By Ian, on February 5th, 2007 There’s a reasonably good report (but watch out for the pop-ups) in the Christian Science Monitor about the micro-economy created by Google Ad-sense. For most people, as you’ll appreciate if you’ve ever used the platform, we’re talking very micro. The success stories cited in the report are making a cool $100 a month from their blogs. That’s Continue reading The Day Job By Ian, on February 5th, 2007 In today’s Guardian, Charlie Brooker has a tremendous rant at the new Apple vs Macs campaign and Macs in general. It is very funny indeed: Aside from crowing about sartorial differences, the adverts also make a big deal about PCs being associated with “work stuff” (Boo! Offices! Boo!), as opposed to Macs, which are apparently better Continue reading Brooker Hates Macs By Ian, on February 2nd, 2007 I wonder how this video makes you feel: It’s causing a small storm in the blogosphere — especially in the Jeff Jarvis camp. Prostituting the good name of citizen media and so forth. It’s a cause I’d normally be allied to. Robyn, the subject of the video, has her blog here. A couple of things Continue reading Naked By Ian, on January 31st, 2007 Results 1–10 of about 8,678 for ‘sorry-for-not-posting’ (0.06 seconds) Results 1–10 of about 223,303 for ‘I-am-sorry’ (0.10 seconds) Results 1–10 of about 2,477 for ‘very-busy-with-work’ (0.07 seconds) Results 1–10 of about 2,592 for ‘I-will-try-harder’ (0.08 seconds) We had a cool event yesterday at work on the subject ‘Do Agencies Innovate?’, so that knocked out last night (far-too-long and elaborate write-up Continue reading Google Blog Search & Former Audiences By Ian, on January 29th, 2007 You’ll recall citebite, the citation tool that worked fantastically with Firefox, and not at all with IE? Well, now it does. Well done, guys. (and thanks for the reminder, Stuart). I’m honour-bound to break the news of the existence of a potential competing service, though. Ranjit Padmanabhan tells me he’s launched a product called Continue reading Citebite Redux By Ian, on January 26th, 2007 Old? Geeky? Check out this amazing-looking blog. Even more surprisingly, it’s apparently built on WordPress. Technorati: blogs, wordpress, themes | About this BlogSocial tools, devices and web evolution are creating epochal change in media, society and business. The plan is to hide under the floorboards till it’s all over document some of the interesting parts of that change. More…. |
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