I have had a Gmail account since Gmail opened it’s second round of invites years ago. Users had five invites and because I was only two degrees separated from someone at Blogger, I got one. It was like gold and it was amazing. Within days I stopped using Outlook and started to rely on Gmail [...]
Killing the Abraham
Caterina Fake has a great post on the role of Abraham in a company. I call the founder, founders or founding team of a company “The Abraham”. The Abraham influences all that follows, sets the vision and direction for the company, and the Abraham’s mores, habits, preferences, flaws and prejudices are often built, consciously or [...]
Another horrible strategic move by Nokia
Since launching Windows Phone 7, it’s marketshare has dropped 38% which means that by the time that Nokia introduces Windows Phone 7 devices, the OS may be about as popular as the Symbian OS it dropped in support of Windows 7. The question is for how much longer handset makers and carriers will consider it [...]
SEO: The future of journalism?
Aol’s CEO on the future of journalism That’s borne out by a memo from AOL Chief Executive Officer Tim Armstrong on where his company’s journalism is going. It’s fairly chilling reading, ordering the company’s editors to evaluate all future stories on the basis of "traffic potential, revenue potential, edit quality and turnaround time." All stories, [...]
Facebook ads don’t work
Joseph Perla writes that Facebook ads don’t work because it’s the wrong platform for advertising People go to Facebook to interact with their friends. It is fundamentally different from the ad platform that is Google. People go to Google to find something they need, possibly ready to buy, which a good percentage of the time [...]
Essential Windows 7 Downloads
New computer means that I get to go through the process of installing new applications as well as some old favorites. In case you are wondering, here is my list of essential Windows software downloads. Office and Productivity Open Office (free) with some excellent extensions that are now available. AbiWord (free) When I write I [...]
E vs. ink
My friend Karen posted some thoughts on Twitter about ebooks and readers. Been thinking about how e-books/Ipad exclude poorer readers. Continued…. Folks with literacy/soc. justice concerns should keep zines/broadsheet etc. in mind. If medium is message, cost of readers excludes many. It would easy to dismiss Karen’s thoughts because of her history with paper but [...]
Selling out for the holidays
I have gotten a lot of feedback for my Christmas Gift Guides. It seems to fall into three categories: People selling their own books/gadgets/junk who are link baiting. People accusing me of selling out to rampant commercialism. People who are happy for the ideas. Let me explain the context that they are created in. Wendy [...]
Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Wife (and mother of your kids)
Update: The 2010 editions of the Christmas Gift Guides for Your Wife / Girlfriend is now online. Follow the link for more 2010 Christmas Gift Guides. Wendy is the world’s hardest women to shop for and the suggestions from Amazon Gift Central just inspired sarcastic mocking comments. Wendy asked me to put together a short [...]
Fixing Picasa 3’s Sharpen Tool
From the Digital Photography Review’s forums Recently (beginning of may) there has been an update and since that moment the slider function of sharpening and focus has changed. It took me a while to find out what happened and I want to share it with you. The slider is working much slower, but in the [...]
