Category Archives: New Media

Value of the Written Word

May 1, 2008 – 9:19 am

Yesterday I was listening to the Sound Opinions podcast with Peter Blackstock as a guest to talk about the last print issue of No Depression magazine. (I’m reluctant to link to ND, since I’m pretty sure Peter will find this within hours.) But something caught my attention even though I was very busy at work. [...]

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MinneWebCon 2008

April 15, 2008 – 8:49 am

I spent a great day at MinneWebCon yesterday talking with and meeting other folks in the industry at The Big U where I work and elsewhere.
It was really a good event for those of us in Minneapolis who are interested in current and emerging web technology. The interesting this to me is how much Twitter [...]

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Google’s AppEngine

April 10, 2008 – 8:40 am

Last week Google announced it’s AppEngine. It took a couple of days and a conversation with a friend to realize some of the potential for this service.
Google’s AppEngine service is a framework for developing web-based applications. Google provides free hosting for anything built with it. Right now Python is the only supported language, but Ruby [...]

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Comcast using Twitter to Respond to Consumer Complaints

April 8, 2008 – 8:04 am

I don’t think it’s any secret that Comcast has an image problem. I have to give them some credit for trolling Twitter (or more likely going a Tweetscan), and responding directly to consumer complaints with e-mails and phone calls from the executive’s offices.
Do you see the value now?

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Will Twitter Get Benched?

April 4, 2008 – 12:00 am

The Industry Standard put Twitter on it’s “predicted to fail” list.
Failings: There’s no compelling reason for most people to use it, and many existing services — ranging from AIM to FriendFeed to social networks — have overlapping functionality. And how is it supposed to make money?
That’s the $10,000 question isn’t it? (Pun intended.) Where’s the [...]

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Amazon.com Announces TextBuyIt

April 3, 2008 – 12:00 am

Cell phones are quickly becoming the new frontier in emerging technology. I’m told that smart phone adoption rates are much higher in Japan and Europe. Here in the U.S., things are just heating up. Yesterday Amazon.com announced TextBuyIt, a service that will allow you to compare prices by sending a text message. Amazon sends a [...]

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Anger Content Management

April 1, 2008 – 12:00 am

Last Friday James Lileks published a column in the Star Tribune called “Godless Death or Sensible Joy Spirals.” I realize that this is meant to be a humorous piece, but it got me thinking: What is the purpose of publishing such innocuous content in the newspaper? I mean, why waste the column inches?
Then I thought [...]

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