February 2004
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Whatever Happened to the Free Spirit that spawned...
This afternoon, I was reading a story about cancelled flights—more concerns about terrorist threats—over at MSNBC. The story included an interactive element that lets the reader try out being a baggage screener for two minutes. Beneath the interactive element, “Can You Spot The THREATS?” is this option: “License this Interactive for your Web site.” Clicking through leads to...
January 2004
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Microsoft vs Mac Marketing
I want to take a look at just one of the ways Apple, with its puny computer market share, out-markets Microsoft. It’s all in the presentation.
Gander at these two Websites: Apple’s iLife `04 and Microsoft’s Plus! Digital Media Edition. Each site hawks the respective company’s digital media suite. But, Apple does a much better job making its product enticing. [Update,...
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Blog the Vote
According to a story in yesterday’s Washington Post, political candidates wooing younger voters should skip the ads and blog. The story, by Brian Krebs, cites a study sponsored by the Council for Excellence in Government’s Center for Democracy and Citizenship program and the Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement center at the University of Maryland.
According to...
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Boom, Bust or Cusp
The first rule of the Web is save a good news story, because you may never find it again. Case in point: Topic of this blog.
Somewhere this week, I read a news story about the workplace generation gap between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers. Apparently Boomers are more loyal to their jobs.That’s got to hurt and might be foreshadowing of GenXers’ future. After all, aren’t...