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Category Archives: work
Message about media
April 6, 2008 – 8:07 am
My “no distinction between publisher and consumer” definition of social media seems to have caused a little to-do locally.
Message about media
April 6, 2008 – 8:07 am
My “no distinction between publisher and consumer” definition of social media seems to have caused a little to-do locally.
Scruffy
March 16, 2008 – 8:34 pm
Via Justin Kodama and Shailendra Rao’s work on “3D Portable Office” design, Understanding Office Ecologies
, I found David Kirsh’s The Context of Work. This paper is full of insightful models, but the simplest lessons are around the distinction between neat and scruffy office usage “personality types”.
I am undeniably a scruffy, preferring to keep information […]
Traffic as shallow leads
March 1, 2008 – 6:07 pm
A brief observation from the IAB performance marketing forum: the interactive advertising industry seems to consist of people from the direct marketing world, who think in terms of leads, and from media agencies, who think in terms of exposure and traffic.
The DM folks are all abuzz about the varying quality of leads, and there are […]
Traffic as shallow leads
March 1, 2008 – 6:07 pm
A brief observation from the IAB performance marketing forum: the interactive advertising industry seems to consist of people from the direct marketing world, who think in terms of leads, and from media agencies, who think in terms of exposure and traffic.
The DM folks are all abuzz about the varying quality of leads, and there are […]
Adobe on the cluetrain
January 8, 2008 – 7:57 pm
A case study worth keeping around for client education:
Via an employee blogging officially but with a personal voice, Adobe has heard public concern, engaged in an open dialog about it, and directly addressed the issue.
Facebook Yelps
November 18, 2007 – 11:24 pm
Facebook’s new advertising model includes publication of activity from partner sites in news feeds. Their official list of affiliates does not include Yelp, but tonight, I had a little DHTML “toast” pop-up inform me my latest review would be shared on my Facebook profile.
A little investigating shows that this was pulled off via a […]
Facebook Yelps
November 18, 2007 – 11:24 pm
Facebook’s new advertising model includes publication of activity from partner sites in news feeds. Their official list of affiliates does not include Yelp, but tonight, I had a little DHTML “toast” pop-up inform me my latest review would be shared on my Facebook profile.
A little investigating shows that this was pulled off via a […]
Flooded
March 5, 2007 – 5:13 pm
So, yesterday we discovered that our server room, built out quite nicely by a previous tenant, is located directly under an HVAC chiller. The landlord didn’t seem to know this, either.
This kind of equipment involves a cooling water line direct from the City main. It broke. And dumped a few thousand gallons […]