I haven’t written any recent blog entries because my grandfather passed away on Sunday, which saddened me greatly, but I continued on to what seemed to be my routine. He will be greatly missed in our family among all of his friends and family. Read more…
Every company changes. Along with changes come the effects on employee morale and drive to stay on board for the path a company takes. Instead of a nasty layoff, it appears Yahoo employees are packing their office up on their own and walking out the front door. Read more…
Recently, there has a been an interesting (yet unsurprising) conflict between the Associated Press and the blogosphere regarding copyright, fair use, and editorial use of AP content. I summarize my view as simply: AP = Fail. Read more…
MySpace, the social network that used to carry a very bland traditional theme launched their new Web layout today. It seems to make way for greater functionaly and additional monetization opportunities for the top social networking provider. Read more…
Update: Firefox 3 secures ~8.3 Million Downloads in 24 Hours. [Source]
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Call me biased, but I believe Firefox 3 was probably the most successful release to date from Mozilla. A lot of exciting stats have been released this morning that validate the success from the campaign. I’ll recap their viral marketing campaign and join some of the discussion on it. Read more…
Just wanted to remind you that you can help set a record and land Mozilla Firefox into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloaded software in one day. It’s easy, on 6/17 (Tuesday), head on over to http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ and download Firefox 3.0. Read more…
Bebo, AOL’s most recent acquisition in the social networking space, has been laid to blame for a suicide of Sam Leeson, a 13 year old student from Tredworth, Gloucestershire (UK). Yet again, this is another instance of people not taking responsibility and laying blame into a social network provider. Read more…
A recent survey published by eMarketer on Social Networks and Spam describes the many growing pains that social networks have and the effects it has on users and potential users. In the past year, respondents reported an average of 64 spam/junk “Friend Requests” on top social networks. Read more…
AOL’s Music Programming team finally ‘gets it,’ with their newest incarnation of online streaming radio. Apple recently awarded AOL an Apple Design Award in the Entertainment category for upcoming applications. Read more…
Have you ever wanted to leave a review about your employer and see how well employees are compensated? Well, Glassdoor attempts to offer a crowd-sourced level of transparency to companies, their salaries for positions, employee reviews and the ranking of the overall leadership. I checked it out, I love it. Read more…
