Evolution of the Web

One of my clients sent me this link to a very creative and useful reminder of how the web has evolved – especially in the interaction between browsers and various web technologies. I’d like to see them add the social element in as well in the next edition…

Thanks Netflix! I can use that $180 a year somewhere else!

On Wednesday, Netflix raised prices from 25% to 60%, setting off a tweetstorm of protests from consumers, with many threatening to cancel their subscriptions. So first a couple of comments on what they did, before I address how they did it and my personal response. It’s still a free market Although there is a lot… Continue reading Thanks Netflix! I can use that $180 a year somewhere else!

Disney Withdraws Trademark Application for SEAL Team 6

File under “it’s rarely too late to try to correct a mistake.” Especially if the mistake you are trying to correct is getting on the wrong side of people who make war for a living. According to the Wall Street Journal: Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it will withdraw its applications to trademark the term “SEAL… Continue reading Disney Withdraws Trademark Application for SEAL Team 6

Facebook PR Debacle Part II: You’re Doing It Wrong!

  I recommended in my post on the 13th that those responsible for this mess be fired; if not for ethics violations, then at least for incompetence. And there are people responsible for this on the Facebook as well as the Burson-Marsteller side of this debacle. It is quickly becoming a grand case study of “How-Not-To-Do-It.” Now Burson-Marsteller… Continue reading Facebook PR Debacle Part II: You’re Doing It Wrong!

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The New Tech Bubble

There has been a lot of noise recently around the question of whether or not we are in another tech bubble, primarily I believe, because of some of the recent high valuations and high-priced acquisitions. The acquisition of Skype by Microsoft last week is only going to serve to highlight the discussion. There are of course, strong voices on either side of the argument.… Continue reading The New Tech Bubble