by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 23, 2008 | Innovation
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...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 21, 2008 | Analytics, Content, Uncategorized
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...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 19, 2008 | eCommerce, Social Media, Web 2.0
“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...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 10, 2008 | Analytics
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...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 7, 2008 | Social Media, Web 2.0
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...