Happy Birthday, Google Android!
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...
Newsrooms and Social Media
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...
Traditional Retailers Cash in Online with Communities
"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...
“I kan haz web analitikz?” at Ignite Boston 4
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...
Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
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...
Google Leaks Entry to Web Browser Market
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...
