Greg Churilov
Flocking, thanks to 30DC
I’ve been listening to the 30-Day Challenge, and they’ve turned me on to Flock. I’m learning how to post from Flock. (This might look like dogfood – we’ll see.)
Google tracks the flu
Google never ceases to amaze me. Knowing the importance of curbing the spread of the flu, the folks at Google have come up with this Flu Tracking page. The way it works, apparently, is that as millions of users around the world search for health information online every week, Google tracks flu-related searches. The folks [...]
Should we really give it away for FREE?
If you listen to Chris Anderson, FREE is the new business model to adopt. Chris’ article on Wired! magazine used the Gillette story to propose an age where movies would be distributed free-of-charge to the consumer, and theaters would only make money on the concessions. He mentions Gmail as a free offering from Google, and [...]
Ads gone bad
Recently Bloggingstocks collected a number of “ads gone bad” – ads which contained (or even centered on) objectionably or inappropriate content (see also: MIT lab for brand cultures.) In some of these cases it’s actually hard to know if the faux-pas was intentional, a way to wink at the audience or create buzz – or [...]
Fed up with Social Media?
You got an invite to Hi5. You got an invite to Plaxo. You got an invite to Friendster! A friend wants you to follow her on Twitter. You coworker tells you to check out her MySpace. Your wife put your kids’ pics on FaceBook. An old friend is on eConozco, and another just got on [...]
An ad about nothing
TechMeme , PC World and ZDNet all scratch their heads and turn their noses at the “Bill & Jerry show” (as I’ve affectionately named the new Microsoft ad.) Meanwhile, I grin and bow a low bow. I think it’s brilliant. Why? Well, for one thing, it’s got everyone talking about it. It’s got everyone trying [...]
Go incognito!
Do you share your computer with a roomie? Do you loan you laptop to friends? Without going into too much detail about your personal life, let’s just say that you might not want everyone to see every site that you’ve ever visited. You wouldn’t want an acquaintance to start typing in the URL bar and [...]