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If I have not made it clear enough so far, this is why I have voted for Barack Obama. The internet industry is certainly affected by the economy, but it is one of the last sectors that still shows signs of growth and stability. During a down economy, it is important to capitalize in the sectors that have the ability to drive the rest of the economy out of the recession.
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It would seem that people, by and large, think that the internet is a free speech zone. We have blogs, these are our personal spaces and we can do whatever the hell we want.
In case you missed the memo, this is not the case.
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Existe un cambio fundamental entre la distribución de contenidos tradicional (televisión, cable, cine) y la distribución digital: ya no vendemos contenido, vendemos una experiencia. En la primera parte de esta serie de cinco artículos: La Batalla es Digital.
La era digital llegó (hace ya bastante tiempo, por cierto) y ya es hora de que los ejecutivos de medios de comunicación y demás productores de contenido se despierten y entiendan bien el nuevo panorama, los nuevos mercados y sus implicaciones para su negocio.
Aquí les traigo cinco cambios que todo ejecutivo de medios debe hacer.
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A lot of people have begun speculating about Web 3.0. I don’t want to even go there. Some folks have been calling it the “semantic web” which refers to the more tightly integrated ability to find information in a manageable way. That’s probably not a great definition either. But what the heck, I don’t agree [...]
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If you represent or in some way are connected to internet startups in the Maryland or Washington, DC area, I’d very much like to talk to you. I’d love to hear what you are doing, get a demo if you are prepared to do so, and discover (and share) more of what is happening in [...]
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SEOMoz has a striking list of tools that are useful for gaining all sorts of information on the internet. Some of these I’ve seen before but what strikes me is not so much that the information compromises potential privacy concerns (c’mon, there is no privacy on the internet), but the tools that are put [...]
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I’ve been looking for a new job for a few months as I attempt to steady my failing finances. The past week has seen a bit of a flurry on that front.
I interviewed for a job with a local ISP last week. They thought I was overqualified but it was only a part-time [...]
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In 1990, the first webpage ever built with HTML and HTTP was written by Tim Berners-Lee. This week, the web is celebrating its 15th anniversary. The pivotal developments in the 15 year anniversary have been (in my eyes):
America Online - in 1994, AOL opened up the first “unlimited access” program, making the internet more accessible [...]
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Wired is running a story about a novel concept about vote swaps for the election. The idea is to help “torn” voters in the swing states vote their conscience without sacrificing a crucial vote. People like myself, who lean Republican, but wish to cast a protest vote for Kerry (unlike me) may do so by [...]
The vast majority of today has involved confiscating a users computer and rummaging through it for evidence? Why, you say? Recently, our group was tasked with ensuring enough hard drive space for an upcoming Office 2003 SMS push. This users computer was reported by SMS as not having enough space. Upon investigation, it was discovered [...]
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