December 2007
29 posts
Does audience size matter? →
Auld Lang Syne →
Anyone else ever wonder what the heck that song means?? Chris, Megan, Joel and I were talking about it on Christmas night when watching It’s a Wonderful Life….Megan just sent me this link. Happy New Year!
“It’s a pickle of a paradox: As our knowledge and expertise increase, our...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html
Scoble vs. Mashable re: audience size
An article from Mashable today argues that Robert Scoble’s assertion that audience size doesn’t matter to advertisers is incorrect, and I have to say that I agree with Mashable on that point. But the other point that Scoble was making in his article - how can bloggers take their art further - is a really good one. So I would say that he got it half right… Scoble post:...
“Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.”
– Philip Larkin, “The Trees”
“[Peter] Thiel, the former CEO of online-payment company PayPal, is making waves...”
– http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119889558568757053.html
Crazy Google stats →
A name
I am fascinated by the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana phenomenon. Her real name is Miley Cyrus - and she plays a character named Hannah Montana on TV. And she has concerts - real-life concerts - but they are under the name Hannah Montana. Yet everyone knows that she is Miley Cyrus. I am not sure that there is another musician/actor/actress/person that is in this situation.
I used to love the choose your own adventure books →
I wonder if this service is really as cool as those were.
Holidays and family history →
One billion additional Internet users to come... →
“Babies are good judges of character…Apparently, we were fooled into...”
– http://www.livescience.com/history/071228-hn-babies.html
“45 percent [of Americans] are creating Web sites, music, videos and blogs,...”
– http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/12/28/more-americans-creating-content-online
Happy Engagement Party!
Jeff & Jennifer, I’m sorry I can’t be at the party tonight - I am really sad about it, actually. But I hope that you have an AWESEOME time - miss you both and hope to visit you in Charlotte SOON! xo Melissa
This is the opposite of the business I'm building →
The thought of building a “Just…” business is very appealing right now, especially since I’m in the middle of starting about 20 things…