November 2008
9 posts
Ads in user-uploaded videos – new work from...
Those guys are geniouses. Love it. http://www.liesdamnedlies.com/2008/11/ads-in-user-uploaded-videos-new-work-from-stanford.html Those smarty-smart smart people at Stanford (which gave us Sergey and Larry, Sun, and, ahem, Jerry) have developed some software to make it possible to insert dynamic images or videos inside the environment of another video. I’m not talking about...
Nov 27th
If Richard Branson Ran GM
News is coming out about the auto executives taking their private jets to washington to ask for 25 billion dollars from the federal government. Not a good move. Now imagine if Richard Branson were in the same situation. Instead of taking the private jet from Detroit to Washington, he’d take an all-electric or hybrid Cadillac Escalade and get it pimped out with a sound system and...
Nov 20th
The Best Article Ever on Malcolm Gladwell
7 web pages long, but it’s worth the time. A good premise to his next book Outliers. http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/52014/Posted by email from dino’s posterous | Comment »
Nov 13th
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My 4 Most Liked Powerpoint Articles by Seth Godin
I love how Seth Godin writes. He’s an inspiration. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/10/nine-steps-to-p.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/01/really_bad_powe.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/08/how-to-make-a-p.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/03/the_best_presen.html Enjoy.Posted by email from dino’s posterous | Comment »
Nov 9th
The 22 Step Social Media Marketing Plan
http://mashable.com/2008/11/07/social-media-marketing-plan/ Here’s a framework of 22 tools to consider with notable brand examples: 1. Blogs (Johnson & Johnson, Delta Air Lines) 2. Bookmarking/Tagging (Adobe, Kodak) 3. Brand monitoring (Dell, MINI) 4. Content aggregation (Alltop, EMC) 5. Crowdsourcing/Voting (Oracle, Starbucks) 6. Discussion boards and forums (IBM, Mountain Dew)...
Nov 7th
Accidental condom inhalation (hilarious story)
On Pubmed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=PubMed) #14870871 A 27-year-old lady presented with persistent cough, sputum and fever for the preceding six months. Inspite of trials with antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis treatment for the preceeding four months, her symptoms did not improve. A subsequent chest radiograph showed non-homogeneous collapse-consolidation of right upper...
Nov 6th
Qui a vraiment fait gagner Obama?
http://www.rue89.com/campagnes-damerique/2008/11/05/qui-a-vraiment-fait-gagner-barack-obama Les moins de 30 ans à 66% Les latinos à 66% Les femmes à 56% L’Amérique inquiète pour son porte-monnaie George W. Bush Sa couleur de peauPosted by email from dino’s posterous | Comment »
Nov 5th
Internet Now Major Source of Campaign News
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1017/internet-now-major-source-of-campaign-news Continuing Partisan Divide in Cable TV News Audiences October 31, 2008 From:     To: Many more Americans are turning to the internet for campaign news this year as the web becomes a key source of election news. Television remains the dominant source, but the percent who say they get most of their campaign news...
Nov 3rd
Online Video Market Evolves, Begins Morphing Into...
Full story: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=93730 ”Current TV usage landscape is still dominated by linear TV viewing—about 389 billion hours per year in 2008, compared with only 7 billion viewing hours for online video.” “If you look at how many people are viewing videos online, the industry is monetizing only a...
Nov 1st