September 16th 2010
Amanda Palmer discusses how she’s managing her entire music career through the Internet. The event is the #140 conference in Boston. The best of artistry is a “self-making” activity which also creates a new audience. Original acts that move audiences, and creative community, are two things that define her work. To be smart but still […]
September 14th 2010
I love this cartoon. It reminds me that there is nothing inherently social about social media tools. It’s probably easier to use video, podcasts, blogging and Twitter in solitary, asocial ways. The enabler of social media isn’t RSS feeds or Open Source — it’s open culture. And that’s what brings me to the #140Conf today. […]
September 13th 2010
Its rare to get something valuable for nothing. But this October, there’s a week of more than 40 events featuring top-flight views of marketing by some of the best in the industry. And since they’re free, the best sessions will fill quickly. There’s simply no substitute for the energy and relationships you get at a […]
September 3rd 2010
Last fall I started to worry about this site’s performance. The process of posting and viewing pages was becoming alarmingly slow. Everyone who works on the site noticed it, and I started to wonder if sometime soon I’d sign on to find a major server crash, and potentially tons of lost data to restore. So […]
August 31st 2010
Your site visitor’s experience starts with waiting for that first page to load. Does the speed of a website really influence visitors buying decisions on it? You bet it does. New research from e-commerce websites backs this perception up with lots of hard data. Improving pageload speed helps: Increases conversion rates, page views, and time […]
August 24th 2010
Since 2007 I’ve been noting a set of changes that collectively are changing the foundations of communications on the Web in ways that are more far-reaching than what we refer to as Web 2.0. These include: Highly interactive application experiences that don’t use browsers Decentralized web and email communications – branding and 1:1 messages are […]
August 13th 2010
Extending the digital marketing investment and IPO streak we called back in December, today the Wall Street Journal reports that IBM will acquire Unica for $480M. See details: Wall St. Journal Related Posts on Digital Investment: 2010 Prediction: Digital Marketing IPOs Skyrocket <Dec 27> Read the Steamy FriendFinder Prospectus: A Dating and Porn IPO <Jan […]
August 11th 2010
Judge Teri Jackson sentenced Terry Childs to 4 years in prison last week. Childs took sole control of San Francisco’s city network for nearly two weeks claiming he was the only person certified for such access. He eventually provided administrative access to the mayor who negotiated with Childs after his arrest. Childs will next receive […]
August 10th 2010
Web analytics stalwart Webtrends is increasing its ability to measure traffic from Facebook users and iPhone owners with the acquisition of app platform provider Transpond. They see the acquisition as a complement to their purchase of landing-page optimizer Widemile (now Webtrends Optimize). The Bay Area start-up employs 10, and provides a suite of software-as-a-service tools that […]
August 9th 2010
Look around: These *are* amazing times. Who would imagine, in the “Summer of the Great Recession,“ that a digital content start-up and a phone company whose majority of customers pay nothing would be hot IPO news. But that’s the point. These two companies shift the status away from the status quo. And they’re heating up […]
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