Some anthropologists believe storytelling predates the spoken word. Evolution brought the spoken word to “don’t do that, you’ll poke your eye out”. A grandparent could spin that into a wonderful story where the facts are irrelevant to the lesson of the story. Just the way the rest of us can spin our stories on blogs, [...]

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The rumor mill can take five, the Google cell phone, the Android  a.k.a. the T-Mobile G1 has launched.
Released on the T-Mobile cellular system in the U.S. may cause a few connectivity issues (at least where I live). The feature set is nice for the basic phone, but it won’t replace your Blackberry or iPhone. At [...]

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I spent nine years in radio as a reporter, on-air talent and program director. By nature, newsrooms are not the most social media friendly place in the world. Reporters and producers are the gatekeepers of the facts. While social media threatens the perceived balance of powers, some are embracing the opportunity.
The mantra *used to be* [...]

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“Old school” retailers virtually (no pun intended) exploded onto the online back-to-school scene this year, perhaps by virtue of some newfound youth appeal. By using social networks and nifty online tools, retailers like Kohl’s and Sears have been able to tap into the kiddie market. Kohl’s PaperDoll.com, according to the Wall Street Journal, led the [...]

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It was great meeting so many of you at O’Reilly Ignite Boston 4 on September 11, 2008. Special thanks to the kind folks at  ICanHasCheezburger.com who let me create and use some images to make my points about web analytics. Actually, web analytics has everything to do with meeting your customer needs, and getting it [...]

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In today’s New York Times magazine, Clive Thomson has an excellent piece on the evolution of social media and the privacy issues in play.
Almost two years ago to the day, Facebook quietly rolled its “News Feed” feature to the masses. The millions of users that checked Facebook the morning of September 5, 2006 found their [...]

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Leaking word of a new web browser on Labor Day in the U.S. is somewhere between brilliant and antagonizing. As a web analyst, I wonder how are we going to identify the new browser and aggregate user activity in web metrics. As a web user, I am curious how this fits in to the increasingly [...]

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