Links for June 22nd through June 27th
Things I’m tracking for June 22nd through June 27th:
- Web Privacy Efforts Targeted - WSJ.com -
- Forbes Insights: The Rise of the Digital C-Suite - Adam Kmiec of www.thekmiecs.com brought this report to my attention via Twitter. Here’s what he has to say: “Forbes and Google got together to conduct a study of C-Level executives. The study was called The Rise of the Digital C-Suite: How Executives Locate and Filter Business Information. It focused on how executives are interactive, engaging, and getting their information. Sure, everyone is different and everyone business situation is unique. However, the report surfaces up an interesting data point – there’s a massive difference in the use of interactive tools and platforms like twitter between those executives over the age of 40 and those under the age of 40. The report dubs this audience, Generation Netscape.”
- TiVo Wants to Be the Google of Television. How? - BusinessWeek -
Links for June 17th through June 18th
Things I’m tracking for June 17th through June 18th:
- Crowdsourcing: What It Means for Innovation - BusinessWeek - "So which is it? Does crowdsourcing represent the beginning of the end of creative organizations? Or does it herald the beginning of something bigger and transformational for those agencies—and for business in general?"
- Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off - The Atlantic (July/August 2009) -
- Sandra Tsing Loh reveals affair and anti-marriage stance - Los Angeles Times -
- There’s Life After Death Via E-Mail -
- CW launching fall lineup on Sept. 8 -
Links for June 13th through June 15th
Things I’m tracking for June 13th through June 15th:
- The Entertainment Industry Plays a Sour Note Online - eMarketer -
- Search Won’t Solve TV’s Content Discovery Problem | Simulmedia -
- Microeconomics of the Consumer Web -
- Chris Anderson’s Counterintuitive Rules For Charging For Media Online -
- The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation — New York Magazine -
Links for June 2nd through June 12th
Things I’m tracking for June 2nd through June 12th:
- Dell Does $3 Million In Sales Through Twitter - Hardware - IT Channel News by CRN -
- On Demand Quarterly - June 2009.pdf (application/pdf Object) -
- Yes I Can - Stanley Fish Blog - NYTimes.com - Fascinating analysis by Stanley Fish about how President Obama's language has changed from inclusive "we" statements to I statements– don't get distracted by Fish's occasional unnecessary allusions to literary figures: it's an important piece.
- Director Ridley Scott Working on Audience-Driven Interactive Sci Fi Franchise, "Purefold" | InteractiveTV Today - …an audience-driven interactive video project called "Purefold," which it describes as "an open media franchise designed for brands, platforms, filmmakers, product developers and communities to collaboratively imagine our near future."
- Enviral Marketing Blog - Green Jobs -
Links for May 25th through June 2nd
Things I’m tracking for May 25th through June 2nd:
- Microsoft Outlines New Strategy for Xbox - NYTimes.com - LOS ANGELES — Reaching out beyond hardcore video game players to everyday consumers, Microsoft outlined an entertainment strategy on Monday for making the company’s Xbox 360 game console a gateway for movies, television and social networking.
- NPR: Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees -
- Time Warner to spin off AOL, ending ill-fated deal - washingtonpost.com -
- How Not to Manage Innovation - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org -
- Web Start-Ups Look Beyond Ads for Revenue - NYTimes.com -
Links for May 22nd through May 25th
Things I’m tracking for May 22nd through May 25th:
- Unboxed - Who Says Innovation Belongs to the Small? - NYTimes.com -
- The Future of Artificial Intelligence - NYTimes.com -
- Scene Stealer - Does It Pay for Studios to Bring in Marketing Help? - NYTimes.com -
- Startups rising from ashes of recession - OregonLive.com -
- Tweeting Your Way to a Job - NYTimes.com -
- YouTube - Marketing Talks@Google: Fred Wilson -
Links for May 15th through May 21st
Things I’m tracking for May 15th through May 21st:
- Fall TV cheat sheet: What’s in? What’s out? | | Ausiello Files | EW.com -
- Collected Essays and Writings by Jeremy Bullmore - WPP -
- ‘Youth Magnet’ Cities Hit Midlife Crisis - WSJ.com -
- Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker - "We tell ourselves that skill is the precious resource and effort is the commodity. It’s the other way around. Effort can trump ability—legs, in Saxe’s formulation, can overpower arms—because relentless effort is in fact something rarer than the ability to engage in some finely tuned act of motor coördination."
This is Malcolm Gladwell at his best. - Sony film CEO slams Web’s impact on H’wood -
Links for May 12th through May 15th
Things I’m tracking for May 12th through May 15th:
- Reinventing the Magazine - WSJ.com -
- Meanwhile, in Brussels, Our Hero Fights a Comic-Book Crisis - WSJ.com -
- Google Rolls Out New Digital Tools - Forbes.com - This looks interesting…
- Pew Internet & American Life Project | Data Sets -
- Homaro Cantu’s Weird Science | Fast Company -
Links for May 8th through May 12th
Things I’m tracking for May 8th through May 12th:
- @ Searchology: Google Tinkers With Search Results Page | paidContent.org -
- Lessons of Internet Marketing From FreshDirect - WSJ.com - "I believe real Internet marketing is still in its infancy. Too much attention has been given to digital advertising, and not enough to the creation of loyal customer relationships, which are especially valuable in the "one-click" purchasing environment. The focus on digital advertising has led to a proliferation of clicks and visitors (and declining conversion rates to boot), but has failed to capture the transformative power of the Internet. The true power of Internet marketing is the ability to interact to develop superior customer knowledge and real-time rhythm to significantly build one's business."
- Hulu’s tug of war with TV - Los Angeles Times -
- Forrester: Interactive Marketing To Grow 11% To $25.6 Billion in 2009 | Digital Marketing Inner Circle ??????? -
- Nielsen | Connecting With Power Moms - "CI SUMMARY: As any mother will tell you, there is a big difference between hearing and listening. Today’s Power Mom does it all—the house, the kids, the job, the bills, the shopping—and the Internet has become a tremendous enabler, bringing new meaning to multi-tasking. While the ability to connect with moms is easier than ever before with the advent of social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and a growing number of “mom blogs”, are marketers really listening to her value systems? It’s time to move beyond “messaging” to “listening”."
Links for May 7th
Things I’m tracking for May 7th:
- Schwarzenegger Urges a Study on Legalizing Marijuana Use - NYTimes.com - Wow.
- How CNN Can Beat Back Fox and MSNBC - BusinessWeek - Nice piece by Mr. Fine.
- Google’s Quiet Re-org (GOOG) -
- Twitter Search To Become Real Search -
- Amazon’s Kindle has a big job: saving the newspaper industry - Los Angeles Times - "After announcing the features of the new device, which include a bigger-than-ever screen and a PDF reader, the Seattle company also revealed a partnership with Washington Post Co. and New York Times Co. that would allow consumers living outside the newspapers' delivery areas to get discounted Kindles if they agreed to subscribe to the Times, the Post or the Boston Globe on their device."
Sign me up.

