Who’s that dog?

Many of you know about Alfie. For those of you that don’t he is a black miniature schnauzer. The reason for this post is to tell you that he  will be three years old on August 1st.
Those of you that do know him are aware that he is a special little fellow and an all [...]

Is it cool to be Cuil? (pronounced Cool)

Cuil is a new search engine (as well as a small bay in the Scottish Highlands) founded by ex-Googlers as the latest assault on the north face of Mountain View. A visit to Cuil.com gives a very simple and different user experience. It’s a search engine and (errr) that’s it.
The results are presented in an [...]

Ad Age on pessimistic outlook for online display

For All the New Media Spin, It’s Just an ‘Old’ Media
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By Abbey Klaassen
Published: July 28, 2008
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The exuberance isn’t so rational this time, either.
It’s déjà vu all over again as the web giants scurry to build massive internet-ad networks: Microsoft makes plays for Yahoo, both of them talk to AOL, Google tries [...]

Turning points; the insecurity of a Mets fan

After half a season of mediocrity the Mets found themselves two games clear of Philadelphia by Friday night in the National League East. On Saturday the lead was cut to a single game after a remarkable win by the Phillies against Atlanta. 
Trailing 3-0 after three innings, Atlanta scored nine in the fourth to the delight [...]

AAAA’s speech to the planning community

www.warc.com/aaaablog
The Post-Broadcast Age
Geoffrey Precourt
Tuesday, July 22 2008

Another day and another list of two. Rob Norman, global CEO of GroupM Interaction, was proof that media people can be every bit as adept at bullet-pointers as planners.
Norman’s career started in what he calls the “perfect past” (mass production, mass retail, big retailers) [...]

The stupidity of crowds

James Surowiecki’s book ‘The Wisdom of Crowds’ (2004) argues that in many instances collective intelligence is more effective and accurate than that exhibited by individuals.  The concept is often used to explain the collaboration that created the Linux operating system and Wikipedia.
It’s a well documented and well supported argument that, like so many others, lends [...]

Sun stops shining – world ends

Valueclick, Google and Microsoft announced results that disappointed investors and as a result their stock fell which disappointed investors and indicated tougher times ahead that disappointed investors. As a result investors are disappointed. That is indeed disappointing for investors yet and yet….
Google’s year on year revenue growth for the quarter was 39% over last year [...]

Why this night is different from any other night?

Passover has moved? No.
Tonight is unique in the USA. The day after baseball’s All Star Game is the ONLY day of the year with no pro-baseball, football, ice hockey or golf and no College football or basketball.
What are we to do? No first downs, homers, face-offs or dunks to celebrate. No plays of the day [...]

How high can the price of a click go? Ad Age piece today

The Google-Yahoo partnership has theoretical implications for the search market and, by consequence, for the whole advertising market.
It’s reasonable to speculate that a successful test will lead to a growing role for Google in delivering advertising in response to Yahoo search queries. In the event this transpires, there will be a de facto consolidation in [...]

Sartorial eloquence

One or two of my readers and acquaintances have been kind enough to say nice things about my choice of shirts and suits.
Their provider – Lord Willy’s of Mott Street and Christopher Street - have begun to tell the story of how to be a decent, well dressed and nicely mannered chap in an online book.
It [...]