Domains have been a common topic of discussion lately in the forums. Some young go getters have shelled out the value of a tasty lunch to grab a catchy URL. But our acquisitions are chump change compared to an auction that took place yesterday in New York.
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is an enormous gathering for the domain elite to buy and sell the URLs we all wish we had thought of back in ’96.
Some of the bigger auctions included:
Read MoreJune 22, 2007 Category: Articles 11 Comments
Yesterday, the Chicago whiz-kids known as 37signals, wrote one of their better posts in years, in my opinion. Restrictions and guidelines are essential in directing your creative. With many young go getters working in the realm of the internet, we’ve become accustomed to a wide-open medium.
Virtually everything …
Read MoreJune 21, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 2 Comments
Business week had an interesting story last week about figuring out who your customers are and finding the best way to reach them. Linked along with that post was a very interesting chart that showed the web usage of different age groups… creators, critics, collectors, joiners, spectators …
Read MoreJune 19, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 4 Comments
Akismet Spam (725). Unread RSS posts (1537). Technorati, Alexa, and Adsense stats (not a clue). This isn’t a Mastercard commercial. This is an idea of what happens if you stop doing what you normally do for a week.
Adbusters has their TV Turnoff Week; I had a Habit Turnoff Week. Which is why you haven’t seen many, if any, posts from me this past week in the blog or forum. And also why hundreds of blogger’s subscriber counters dropped by one. Oh, the madness.
Read MoreJune 15, 2007 Category: Articles 13 Comments
I was in New York City last week for the Future of Online Advertising conference. The attendees came from all sides of the internet business, Creative Agency Executives, Ad Networks, Designers & Creatives, Publishers, etc… One thing we all had in common: We seemed to all have the same stylist.
Converse. Designer …
Read MoreJune 14, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 34 Comments
For those interested in venture capital, check out Is Venture Capital an Efficient and Transparent Market at A VC. Thanks for the education Fred.
If you don’t already subscribe to A VC, I highly recommend it. It’s always interesting. Well, except when he’s bashing Journey.
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Side note
Whether you loved or loathed the Sopranos …
June 12, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 4 Comments
Nice inspirational post on Seth’s blog - That Moment. Will you blink?
Read MoreJune 11, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 4 Comments
Engadget provided some great play-by-play coverage on the Apple WWDC. It wasn’t the most exciting event from Jobs, hence the Sopranos reference, but Apple did manage to launch an almost entirely new website in the background.
It takes quite a bit of getting used to with its enormous usage of AJAX, but give it …
Read MoreJune 11, 2007 Category: Entrepreneur News 6 Comments
According to The WSJ, live television ads might make a comeback. Tuesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “The Tonight Show” is going to air a live skit promoting Garmin GPS. NBC says the Garmin deal “obviously is a reaction to the DVR issue and a reaction to commercial ratings”.
So how is …
Read MoreJune 9, 2007 Category: Articles 4 Comments
The recording at the local emissions office sounds like this…
“Our hours are Monday through Friday, 9AM - 5PM, Saturday from 9AM - 1PM. If you don’t want to wait in line, avoid coming between the hours of 11AM and Noon and do not come at the end of the month”
This is because everyone delays getting …
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