Every once in a while I run across an interview that equal parts historical and insightful. Below is Charlie Rose’s conversation with Jen-Hsun Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. Having started his company 15 years ago targeted at a nascent video game industry, his technology now powers me ... Continue Reading
A recent report by Toronto-based Sysomos has shed some interesting light on the numbers behind Twitter. As many companies attempt to cost- and time-justify their current (or future) Twitter effort, real statistics have been more focused on the company’s meteoric growth than how people ... Continue Reading
Recent goings-in within the technology world – most specifically the advent of Twitter user names and Facebook’s vanity URLs – has resurfaced the discussion around URL strategy. Traditionally, marketers have been mostly focused on what their main URL is and/or should be. Many of us ... Continue Reading
As I wander the digital universe, I see promising signs things are moving back toward normalcy. As I prepared to check back on one of the precious few IPOs in the last year, I expected OpenTable to have gone through the hype cycle in late May and be back in the $14 range. Imagine my s ... Continue Reading
I was reminded again today that technology is having a positive social effect for consumers by breaking down pointless barriers. Take for example, the simple act of finding out more information about a house listed for sale. Do I really have to call a ’specialist’ who refus ... Continue Reading
If you think YouTube is yesterday’s news and the world only communicates in 140 characters these days — think again. There were some insane numbers reported this week that highlight the pros and cons of being one of the web’s most successful content aggregators. Accordi ... Continue Reading
Let’s face it, the advertising culture has pervaded our world for the last eight decades — but it’s starting to meet its match. Not in one single channel, but in a combination of entities like the web, email, social media and direct marketing. (It’s ironic that ... Continue Reading
Ever wonder what it takes to score a job in the new Twitter-powered world? Watch the video from what Pete Cashmore from Mashable calls the Number One response to a Twitter job posting at Murphy-Goode Winery. I completely agree this combination of graphic design, social media knowledge ... Continue Reading
