Blippy's Great — But It Could Be Better
TechCrunch’s comparison of Blippy to Facebook’s (now defunct) Beacon targeting platform raises the obvious question: is Blippy a good idea or not? Apparently, as the TC post contends, some retailers...
View ArticleWhat’s Everyone Buzz-ing About?
This is a risky post I know — mainly because I’m drafting it at 3:23 am PST. But also because I haven’t done all of my homework around Google’s new Buzz product, so I’m probably missing the boat on...
View ArticleGood Reminder That Content Is King
My wife and I have started and stopped — and started and stopped again and again — our subscription to Netflix over the last seven or eight years probably more than any family on the planet. It’s...
View ArticleFacebook Mobile Phone — A Good Idea
Apparently the rumors are flying around that Facebook is next in line to roll out their own branded mobile phone. Per usual, Techcrunch is out front with the info that Facebook is working on the...
View ArticleThe New Future of Communication — Short and Sweet
Well, this is a test to see if I can post a blog post via email. Not sure it’s going to work, but knowing the WordPress.org guys I’m betting it will! Interesting story in today’s NYTimes highlighting...
View ArticleNew Partnership Paradigms — The Wave of the Digital Future
The story of how the Pac-12 (boy that’s still hard for me to say as a long time Pac-10 fan) negotiated their recent television media rights deal provides good insight into how traditional partnership...
View Article2012 Trends: Sports Sponsorship Meets Digital Media and Entertainment
This may be jumping the gun a bit – typically these annual prediction pieces come out in that slow week between Christmas and New Years – but I figure it’s good to get these out now so you can do more...
View ArticleHow Publishers Can Ready Themselves For Digital Media’s Evolution
Thanks to the folks at Forbes for posting my op-ed piece last week. These are certainly interesting days in the (digital) publishing business. Enjoy the full post here on Forbes.com:...
View ArticleIs Original Web Video Programming the Next Wave?
Everybody’s doing it — investing in original web video that is. John Paul Titlow’s RWW piece highlighting Hulu’s announcement that they’re going to be spending $500MM in “new content initiatives”...
View ArticleThanks Ma.tt M.
Scrolling through my Ow.ly iPhone app (that’s a mouthful) this morning I came across a simple blog post from Ma.tt Mullenweg, WordPress’s founder and a hearty blogger. Matt’s post inspired me to check...
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