Author Archives: Brad Berens

Interesting tidbits from around the web for November 13th

What I’m paying attention to for November 13th: 4% of online Americans use location-based services | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project – LBS trends Hispanic, male, says Pew… but this is only the beginning!

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for November 10th through November 12th

What I’m paying attention to for November 10th through November 12th: Yahoo! What Women Want – Interesting piece from Yahoo! about how women use the internet in the EU… wonder if they’ve done a similar study elsewhere? Photo Sharing on … Continue reading

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for October 27th through November 10th

What I’m paying attention to for October 27th through November 10th: Will We Have High-Speed Internet in Every Classroom by 2015? – Nicholas Jackson – Technology – The Atlantic – WASHINGTON — “Almost if not every school in this country … Continue reading

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Short Post: Stupid Business Advice, NOT from Shakespeare

If you want good business advice you should look carefully at William Shakespeare’s career. Yes, read the plays, but don’t just take greeting-card snippets from famous passages. Instead, look at their deep structure and how they’re embedded in the early modern London economy. Continue reading

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for October 13th through October 19th

What I’m paying attention to for October 13th through October 19th: The Rise of the Corporate Transmedia Storyteller – The Steve Rubel Stream – "Regardless of which side of the debate you buy into, one that sees superficiality rising versus … Continue reading

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New iMedia Connection article on IAB numbers live today

The IAB half-yearly revenue numbers came out on Tuesday, and I have a piece discussing what they mean in today’s edition of iMedia Connection. Please take a look and comment either here or there.

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for October 8th through October 13th

What I’m paying attention to for October 8th through October 13th: The Education of President Obama – NYTimes.com – Fascinating profile of / interview with President Obama a few weeks before the mid term election. Will Ad Industry’s Opt-Out Program … Continue reading

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for October 7th through October 8th

What I’m paying attention to for October 7th through October 8th: Reed Hastings: Six Lessons for the Newspaper Industry | Newsonomics – "Though he mentioned the newspaper industry only in a single passage — “There’s a special case around newspapers … Continue reading

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And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth, or Why to See “The Social Network”

[Cross posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] This isn’t a movie review, although I will talk about the movie “The Social Network” that came out last weekend. Instead, in this short post I argue that everybody reading this post – … Continue reading

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Interesting tidbits from around the web for October 3rd through October 5th

What I’m paying attention to for October 3rd through October 5th: 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error The real cost of free | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk – "The topic I leave my family and … Continue reading

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