Business
Sued for Linking? Why Newspapers are Dying
Occasionally over the years, we have had customers ask us if they need to get permission to link to another website. My usual response is that I haven’t seen anyone turn down a link. As long as you aren’t reprinting copyrighted information, you don’t really have anything to worry about. Well, it turns out that [...]
Why the Internet is Winning – A Frustrating Trip to Barnes & Noble
Warning, this post really doesn’t provide any useful information. It is mostly a complaint about the lack of selection at my local Barnes & Noble. If you are bored or have no life read on. Otherwise I will have something more useful for you tomorrow! Yesterday, I went into Barnes & Noble armed with a [...]
The Digital President
A lot has been said about Barak Obama’s digital strategy in the 2008 presidential election. In fact, I have made other posts discussing specific tactics he was able to successfully leverage to build an online following as well as some insight into how plans to carry that into his presidency. While Obama’s campaign successfully utilized [...]
Does Your Agency Have a Personality? Does it Need One?
In the last few weeks I have been reviewing a lot of agency websites in preparation for a total re-development of the Zipline Interactive website. Our current website is actually not that old and has been showcased on a number of CSS Galleries including: CSS Drive, CSS Elite, and Design Shack. Even though the design [...]
ASP is Dead – Microsoft Slit ASP’s Throat and Left it to Bleed Out… Stop Trying to Save it.
Note: To preface this article, if you disagree with me I would love to hear your opinion, please leave me a comment with your thoughts on the topic. ASP is dead. I think that all developers currently developing in classic ASP should move to ASP.NET or another language like PHP or JSP. If that isn’t [...]
Obama’s Citizen’s Briefing Book – Fantastic Online Strategy
Obama’s campaign proved that he and his team had a much better understanding of the Internet and its power than any other candidate in this election or prior. Through the Internet Obama was able to disseminate important information and garner huge numbers of donations. Now that he is elected he is using the Internet in [...]
Power.com in Trouble Again
For those of you who read my blog on a regular basis you will be familiar with this story. I have been following Power.com for several months. The company had a great idea but one I didn’t predicted wouldn’t fly, at least not using the methodology they were using. What Power.com is, is a social [...]
My Agency has a Bigger Penis than Yours
Advertising agencies have always fascinated me. I don’t think there is any industry that spends more money trying to impress their competitors. Can you think of any other industry, other than the Hollywood film industry where there are so many meaningless awards? Many advertising agencies spend fortunes creating huge, lavish offices filled with $1500 desk [...]
Is the Bubble on Social Media About to Pop? I Freakin Hope So
I find social media marketing to be a fascinating topic. It is currently the hot topic in most marketing and online circles. Many “social media experts” believe every business needs to be on Facebook, have a blog, and Twitter to be successful. The title “social media expert” itself is often an oxymoron as many of [...]
Design of a Website Effects How Children Process Information
Sorry to those of you who read my blog regularly each morning, some extenuating circumstances kept me making my usual morning post. I know how frustrating it is when my paperboy doesn’t get my paper to my house prior to Cheerios time so I am sure all of you loyal fans were distraught. Moving on [...]