Death of Newspapers: New York Times to cut 100-150 Jobs
It’s such a tired story that I’ve basically stopped writing about it. Another set of buyouts at a major newspaper, which will be followed by mandatory pink slipping to get the staff down to a…
Oh Foul Fate…
My name is Mark and I’m a Red Sox fan… Not much can be said about yesterday, a truly epic failure that will leave Red Sox reliever Jonathan Papelbon firmly in the goat seat for…
Podcasts…My Commuting Salvation
I’ve got a commute to work that takes over an hour…with traffic, it can easily become two hours. Rather than listen to talk radio, I listen to podcasts. Remember them? Sure you do…they were popular…
The Death Knell of Paid Posts
Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission issued it’s first change the policy on endorsements in over 30 years. From this point forward, if you accept any form of payment for a post, you need to disclose…
Social Media Vampires & the Death of Spam
Some fun facts for this wonderful Monday: 94% of all email traffic is spam, according to this article from the New York Times. Think about that – 94% – if you were to round that…
Friday Music Video: Beck – Loser
Yeah, one of those weeks. So crank this puppy up and plan on regrouping over the weekend. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3PGqDRNg[/youtube]
What is the next Wave?
For some time, I’ve been looking for the next compelling thing in social media sites. For that next development that transforms the way we interact, that re-envisions forums, chat, photo galleries, articles, etc; in fact a redefinition…
Google Sidewiki – Because we haven’t made your life hard enough yet…
Let’s say you own a business. It’s a small business, and you’ve tried very, very hard to build it into something. Along the way, like most businesses, there have been bumps, but for the most…
Has the Public Library Killed Book Publishers?
As I was in the local public library picking up a little something to read on Saturday, I realized there was an interesting parallel between that and Internet file sharing. What does the library do…
Back to the Future – The Bestseller Roach Motel
I was listening to the New York Times Book Review Podcast the other morning and co-host Jennifer Schuessler made an astounding comment. She looked at the best seller list today, and then looked back 16…