within the new iTunes-delivered TV programs. The TV I’ve had for the last 10 years has a 30-sec timer button on it. Hit the button, change the channel, and 30 seconds later you’ll automatically return to the previous program. Tivo time-shifted both the program and this ad-skip behavior
• We Aggregate and Filter Each Other Great post over at the Pomo blog, Pardon my removal of the blacklisted buzzwords. “Because there are far more people creating content than there is time for people to consume it. Therefore, trusted, smart filters… become desirable. Who does the filtering? Sometimes, it’s a person or people, but increasingly we consumers do it ourselves” -