The advertising system that is Google just got a whole lot stronger with word today that the company is entering the behavioral targeting world in a big way. There are two reasons this is extremely significant for local media companies. One, Google’s Adsense program is so widespread that the c...

Those of you who follow my blog should have noticed a new look and feel today!  If you receive this missive in your email box via an RSS feed, I encourage you to stop by www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com to see the new look. As most of you know, I'm quite serious about helping organizations realize that ...

I'm sitting in Leah Buechley's Lilypad Electronic Fashion tutorial. Where we'll be playing with Lilypad Arduino kits, a collection of sewable electronic pieces that lets you build soft electronic devices. Essentially it's a specially packaged Arduino, a sewable computer. The materials are strange an...

Here’s my favorite quotation from Clive Thompson’s February 2009 article for Wired magazine, “The Netbook Effect: How Cheap Little Laptops Hit the Big Time.” Netbooks prove that the “cloud” is no longer just hype. It is now reasonable to design computers that outs...

Azi dimineata, cel putin atunci cand am observat eu, site-ul Skittles.com a luat o noua infatisare. Ca idee, au creat un mic widget care pluteste undeva in stanga paginii, continutul fiind exclusiv sourced din alte parti: facebook, twitter si tot asa. Site-ul este creat si dezvoltat de catre Moderni...

We’re beginning to see more and more local media companies introducing consumer reviews as a part of local search sites. It’s a smart move, because it introduces companies to the world of social media. The old saw about everybody having an opinion comes into play, but two items in the ne...

Update: Feb. 17, 2009 NYT: Sirius XM averts a close brush with bankruptcy, for now... Things looked irretrievable only a few weeks ago. Sirius XM Prepares Bankruptcy Filing Meanwhile, equity investors have already been effectively wiped out in the past two years, losing more than 95% of their value....

Field of Dreams was on the other night. It’s one of my favorite films, sports or otherwise, and it’s loaded with meanings that go beyond the story. Art is like that. Take Timothy Busfield’s character, for example. He plays Mark, Kevin Costner’s uptight, money-conscious brothe...

Technology is not just a double edged sword-paradoxical good and bad effects. It’s far more complex-it’s a quadruple blade or four-edged blade sword. McLuhan predicted and warned us that every technology or human invented construct has 4 simultaneous effects on culture and society, which strateg...

There's a routine in our house: at 6.45am the radio clicks in with the sound of the Today programme. Jac and I stir slowly. At 7am I shout 'It's seven o'clock L-B' ......and a few minutes later there's the clunk, stomp, stumble, click of our 15 year old wandering into the bathroom. Over the next hou...