December 2009
AT&T Website Stops Selling iPhone in New York City... →
This is how NOT to handle PR in the internet age. #attfail #WWGD
Dec 28th
The Science of Managing Search Ads →
An anecdotal look at using Google AdWords to drive business. Lessons: • Must calculate the number of clicks paid to Google to sales on site • Spending $50/customer for the above figure can be…
Dec 25th
iPlayer '09: With 729 Million Requests Served,... →
This is why web TV is critical – people want it, and it _works_.
Dec 24th
““I promise you, one thing is never going to change. And that’s our...”
– PBS | Ombudsman | Lehrer’s Rules Old Media rules from a old media legacy. I like them all but the last. e.g. Jon Stewart. I do however agree that you shouldn’t be FOX (claiming to be unbiased, but just entertaining) or CNN (focusing on the death of the king of pop for 3 weeks while...
Dec 24th
Learning from free Classifieds →
A good look at the business model of a french classifieds site. • They charge for additional options (e.g. an urgent label) unlike craigslist • They have blocked other classifieds sites that…
Dec 23rd
Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons →
BBC News - Dec. 22 (News Report) - There are no sources other than “media reports.” Clearly this is just a re-written piece from other sources, but it does provide some good background and the…
Dec 23rd
Font Squirrel | Create Your Own @font-face Kits →
great method to minify font files
Dec 22nd
Iran's Opposition Loses a Mentor But Gains a... →
Time - Dec. 20 - A good summary of Grand Ayatullah Hossein Ali Montazeri’s recent activities with the recent election. A good read for westerners who aren’t too familiar with the situation….
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
How People Use The iPhone →
Biggest number here: time spent on an app phone is a 50% per day increase over normal phones.
Dec 16th
Defying Stereotypes, Most Domestic 'Jihadists' Are... →
Time - By Bobby Ghosh - Dec. 14 (Special Report) - A good, step-back, look at the increasing problem of home-grown terrorism. Contextual anecdotes are sound, but the lack of linking to any source…
Dec 16th
A not-so-brief chat with Randall Stephenson of... →
This, this is why industry dies. They stop innovating because they let the bean counters get in the way. Business works because people love a product. Make it all about the money, and you’ve doomed…
Dec 15th
Styling HTML Lists with CSS: Techniques and... →
links to tutorials on every possible way to style unordered lists
Dec 15th
Aaron Blumenshine Photography →
great fashion work. Uses the faux-HDR look.
Dec 15th
Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing,... →
The fact that Schmidt cites the PATRIOT act as a reason for search engines to retain data is scary.
Dec 11th
This is why ‘new media’ rocks: @gawker not afraid to make fun of Zuckerberg. No ‘church of the savvy’ here http://j.mp/801HlS
Dec 11th
A study of 600,000 Facebook fan pages →
Some interesting figures here, the big take-away: content is king. Post frequently.
Dec 11th
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Student Protests in Iran - Photo Essays →
Time - Dec. 08 (News Report) - Solid work. Nothing outstanding, but good coverage of a hard-to-cover event. Captions are short but insightful. Member Rating: 3.7 rating NewsTrust Rating: 3.7…
Dec 8th
No kiddin? http://tr.im/GLKx US Military to test the credibility of Twitter and Facebook as a source.
Dec 6th
Web forms design guidelines: an eyetracking study →
Lots of good guidelines for designing a web form. Most important one: be vertical, be vertical in everything you do.
Dec 6th
IRAN Tehran University under siege. Students: "We... →
asianews.it - Dec. 05 (News Report) - Member Rating: 3.5 rating NewsTrust Rating: 3.5 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | …
Dec 5th
Dec 5th
Goodbye to all of that 26 →
A little more attitude like this and newspapers might still have a shot.
Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
The Ailes Line →
Atlantic Monthly - By Andrew Sullivan - Dec. 01 (Editorial) - Member Rating: 3.7 rating NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust |…
Dec 3rd
The Imagination Gap →
Nailed it. Why Jeff Jarvis’s “new business models for news” study gets it wrong.
Dec 3rd
35 Useful Scripts for Tooltips →
Including the coda stye “puff” rollover
Dec 3rd
Time for the burn out to end. Working on a post to explain the experience. http://yfrog.com/4f583lj
Dec 2nd
slight paranoia: 8 Million Reasons for Real... →
paranoia.dubfire.net - By Christopher Soghoian - Dec. 01 (Special Report) - If ever there was proof that blogs commit the act of journalism, this is it. The author presents a lot of information from…
Dec 2nd
15 Suggestions for Marketing your iPhone... →
A how to setup a website to market iPhone apps.
Dec 2nd