David LaFontaine's
Sips from the Firehose
A blog that attempts to distill the internet into one easy-to-gulp mental beverage.
Ahhh! Tasty.
BitTorrent Pirates My Book Before I’ve Written It
Just got a Google Alert that told me that RapidShare and BitTorrent sites are advertising that they have "Mobile Web Design for Dummies" for immediate download. Which is interesting, since I'm currently just finishing chapter 10. Apparently, they've managed to...
Saviors Rejected: How GM Refused to Change, and What Newspapers Can Learn From Their Example
The situation bears a strong resemblance to the newspaper industry, and the reason papers are in the same place as the auto industry. Let’s take a look at the places where the news industry and the auto industry screwed the pooch:
Laura Lang at OMMA Global: Humans Are Intrinsically Social
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 Google in...
An iPad with a 21-inch screen? Theoretically, yes…
...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 before....
Touching Mobile Screens with All Ten Fingers
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 are like dog...
Mobile 2D Barcode Explanation from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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...