I’ve always thought people drawn to creating content should probably steer clear of producing hardware on which to distribute that content. But from Edison to Sony (and Conde Nast, perhaps), there seems to be this belief that vertical integration of content creation, distribution and out-put device [...]
[Notes: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: [www.RexBlog.com].]
During the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a few minutes each day creating Twitter Lists as part of a set of directories on SmallBusiness.com (a wiki) called the Small Business [...]
For years, I’ve been reading that Wikipedia is dying. (Of course, on the internet, anything successful attracts an “is dying” movement.)
Today, there’s a Wall Street Journal article that does a half-way decent job of glancing at the history of the site, but does so under a [...]
I typically only “tweet” or “glue” movie reviews. For instance, as I was leaving the theater last night, I tweeted this: “Blind Side is awesome for those who love sports movies and Sandra Bullock’s legs.”
But I wanted to say a little bit more about [...]
Longtime readers of this blog (and the two of you know who you are) are aware that I love maps. I’m on record as saying the greatest software ever is what is now Google Earth. In presentations about social media, I always emphasize that [...]
I had a minor jolt seeing a big banner ad across the top of Wikipedia this morning. However, the “ad” (actually a few are rotating) is a link to a message from Jimmy Wales encouraging users to donate to the [...]
I have a theory that goes something like this: If the name of your organization is Interactive Advertising Bureau, any study of the needs of internet marketers is going to suggest that “advertising” is the solution. According to my theory, [...]
Long-time readers of this blog know that I’m a fan of airports that provide free wifi to travelers. I think wifi should be like air conditioning or rest rooms — part of the convenience infrastructure, not a profit center. Airports can profit from the service in a number of ways: [...]
Lord grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, [...]
When I started blogging almost ten years ago, I decided that I would not blog about the transactions of the magazine world: the buying, selling, launching, closing, hiring, firing stuff. Those things are what trade (business-to-business) publications and news websites focus on and I don’t really want to play the [...]
Today, the New York Times has a story that was DVR’d two years ago and re-played today.
2007 story: Viewers Fast-Forwarding Past Ads? Not Always
2009 story: DVR, Once TV’s Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings
I remember that previous story because I blogged about it at the time [...]
I’ve been so jammed with projects the past few days (yes, even through the weekend), I haven’t done my usual ego roundup checks (don’t tell me you don’t have a Google alert set up for your name). So I’ve been remiss in not saying a public thank you for the [...]
[Notes: You can view all my "Thoughts on Twitter" posts displayed chronologically here: [www.RexBlog.com].]
If you read this blog closely, you know I’ve been whining for a “lists” or “groups” feature on Twitter since, well, about the time I started using it. (About 90% of the complaints [...]
