from http://xkcd.com (thanks @ckieff)
from http://xkcd.com (thanks @ckieff)
from http://xkcd.com (thanks @ckieff)
The number of online Americans who click on display ads has dropped by 50% since 2007 - and now stands at only 16% of all US internet users, according to updated results from the "Natural Born Clickers" study from comScore, Inc. and Starcom MediaVest.
via marketingvox.com
the article (avail at marketingvox link above) goes on to say the news is not all bad on display advertising - that even though clicks are down 50%, along with the percentage of users who do the clicking, the ads still have exposure value (like a [gasp] "old media" ad! nonetheless, sort of a wakeup call for marketers.
via marikurisato.com
like a joke that's funny then stops being funny and continues on until it comes around to funny again
via adweek.blogs.com
I like kettle chips. this ad makes me feel good about liking kettle chips. 'nuff said.
October 1
Google Maps car sighting: They’re having lunch, we’re snooping
On our way to lunch today we had a sighting that makes the average geek excited: a Google Maps car, live, in the flesh. These cars are deployed by Google to document the street view imagery on its maps. They also collect geospatial data. It is not the most nondescript article to travel with.
Parked outside a Friendly’s diner, a huge tower carrying telemetry and photography equipmentis installed atop the car.
Inside, the car sports a monitor, bolted into the floor. A wireless keyboard talks to what appears to be a desktop computer in the car’s trunk.
Data collection equipment inside the car
Driver side view of the car featuring monitor, keyboard
As you can see, a long, methodical road-trip necessitates gummy candy and lots of music.
The data collection computer is stored in the car's trunk
Wireless data uplink using a Verizon data connector.
Definitely does not seem like the cushiest gig, but hey, it’s a tough economy.
The Google Maps car sighting: They’re having lunch, we’re snooping by Molecular Voices, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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in my town!
via boston.com
closing quote in the article from one sampler: "no one ever makes ice cream exactly the way you want it, except you." her order? vanilla, no mixins.
via enscriber.com
my stepmom sent me this - I intended to give it a quick glance, but instead found myself watching the whole thing. very special.
First pic with Best Camera app
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Sep 24, 2009
patrickrhone said...Bejebus! That is beautiful. I want to disappear into that place and never return.Sep 27, 2009
Stephen L. Harlow said...what's the app, Jane?Sep 27, 2009
Jane Quigley said...Chase Jarvis's Best Camera app - look at thebestcamera.com.It's become my favorite iPhone app.
Sep 27, 2009
Stephen L. Harlow said...Thnx, I got it. Will be trying it out later.Leave a comment...
via jane quigley. follow her!
Few if any have called other deliverymen, and almost all of them are spiritually allergic to store-bought seltzer, with its less-than-explosive carbonation and short fizz life.
“It cleans your tongue in the morning,” Mr. Bernstein said of Mr. Beberman’s seltzer. “It’s like coffee without the caffeine. You drink it ice-cold and it shocks the senses.”
(“Real seltzer should hurt,” said Mr. Gomberg, the factory owner.)
via nytimes.com
this is the new york I love. of all the cities I have lived in, people in new york were the most supportive (once you were accepted into the neighborhood) and "neighborly"
via youtube.com
get past the interesting accent and oddly machine-like intonation of the narrator, and you've got an interesting look at how the web is evolving. connected always and everywhere - great and scary.
courtesy of "dutch think tank EPN" (ah, the accent) via http://twitter.com/bpluskowski, moderator of #smchat on twitter