by David | Mar 27, 2010 | Digital Migration, journalism, Newspaper Deathwatch
GM’s NUMMI plant in Fremont was the solution to their crisis.     So why did they ignore its lessons? I strongly urge you to listen to this great piece from This American Life about the NUMMI auto plant in Fremont. It’s about how the U.S. auto...
by David | Mar 24, 2010 | advertising
The sessions on social media were all packed … I’d say cheek-by-jowl, but these were marketing and advertising types, after all, and jowls were in rather short supply. It may have had something to do with the recent announcement that Facebook had surpassed...
by David | Mar 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
…and touchscreens up to 27 inches on the way…Not sure what to make about this notice I got out of Korea today, that said that manufacturers there just got orders for touch-sensitive displays in much larger sizes than they have ever tried to deal with...
by David | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just got done with updating the case study on mobile advertising for the Newspaper Association of America — I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised that market conditions had changed so very much since mid-2008. You always hear that “Internet years...
by David | Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Eric Schwartzel at the Post-Gazette for sending me this great, funny video. The P-G has rolled out 2D barcodes (aka QR codes) in their print product that are designed to be used by smartphones. I’m all in favor of videos like this, that guide our...
