We have all probably heard the famous quote from Andy Warhol in 1968, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes".
My questions is, what about the 16th minute?
Another one of my favorite poets Neil Young said, "It’s better to burn-out than it is to rust". I like to think that Neil was [...]
As a quasi proud owner of the Apple iPhone, I can say that Apple has undoubtedly changed what many consumers expect from a mobile device. In terms of user experience, Apple has raised the bar!
Apple’s innovations start and end with user experience. It is Google, not Apple that has changed the face of the [...]
By now we have all heard about Facebook’s advertising platform (many, many times). While I fully agree that the idea of the platform is a game changer, I am skeptical as to whether or not the platform itself is a game changer.
When introduced, Mark Zuckerberg largely spoke about the new platform in high level [...]
It is nothing new to state that the world has gone crazy for Facebook apps. At this point there is an app for just about everything; and we are just at the beginning.
Regardless, when I see a number of press release on new apps, I like to have a look. Here are some of [...]
Back in October, I sat with dropped jaw (as I usually do when listening to a master of virtual worlds) at the Virtual Worlds 2007 San Jose conference and listened to Sibley Verbeck speak about the impact that virtual worlds could have on the state of eCommerce. I had listened to Sibley speak at the [...]
Who Does The Media Serve?
The better questions may be, who should it serve and who is responsible for ensuring service?
Since the onset of mass media, the role of media ownership has been in question. If media is supposed to serve the people it would be an obvious conflict of interest if one governing body owned [...]
For online retailers, today is not a typical Saturday. This Saturday, the conscientious e-tailer is hard at work pulling numbers from Black Friday, the largest holiday shopping day of the year, both online and off. While brick and mortar stores have had decades to deal with the holiday rush that comes along with the post [...]
I just returned from my tour of eastern Europe and noticed something new on Facebook.
Had I really been away that long?
As it turns out Facebook’s news feedback function had only just been launched. I thought to myself, "finally, I can tailor my news feed to things that I care about, and stop getting feeds reporting [...]
As I continue my month (well, it is really two months) of travel across the country (and soon world) I am amazed at the rate of change in the communications industry. Luckily for me, I have a wonderful set of "go to" bloggers to help sum up all these changes for me.
Jeremiah Owyang
Yesterday, after [...]
According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “Facebook Ads represent a completely new way of advertising online”. While the verdict is still out in this, some of the elements of the platform are very unique in their nature.
Today’s announcement can be broken down in the following categories:
More than 100,000 Facebook Pages Launch Today
Pages representing 100,000 brand [...]