<rant> I dislike the whole premise of mobile apps. Why can’t I just use the internet on my phone? Why all of this app account logging in, downloading, updating nonsense? I have to believe that mobile apps will go extinct in the future. The only reason the idea of downloading applications on a mobile phone […]
Mindfully Selected News
My consumption of news has decreased over the last few years and I think I’m becoming less informed. I think its my lack of interest in breaking news along with the new’s declining credibility. Publishers are incentivized to push the extreme, breaking news because it’s how they get more clicks, and that means more revenue. […]
The Day TV And The Internet Are One
Pontificating on what it will be like when TVs and the Internet are one in the same: In the end TVs will just be a higher fidelity outlet for all your existing content. All content will live online and you’ll choose when, where and one which device to watch it. Pick up where you left […]
Where The Web Is Heading
Where Mobile, Social, Local and Personal all intersect. That’s where the web the heading. One in five searches on Google is a local search. (That number goes way when the user is searching on a mobile phone). 17% off all time spent on the internet is on social networks. Up from 6% a year ago. […]
Too Many Lists On The Internet
These are a few examples of posts including lists that took me about 5 minuets to find: “6 SEO Website Redesigns Your Developer May Not Know,” “7 Tools to Optimize the Speed of Your Website,” “Top 100 Internet Marketing Posts of 2009,” “12 Best Free Online Resources for Learning SEO,” “55 Google Website Optimizer Tips […]
Why Doesen’t Hulu Show Ratings?
There are reports on how many videos Hulu streams but how come they don’t tell us how many views individual shows are getting? Usually TV shows are quick to point out which ones are getting the highest ratings on TVs even though the way ratings are derived is anything but exact: Nielsen is making an […]
Rocket Ship Marketing
I think the correct way to do marketing, or the way the current landscape demands, can be explained using a metaphor having to do with comparing advertising to a rocket ship: Whats Wrong With Big Rocket Ships (AKA Traditional Advertising): 1. Traditional rocket ships are big, complex and are explicitly designed to be controlled. These […]