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Mary Meeker’s yearly “Future of Internet” PowerPoint
Shorter: Mobile is still undervalued. Hackers suck. China is about over; India is next. Professional content producers still doomed. But good design still matters. Every year, Mary Meeker produces a massive presentation that quickly makes the rounds on Teh Interwebz...
Five classes. Two years. One graduation day.
In a business environment that closely resembles the last five minutes of a James Bond film, where the klaxons are blaring and guys in white jumpsuits are frantically running around and dying in explosions because Bond just set the reactor to overload… the absolute stupidest, most dangerous thing you can possibly do is just stand still. Act defensively.
What is “native advertising” anyway?
The IAB has published their view. I have my own opinion. One of the biggest problems with "native advertising" is that it is such a new, made-up term of digital art, that it's taken on an Alice in Wonderland-esque quality, in which the phrase means whatever the...
Bad UX: Klout malfunction is getting on my nerves
Quick hit: It's been about 2 months now, and all I see on Klout is this message: Not that I'm obsessed with my Klout score or anything (no, that would be terrible), but at some point, it would be nice in terms of UX/UI to have something a bit more useful here in an...
Predictions for 2015: Ad v. Subscription Journalism Fight Gets Deadly
As the "New" wears off of "New Media," investors start to expect results Years ago, I did the first big case study for the NAA, back when newspaper revenues were in free fall, and publishers were desperately flailing around for a revenue stream - any revenue stream -...
Catfished by the Feds? DEA Uses Unknowing Woman’s ID on Facebook to Nap Criminals
Is it no longer identity theft when law enforcement does it?OK, on one level, this is kinda clever, and analogous to those scams where cops send out invites to a special event to lure in crooks. Usually, it's under the guise of having won free tickets, or a relative...