Monthly Archives: July 2010
Can we finally kill the page view?
Having been involved in online advertising in some shape or form for 14 years now, I’ve come to a realization: everyone is trying to rip each other off. That’s right, everyone is out to pull a fast one on each … Continue reading
Does being self-aware make you a better entrepreneur?
I was skimming through Hacker News (it’s recently become one of my daily must reads) the other day and a comment caught my eye, someone said something along the lines of “that would require the creator to have been truly … Continue reading
Why do location based services still suck for businesses?
After millions of people have willingly handed over their location data to a multitude of companies running location based services, I ask you this question: Why do the tools the businesses have still suck? Why is there no simple business … Continue reading
Review: Gatorade Natural
As someone who drinks a lot of gatorade (my uncle, who is also my dentist, is probably cringing right now), I figured I had to check out Gatorade’s new line of “Natural” drinks. Apparently the only place that carries them … Continue reading
Book Review: Emergency: This book will save your life by Neil Strauss
Having read some of Neil Strauss’ stuff in the past (New york times stuff, the game, etc.), I had a good idea of what I was getting into with Emergency: This book will save your life. I knew the title … Continue reading
What the ad world should learn from the Old Spice guy
I was amongst the throes of people who were captivated by Old Spice & Wieden+Kennedy’s intense ad campaign that exploded all over the web the last few days. These types of things “should” be happening all the time, but it … Continue reading
Are simplified hadoop interfaces the next web cash cow?
I have this thesis that goes a bit like this: phase 1 of the modern world wide web was about linking documents (hyperlinks), phase 2 was about enabling users to create content for the web (user generated content/social media), phase … Continue reading
The only five tips you need to get started with in social media
I speak about social networks, social media, viral marketing, yada yada, all the time and figured it was time to use my pulpit to dispel lots of the myths and bullshit we’re seeing out on the web these days. So … Continue reading
