Friday, May 30, 2008Google’s Favicon
Did you see Google’s favicon? It’s such a small change but I think it’s important. I spent a good couple of minutes trying to find the right tab–I couldn’t find it because of a change to a very small image from a section of the browser I hardly every look at. You never realize how [...]
Thursday, May 29, 2008The XO-2
The XO is the laptop designed by One Laptop Per Child to be distributed to children around the world to “explore, experiment, and express themselves.” The XO currently sells for $200 and starting this fall, they will be rerunning their G1G1 promotion, where if you spend $400 and buy two, one is sent to you, [...]
Thursday, May 15, 2008CBS Acquires CNET
Read the full press release from CNET here.
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 — CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CNET), it was announced today by Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS [...]
Wednesday, May 14, 2008Choosing An Accurate Domain Name
Domain names can be tricky. All too often, a domain name ends up with some sort of wacky, unintended double entendre of meaning that may detract from your overall branding message. One famous faux pas is Speed of Art’s website, found at www.speedofart.com. With a second look, you can see how this might be a [...]
Saturday, May 3, 2008Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!
We are now entering the next stage of interesting events in the ongoing Microsoft/Yahoo! saga.
Steve Ballmer has formally withdrawn the offer to acquire Yahoo! in a letter to Yahoo!’s C.E.O. Jerry Yang. The letter was so interesting that I felt it was necessary to include it for you.
Dear Jerry:
After over three months, we [...]
Saturday, May 3, 2008If all you do is build it, they won’t come
So you’ve got a website, you’ve got ads, but no traffic…What’s Next?
If you are a website owner, I am sure you are experiencing (or have previously experienced) the all too familiar dilemma we will discuss today; Monetization. Anyone can build a website these days, but to truly profit from it is the question weighing on [...]
Friday, May 2, 2008Who’s Who? - Content Management Systems
Over the last 5 or 6 years, 100’s of CMS (content management systems) have come and gone. Only the tried and true persist in today’s highly competitive open source community. Today, we are going to tackle the topic of who’s who and what’s what when it comes to the big players in CMS.
I will [...]