Archive for November, 2006

Put it in my Queue please

It is time that the queue becomes more mainstream.
I don’t want to add it to my cart. I don’t want to add it to my wishlist. I want to add it to my queue. In a fascinating way the queue makes it feel real and fulfilling until such a time arises that I decide to [...]

YouTube on the phone and YouTube replacing TV?

no way.
YouTube (and other internet video watching) is not going to replace TV watching. Last I checked bandwidth is too slow and not available like cable and satellite. Plenty of people are ponying up for HDTV for xmas this year. It is the year of HD, finally. And people are telling us now that YouTube [...]

New way to sell

Good Widgets has a nice concept. Nice little custom photo flash widgets that you can create, import Flickr photos into, and email or post wherever you’d like. They host them for you. The Freemium model is in full effect. Pay nothing, but have the Good Widgets logo on the front of your creation, or, and [...]

red sox lineup

We’re going to start blogging about everyday life every now and again.
With the Hot Stove going strong already in the MLB offseason, my beloved Sox just won the rights to negotiate a contract with Super-Stud Matsuzaka, arguably Japan’s best pitcher.
Add him and a few other free agent pitchers and the Sox rotation will look like [...]

What Hitwise, Comscore, Compete and Alexa may not know is coming

Let’s see. Google Trends plus Google Search plus Google Analytics plus free wi-fi equals…
Sounds like a recipe for a new Google Labs offering that will eventually compete (no pun intended) directly with the other metric firms out there. Talk about a powerhouse of data. While others are busy creating panels, search bars and paying for [...]

Where is video going?

The online video space is heating up. Companies are scrambling to stay one step ahead of each other. New video networks — some copying YouTube, others pioneering new ways to combine revenue sharing and advertising — are popping up all over the place. The blogosphere is buzzing over Google’s purchase of YouTube and subsequent “make-nice” [...]