So many things to miss when you're not reporting news anymore – some of these are old, but they stood the test of time: Larry Page, Google, Watch these White Spaces, and Prop 8 in CA Is Deeply Dumb and cel phones suck, we can reimagine them, right because…
Larry Page, Google, Watch these White Spaces, and Prop 8 in CA Is Deeply Dumb and cel phones suck, we can reimagine them, right because after all, we are already reimagining sustainability, see?
When Google starts arbitrating fact from interpretation, we must all think deeply. This is about Yahoo and Google. More here.
Read MoreWith my travel and flu, I've missed a lot that's been going on. Here's some of the stories I found notable: The Search Engine Rap Battle (funny if you're in to that kind of thing) Google invests in O3B Networks – "O3b's mission is to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet…
The Search Engine Rap Battle (funny if you’re in to that kind of thing)
Google invests in O3B Networks – “O3b’s mission is to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet connectivity to the “other 3 billion” people in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.”
Read MoreHere's the full list so far….
Friday linkday: Via Churbuck, a nice walkthrough of how to use Google search tools to understand site acquisition and traffic patterns. As long as we're in a learning mode, here's a post on using FriendFeed as a business tool. The IE8 beta is out. I need to grok this….
Via Churbuck, a nice walkthrough of how to use Google search tools to understand site acquisition and traffic patterns.
As long as we’re in a learning mode, here’s a post on using FriendFeed as a business tool.
Read MoreI've missed a lot since my time away over the past ten days or so, here are the pieces in my reader I found worthy of noting: Venturebeat on StumbleUpon's "method behind the madness." Google's assault on Baidu (Chinese market) through legal music search via ars BBtv debuts "BBtv…
Venturebeat on StumbleUpon’s “method behind the madness.”
Google’s assault on Baidu (Chinese market) through legal music search via ars
Read MoreLast week was odd, I was engrossed in New York all week visiting FM clients. But there was a lot going on I wished I had noted. Here are some of the items I found worthy: How does Google treat Right Media redirects? Hmmm. Wikia Search May Have Trouble…
How does Google treat Right Media redirects? Hmmm.
Wikia Search May Have Trouble Achieving Critical Mass from TechDirt
Read MoreSo I missed a week of the Ring Cycle between Yahoo, MSFT, AOL, Newscorp, and Google. Wow. Somehow I think I'll survive. Things I found interesting last week: Yahoo crowing about an unbuilt platform and launches flickr video. Not sure this would have been the tack had the Ring…
Yahoo crowing about an unbuilt platform and launches flickr video. Not sure this would have been the tack had the Ring not been Cycling. But it does strengthen their case about staying independent. Latest roundup from the NYT here.
I read about this story while in Europe. EU wants to slash search data retention period to six months
Read MoreWork checking out: Concerns loom as Google begins testing health records system (ars) The Search for the Golden Geek (to lead Facebook) (AllThingsDigital) Superdelegate layer in Google Earth (Official Google Blog) Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey (NYT)…
The Search for the Golden Geek (to lead Facebook) (AllThingsDigital)
Superdelegate layer in Google Earth (Official Google Blog)
Read MoreI spent most of this past week in meetings or on an airplane. I missed some good stuff. Like: * The 15 year anniversary of Wired was in late January. The first issue (which was one of the most amazing journey's I've ever been on, creatively), is broken down…
* The 15 year anniversary of Wired was in late January. The first issue (which was one of the most amazing journey’s I’ve ever been on, creatively), is broken down here.
* Speaking of Wired, a co-founding editor, Kevin Kelly, is still writing amazing shit, this post is his latest missive.
Read MoreRelated: 2007 Predictions 2007 How I Did 2006 Predictions 2006 How I Did 2005 Predictions 2005 How I Did 2004 Predictions 2004 How I Did Has it been a whole year? I posted my predictions for 2007 on Jan 1, 2007, and here it is, the first day of…
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2006 How I Did
2005 Predictions
2005 How I Did
2004 Predictions
2004 How I Did
Has it been a whole year? I posted my predictions for 2007 on Jan 1, 2007, and here it is, the first day of 2008, and here we go again. This year I am going to organize my predictions by companies (just the big ones) and trends. I’m focusing on advertising and search markets and the largest companies in that space, as that seems to be what’s on our collective minds these days, and it’s what I seem to have focused on in the past, as I read through my past prediction posts.
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