Archives for December 2008
Links for December 14th through December 17th
Things I’m tracking for December 14th through December 17th: Who's Doing the Interviewing, Anyway? – cp.fc754f2e6d96570e6bd509d56b4be204.gif (GIF Image, 598×186 pixels) – Today's hysterical Dilbert. MediaFuturist: Jeffrey Cole at the Monaco Media Forum 2008: watch this video if you are in the content business – Digital Domain – Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites – [...]
Usability Gripes: Wii and Gossip Girl
[Cross-posted with the iMedia blog.] Usability Interface Engineering’s Jared Spool has brilliantly quipped that the browser’s back button is “the button of death” because it signals a complete failure of a site’s navigation. I’d like to propose that Google (or insert your favorite alternate search engine here) is also a button of death. Here are [...]
Links for December 9th through December 11th
Things I’m tracking for December 9th through December 11th: Magna Forecasts Ad Spending Drop of 4.5% for 2009 – 12/8/2008 3:24:00 PM – Broadcasting & Cable – UBS – Latest Media Releases – Ad-Spending Forecasts Are Glum – WSJ.com – Live video takes off on sites like Justin.tv and Ustream.tv – USATODAY.com – 8 Experts [...]
Links for December 2nd through December 8th
Things I’m tracking for December 2nd through December 8th: The Media Equation – Stoking Fear Everywhere You Look – NYTimes.com – Cash-strapped teacher sells ads on tests – CNN.com – This is ingenious but just WRONG. Banner Year? Not Quite – Forbes.com – Time Spent with Online Content Reaches New High in October, According to [...]
Email: still #1, still a drag
[Cross posted to the iMedia blogs.] Maybe it’s just because at 40 I’ve hit middle age, have two kids and can’t stay awake all night catching up on email anymore, but I was surprised to see that email is still the #1 internet activity by a longshot in data just released by Mediamark. You can [...]

