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Is Advertising Really Dead?

Apr 2, 20082 comments so far, join in!

Over on BlogFire, there’s a post titled Advertising is Dead, Long Live Content. The article is great in pointing out the reality that many of us understand. Content is King.
However, is advertising really dead? Sure, I’m a DVR kind of guy and hate watching TV with commercials. Yet, there are times [...]

YouTube on the run? I don’t think so…

Mar 12, 2008Comments

So I’m listening to CNN this morning while I’m working and they start talking about hulu and wondering if it’s going to be a huge competitor to YouTube.
I say… I don’t think so.
Why?
YouTube is powered by users who provide the videos.  Hulu has licensed a ton of actual TV shows and movies that lets you [...]

Google Introduces OpenSocial

Nov 2, 2007Comments

Today, Google introduced OpenSocial, a set of common APIs that make it easy to create and host social applications on the web.  This will allow you to write an application once that will run anywhere that OpenSocial API’s are supported.
This will make it easier for you to focus on making your web apps better and [...]

Copyright Explained… Now you know

Jul 10, 2007Comments

Copyright is often misunderstood, but Copyright on the Web is generally considered as a dark hallway. Smashing Magazine has a great article, Copyright Explained: I May Copy It, Right?, that does a thorough job of explaining copyright both online and offline.

Do you do .biz?

Jun 11, 2007Comments

Aaron Wall made a post today stating that he doesn’t like .biz domain names. I can’t say that I’m a fan of them either, but I’m not sure about his reasoning.
The question posed was along the lines of switching from a .biz to a .com for better ranking. Aaron believes that a .biz [...]

Apple brings Safari to Windows

Jun 11, 2007Comments

Apple brought it’s second Apple program to Windows today. The first was iTunes. Now, we have the Safari web browser for Windows. The initial release is in beta of course.
Some good things about the Safari for Windows is that Apple has promised a speedy, speedy version. Apple says that Safari performed [...]