Archive for October, 2011

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, October 21st, 2011

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
Alexander Hamilton

Microhoo! (The Next Chapter)

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

What? You thought there already was some sort of a merger between Yahoo! and Microsoft? Well, there was … sorta: Back in 2009, they came to an ad sales merger agreement. Today, though, Mashable is reporting that a full-on acquisition bid is (once again) gaining momentum. Stay tuned.

Watch It Wednesday

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Bad Lip Reading is a pretty funny idea. Mitt Romney is the latest in their ever-growing list of victims.

Social Media 2011

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Over on Fast Company, Brian Solis posts about the 2011 State of Social Media. Lots of stats to be found there, including nuggets like this: “53 percent of active adult social networkers follow a brand.”

Now, that may be, but I’d like to know more. Does “follow a brand” mean they clicked a brand’s “Like” button on Facebook, or are they paying attention to what a brand has to say?

I think it’s the former … which actually has very little to do with the latter.

Thank You, Farhad Manjoo

Monday, October 17th, 2011

It’s always good to know that there are other people out there who care about this sort of thing. For the record, I’m with you: one space, not two.