You constantly hear about how many “subscribers” X company has compared to X company. These numbers usually are comparing their leading 200 million to some 50 million. Perhaps its Comcast and AT&T slugging it out over who has more users. Then you look globally and suddenly feel small. There are many global companies that have larger populations in their own home countries and will have the power in coming years….
Over the past few years I have averaged 3 to 6 conferences a year such as Pubcon, SES, and SMX. Chicago is also home to an SES, Ad-tech, Etail, and other smaller conferences and makes afternoon trips to see friends and check out vendors a snap. All of these conferences have one thing in common:exhibit halls where people are trying to recruit you to buy, sell, or partner with them…
I dont know what one can say about the photo below other than it is just funny. If you dont find it all that funny, I am sorry but I do. As to why I find it funny? I have no idea. :)
It seems that users of T-Mobile are having issues with sending text messages to Twitter. There are reports from Alternageek , CNET, and more at Getsatisfaction with Biz Stone commenting. It is as if T-Mobile has blocked or shut down service to users trying to send messages to the Twitter. Nothing like getting “unlimited” texting only to have the service you use it for get blocked.
My office is nearby a high school that has an open campus and many frequent the small bagel shop I do at lunch. While at eating lunch today I overheard some high school girls talking about this, that and some kid named “Jimmy”. Well I didnt over hear them so much as they were talking over everything else going on. Today’s topic that caught my ear was: “Jimmy got grounded”….
So Pubcon 2007 has come and gone – and Im happy and sad. I spent a long time in Las Vegas and by the end of the week I was more then ready to go. I spent the following weekend catching up on email, sleep, laundry, sleep, and just being anti-social. Pubcon is great in that everyone that goes knows (well just about everyone) their head from their ass. The…
On Thursday night I was jumping from Best Buy to Circuit City to Staples and other sites left and right. What was I doing? I was checking out the deals that I may take advantage of the following morning. I then recalled reading about a black friday site and how great and easy it made sorting all of the deals. I proceeded to search for the name “bfads” as that…
The past week or so there have been some snags with the once steady TinyURL and URLtea. The two services have started to take on heavy loads with services like Twitter using the APIs and creating a ginormous amount of links. *Jan 2009 Update* – Scroll down and see the full 17+ list of services. My pick for best service is Zi.ma and a new one (I will be trying…
In the world of SEO there is the constant argument of if Links or Content is King? After some recent purchases by Discovery and CNET I have to say that in terms of money – Content is King. A month ago Discovery bought How Stuff Works for $250 million. Well Im still not sure what part of How Stuff Works/How Stuff Works International/Convex Group actually was sold, it doesnt really…
Unless you are living under a rock you know that the Writers Guild of America (WGA) is currently on strike. This is putting the kabosh on TV shows and movies but I feel it is a good thing. You can read elsewhere about the sides (Studios vs Writers) and even follow some of the happenings on Twitter.