All in Advertising
No More Surveys!
I believe that polling numbers released to the public without serious methodological detail will be worthless and not to be trusted.
Scoring Apple’s March 9 Product Announcements for Creation, Consumption, and Engagement
I am pleased that Apple is devoting money and talent to the development of such products that support creation, consumption, and engagement. In previous generations such resources might have been devoted to the creation of weapons of mass destruction.
Twitter, Building Trust, Ferguson, and Staying Calm
Just as I resist being “driven” to a sales oriented vendor by advertising posing as legitimate engagement, so too do I resist having my political viewpoint “driven” in one direction or another.
White Papers, Market Engagement, and Email Discrimination
I’ve had a Yahoo! email address for about ten years.
Given the increasing importance of localization and access via mobile platforms it makes sense for Google to extend its reach for data to index into the potential treasure trove of local governments.
Washington Post Digital Scrapes iPage Bottom
The blinking and moving banner ads at the bottom of the pages of the iPad version of the Washington Post really suck.
Eventually management notices the disparity. So it will be with Google. This will be accelerated when advertising revenue starts to flatline and pressure emerges within Google to start charging for individual services that are currently subsidized by advertising. Stuff like Glass and driverless cars won’t help the situation. Nor will a walled-garden-in-disguise that pretends to be a social networking tool.