May 2009
21 posts
“Justice Souter is a proud luddite who has never owned a computer. Sotomayor, on...”
– Gizmodo - Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Knows Stuff About Computers - Sonia sotomayor cyberlaw (via fred-wilson)
“I think its a real disappointment to see where Internet video has come,” Cuban...”
– Right. We don’t have any advertising standards at all. Idiot.
Cuban: Internet video progress ‘disappointing’ | Beyond Binary - CNET News
(via mikehudack)
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The IAB Sets Some Standards For Social Ads →
The best practices from the Interactive Advertising Bureau regarding social ads include definitions of social ad elements, examples of social ads, recommendations for consumer opt-in, and guidelines for privacy standards. The IAB defines a social ad as:
An online ad that incorporates user interactions that the consumer has agreed to display and be shared. The resulting ad displays these...
Small Projects Generate Good Feelings →
I tend to agree with this lifehack for motivation and happiness. Getting a small project done is not daunting at all, and gives you a sense of pride when completed.
Twitter to Take Real-Time Search to the Next Level
laughingsquid:
Fast Company
10 lessons from a failed startup →
If you ever are in the business of content, do it for the love and expect to lose money. That being said, why does it seem the artists and writers are always the tokenly undervalued?
What to Expect From the Next Gen of Digital... →
“Publishers That Resemble Ad Networks.” I’ve been saying this and doing this for about 5 years now.
Watchgary:
Telling your story and how so many miss it After weeks of being in meetings where people allow the PR team to control the message and it allows brands and companies to lose their soul and message or even worse they allow others to tell their story for them I was compelled to do this video.
Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath →
Malcolm Gladwell on when underdogs break the rules. Strangely enough, this is riddled with sports analogies for Gladwell, but very applicable towards technology and innovation.
How to Save Media →
Because subscriptions and advertising are obviously not cuttin’ it.
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“It’s becoming increasingly difficult to cut through the white noise of me-too...”
– Richard Laermer & Mark Simmons, Punk Marketing: Get Off Your Ass and Join the Revolution
An Endemic Problem →
The story of Ziff Davis’ Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) and the very desired 18 to 31 male target market. IMHO, I actually think that it was the ad technology and systems that did these ZD’s online properties in.
Google's DoubleClick Unveils Network Builder →
It’ll be interesting to see how I will be able to work around this in my career, considering that I basically *am* equivalent to this product. I can’t say I haven’t tried it, but I’m fairly certain it will cut into me in some way.
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About
Glenda Bautista is a product manager and systems architect, living and working in San Francisco, California. She primarily specializes in systems and methods for advertising servers and networks, with a background in online publishing, rich media, and search technology.
Prior to becoming an independent consultant, Glenda was a technical product manager, back-end engineer, front-end developer, and...
Sexist, Sexist and More Sexist: Digg Responds to... →
Though I really think Digg is great from a technical and conceptual standpoint, I realized years ago that I actually really hate Digg and hate its community. This article would be the reason why my effing brain hemorrhages and I get angry whenever I log into Digg to read things. I spend a maximum of 3 minutes on Digg’s site *at best* every week, and this is the primary reason why.
Is the Tech World Really Sexist? →
While most would agree that the key to visibility in any industry is self-promotion, the one thing that most of these articles can’t tell me, or the one thing never addressed, is the wall that exists for women who do not self-promote. The gender isn’t really pre-programmed to be boastful by nature, and furthermore, the women that are very good self-promoters can’t seem to be...
The Online Ad Recession Is Officially Here →
First quarterly decline in revenues according to Microsoft, Google, AOL, and Yahoo.
