Touching Mobile Screens with All Ten Fingers

Just got done with updating the case study on mobile advertising for the Newspaper Association of America — I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised that market conditions had changed so very much since mid-2008.  You always hear that “Internet years...

Mobile 2D Barcode Explanation from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Thanks to Eric Schwartzel at the Post-Gazette for sending me this great, funny video.  The P-G has rolled out 2D barcodes (aka QR codes) in their print product that are designed to be used by smartphones. I’m all in favor of videos like this, that guide our...

Epic Beard Man: Unconventional Web-based Documentaries

Not sure what this all means – it’s a fight on an Oakland transit bus that has morphed into something of an online cultural phenomenon, now chronicled by this two-part documentary. Part 1: Part 2: The “star” of the show is Thomas Bruso, now...

Bad Sign

On a day in which prosecuters announced that they had established a DNA link between the Trailside Killer and an “unsub”, I saw this sign: Single women, walking alone through the deep, dark Redwood forests, are starting to disappear...

Martin Bosworth is gone, and the world is a little less fun & bright

I’ve posted on the Facebook tribute page for Martin, Twittered about his passing, and appealed to others to not let Martin’s sudden death go unnoticed. This really blindsided me, because only Monday I was having a typically great conversation about Martin...