Archive for April, 2007
« Previous EntriesHey, We’re Talking Tech
Monday, April 30th, 2007On this week’s Talking Tech, Duncan and I (Kevin’s away) take a meandering path through a bunch of different topics - not all of those elegantly linked.
We start by looking at the strong quarterly results from Apple and Microsoft, which reaped the dividends of strong iPod and Vista sales respectively. I ask the naive question [...]
Is Someone Ripping Off Huge MacLeod?
Monday, April 30th, 2007Michael O’Connor Clarke stumbled across a blog called Pickleshane, and noticed a lot of similarities between the cartoons that appear and work done by Hugh MacLeod (aka Gaping Void). If anything Pickeleshane has drawn a lot of inspiration from Hugh. Draw your own conclusions….
Canadian Online Ads Top $1B
Monday, April 30th, 2007What’s happening with the online ad market in Canada? For whatever reason, the market surged last year by 80% to a record $1.01-billion - driven by a 120% spike in classifieds to $272-million, a 79% rise in search to $353-million and a 58% jump in display to $364-million. It’s like many Canadian advertisers suddenly realized [...]
Communications 101: How to Communicate Better
Sunday, April 29th, 2007This post, which is about how and why we use different tools to communicate, has been gnawing at me for a few months. In thinking of a title, I toyed with “Why E-Mail Sucks”, “The Return of Voice” and “The Devil is the Digital” but, in the end, “Communications 101″ seems most best way to [...]
Cool Way to Discover Music
Saturday, April 28th, 2007As a discovery tool, the Web never ceases to amaze. Last night, my brother twigged me on to a cool new music site called 20ltd.com. Here’s the concept, which is definitely different: the site offers 20 items at a time. When those products sell out, that’s it, they’re gone - just like shopping at traditional [...]
Whew, I’m Not a Blog Addict!
Saturday, April 28th, 2007With four blogs on the go, I was really worried about becoming a blog addict. Fortunately, I scored myself against this list, and, for now, I’m not one. Of course, my wife would tell you otherwise!
Whither the Pageview?
Friday, April 27th, 2007Does the pageview have a future? Or will the online world look to unique visitors, time-spent or attention (what’s that?) to determine the success of a Web site. The Globe & Mail’s Mathew Ingram wades into the conversation with a column looking at the pageview’s future. Personally, the exercise of measuring a Web site’s traffic [...]
Has the Blogosphere Stalled?
Friday, April 27th, 2007According to Valleywag, (based on a post by BusinessWeek’s Blogspotting) the number of active blogs within the blogosphere has plateaued at 15 million, which is a far cry from the 70 million tracked by Technorati (the difference, apparently, lies in the number of active and inactive blogs). Not sure if this is a trend or [...]
“A” is for Apple, “B” is for Booming Sales
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007A, B, C as easy as higher sales and profits, as well as booming sales of Macs and iPods. The numbers tell the story: a 36% year-over-year jump in Mac sales to 1.51 million units while iPod sales soared 24% to 10.5 million units. “The Mac is clearly gaining market share, with sales growing 36 [...]
Judge Nails RIAA
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007According to TechDirt, the Record Industry Association of America’s legal jihad is running into a few hurdles: lawsuits incorrectly targeted, as well as attempts to weasel out of paying its legal fees. Yesterday, a judge ruled the RIAA has to pay its legal costs. The re-affirmed decision can be found here.
While the RIAA is [...]