Archive for April, 2010

Promoted Tweets

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

You’ve probably heard about promoted tweets, Twitter’s new advertising program. In case you haven’t seen one yet, it looks like the Starbucks tweet you see here. Yawn.

Please Stand By …

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

… while I deal with a plethora — nay, a veritable cornucopia — of tech issues.

Squarespace Fail

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

squarespace

It’s nice that the Squarespace blog talks about SXSW and how much they’re growing and their plans for the future and all that. But when I have four sites over on the Squarespace platform and when going to any of them delivers the kind of thing you see above instead of a home page, it would also be nice if they posted an explanation for what’s going on.

Tiger’s Nike Ad

Monday, April 12th, 2010

I’m still not sure what to think about the now-infamous Nike ad that uses a voiceover of Tiger Woods’ father. It’s profoundly creepy, but it also seems like the kind of ultra-high-profile public display of shame that he needs to work through to get back to some semblance of normalcy, whatever that means in his profoundly abnormal life.

Meanwhile, the Web is lousy with mashups that use the Nike video with alternate soundtracks. It’s become another meme, like the Hitler videos. On Masters weekend, or any weekend, this has to be one of the most appropriate.

Net Neutrality: The Next Chapter?

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

What happens next with regard to the net neutrality issue? Some thoughts from Mother Jones.