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Advertising
Newspaper Websites looking more like MySpace
Posted on 12 November 2009
If you live in the Atlanta area you may very well be aware of the changes that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has made not only to their Website ( ajc.com ) but to their Sunday paper as well. It’s no secret that the newspaper industry is hurting – a business model almost 100% dependent on advertising [...] Continue Reading
Facebook, Social Media, Twitter
Social Networks Cost Companies Billions *cough* Bull$hit *cough*
Posted on 26 October 2009
The brilliant people at Morse, an IT services company in the UK, released the results of a survey today that claims the time employees spend on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter is costing businesses about $2.2 Billion (USD) each year in lost productivity. This is not the first study to put a number on [...] Continue Reading
Online Marketing, Social Media, Twitter, Videos
Twitter Case Study: Paramore
Posted on 05 September 2009
Even today, with all of Twitter’s popularity, people still ask “What’s the point?” Unfortunately these are the people that just may never get it. That’s why whenever I see a good case study for Twitter I can’t help but point it out. Today the band Paramore is seeing first hand the way Twitter can launch [...] Continue Reading
Advertising
New homepage ads for Dictionary.com – why I love em!
Posted on 13 August 2009
Recently Dictionary.com has redesigned their homepage to include nothing more than a few links, the iconic Google-type search bar and now nothing more than a giant advertisement. Some people hate the new ad space and have vowed to never visit Dictionary.com again. One of my biggest pet peeves are people who hate advertising just for the [...] Continue Reading
Digg, Facebook, Firefox, Social Media, Technology, Twitter
Flock – my new Web browser of choice
Posted on 11 August 2009
What the Flock? A new Web browser? That’s right – the folks at a new company called Flock have developed a new Web browser built on Mozilla (the guys behind the beloved Firefox Web browser). Flock is a new browser made especially for bloggers and social networking freaks like me (and probably you). Flock is a [...] Continue Reading
Videos
First Ever YouTube video
Posted on 07 July 2009
Behold…the first video to ever be posted to YouTube. Continue Reading
Videos, iPhone
First music video filmed on an iPhone3GS
Posted on 02 July 2009
Technologic Overkill – The First Music Video Shot on an iPhone 3GS from Steve Ellington on Vimeo. Continue Reading
Microsoft, Online Marketing
Microsoft is freaking out the email marketing industry
Posted on 24 June 2009
Outlook 2010 is currently in Beta, and from what I’ve seen looks pretty slick. But there’s one problem. A BIG problem. Microsoft has decided to abandon Web standards when it comes to rendering HTML in e-mail programs – causing an uproar from those of us involved in e-mail marketing. They have confirmed that they plan [...] Continue Reading
Facebook, Online Marketing, iPhone
Dunkin makes donut runs efficient with new iPhone App
Posted on 22 June 2009
Dunkin’ Donuts has released a new interactive Website and iPhone App aimed at making your group coffee and donut runs more efficient and automated. Using the App or the Website you can send out an alert to your friends and coworkers letting them know you are going on a run to Dunkin Donuts. They can [...] Continue Reading
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