Great article here on why QR codes have the potential to change the look and feel of drug marketing forever.
http://www.doseofdigital.com/2009/02/avoid-fda-regulations-mobile-marketing/comment-page-1/#comment-144
Cheers,
Dean
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Server location is such a big deal
Interesting article in Ars technica today
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/kafka-in-bloggerland-the-mysterious-world-of-the-dmca.ars
What was really interest tucked about 3 quarters of the way down the article was this
"The US rights holder may have provided the track, says Spaulding, but "people in England or Frankfurt are saying we don't recognize your ability to give away that music."
I haven't posted the full comments yet as waiting for the video to be available online but i was at a session last week where the CTO of Amazon announced the AWS servers can now be ordered 'with specific geographical hosting'; i think this would have been offered ostensibly for HIPPA requirements but you could imagine other instances where this is important.
I've been thinking about this issue for some time but in relation to physical cd's - whats to stop me 'mastering and creating cd's in Russia but importing them to the USA', or if thats illegal then just selling them online and shipping them in by post one at a time.
As long as i met the compulsory license fees of the country of origin where the cd's where pressed aren't i meeting all the necessary laws?
Cheers,
Dean
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/kafka-in-bloggerland-the-mysterious-world-of-the-dmca.ars
What was really interest tucked about 3 quarters of the way down the article was this
"The US rights holder may have provided the track, says Spaulding, but "people in England or Frankfurt are saying we don't recognize your ability to give away that music."
I haven't posted the full comments yet as waiting for the video to be available online but i was at a session last week where the CTO of Amazon announced the AWS servers can now be ordered 'with specific geographical hosting'; i think this would have been offered ostensibly for HIPPA requirements but you could imagine other instances where this is important.
I've been thinking about this issue for some time but in relation to physical cd's - whats to stop me 'mastering and creating cd's in Russia but importing them to the USA', or if thats illegal then just selling them online and shipping them in by post one at a time.
As long as i met the compulsory license fees of the country of origin where the cd's where pressed aren't i meeting all the necessary laws?
Cheers,
Dean
Monday, March 09, 2009
3D baseball cards
Sick :)
http://www.siliconangle.com/technology/topps-3d-live-baseball-card-not-your-fathers-baseball-card/
glad to know the concept I pitched last year actually works – yeh you know who you are :)
Cheers,
Dean
BTW here is the kinkier Japanese adult version (oh those wacky Japanese and their schoolgirl fetishes) - kind of like the webkins concept without the usb connection.
http://www.businessinsider.com/max-levchins-favorite-startups-are-all-japanese-2009-2
"Geisha Tokyo Entertainment makes something called Dennoh Figure ARis or Cyber Figure Alice. Max described it as an "augmented reality doll." It's a Web cam that's built into a doll. You hook it to your computer and software adds animation to the video. Here's a demo:"
http://www.siliconangle.com/technology/topps-3d-live-baseball-card-not-your-fathers-baseball-card/
glad to know the concept I pitched last year actually works – yeh you know who you are :)
Cheers,
Dean
BTW here is the kinkier Japanese adult version (oh those wacky Japanese and their schoolgirl fetishes) - kind of like the webkins concept without the usb connection.
http://www.businessinsider.com/max-levchins-favorite-startups-are-all-japanese-2009-2
"Geisha Tokyo Entertainment makes something called Dennoh Figure ARis or Cyber Figure Alice. Max described it as an "augmented reality doll." It's a Web cam that's built into a doll. You hook it to your computer and software adds animation to the video. Here's a demo:"
Sunday, March 08, 2009
BS Doubletalk
Man there is a lot of BS doubletalk in the Ad Publishing Network business.
Basically i think a lot of people are making money from the confusion and from 'the float' (the payments never passed on or never collected).
Show me one ad network that is honest, straight forward and speaks in plain english and i dont care if you offer me a medium level CPM you have my banner ad business.
If this is how they screw over publishers i can only imagine how badly they are screwing over people spending money with them.
Cheers,
Dean
Basically i think a lot of people are making money from the confusion and from 'the float' (the payments never passed on or never collected).
Show me one ad network that is honest, straight forward and speaks in plain english and i dont care if you offer me a medium level CPM you have my banner ad business.
If this is how they screw over publishers i can only imagine how badly they are screwing over people spending money with them.
Cheers,
Dean
Saturday, March 07, 2009
Eee PC-in-a-Keyboard
Love it :)
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/eee-pc-in-a-key.html
buy the 8gb version swap it out for a 100gb+ model for another $400 and you are ready to rock on any monitor with a hdmi connection.
Cheers,
Dean
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/03/eee-pc-in-a-key.html
buy the 8gb version swap it out for a 100gb+ model for another $400 and you are ready to rock on any monitor with a hdmi connection.
Cheers,
Dean
Friday, March 06, 2009
Great another BS software patent that is obvious
Great another BS software patent that is obvious
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apple-planning-location-aware-app-store/2009-03-06
A new patent application filed Thursday by Apple suggests the computing giant is planning to introduce location-aware services tied to the iPhone's App Store virtual application storefront. United States Patent Application 20090063293, entitled Dynamic Presentation of Location-Specific Information, seeks to patent "improved approaches to allow a portable electronic device to dynamically present location-specific information while the portable electronic device is at a predetermined location
How totally obvious is this - I think i'm going to have to move to Europe just to get away from these BS software patents that are absolute crap.
This is going to affect the USA economy and the sooner it is stopped the better.
Interesting how Nokia annoounced their app store is location aware already a few weeks ago.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-launches-location-aware-ovi-app-store-531856
Cheers,
Dean
http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apple-planning-location-aware-app-store/2009-03-06
A new patent application filed Thursday by Apple suggests the computing giant is planning to introduce location-aware services tied to the iPhone's App Store virtual application storefront. United States Patent Application 20090063293, entitled Dynamic Presentation of Location-Specific Information, seeks to patent "improved approaches to allow a portable electronic device to dynamically present location-specific information while the portable electronic device is at a predetermined location
How totally obvious is this - I think i'm going to have to move to Europe just to get away from these BS software patents that are absolute crap.
This is going to affect the USA economy and the sooner it is stopped the better.
Interesting how Nokia annoounced their app store is location aware already a few weeks ago.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/nokia-launches-location-aware-ovi-app-store-531856
Cheers,
Dean
Thursday, March 05, 2009
10% H1B Visa tax
http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-founder-reid-hoffman-expand-the-h-1b-program-and-tax-it-2009-3
Lawmakers could improve the situation all around by removing the cap on H-1B visas while imposing a 10 percent payroll tax above and beyond the benchmark salary for any position being filled by holders of such visas. The proceeds of the payroll tax could be channeled into U.S. reeducation programs.
Surprisingly I think this is a great idea.
What do you think?
Cheers,
Dean
Lawmakers could improve the situation all around by removing the cap on H-1B visas while imposing a 10 percent payroll tax above and beyond the benchmark salary for any position being filled by holders of such visas. The proceeds of the payroll tax could be channeled into U.S. reeducation programs.
Surprisingly I think this is a great idea.
What do you think?
Cheers,
Dean
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Losers Weepers
Funny how Telstra is acting now they know that they have a monopoly competitor being launched against them in the near future.
http://www.crn.com.au/News/97763,telstra-offers-handy-nbn-tips-to-the-government.aspx
Sucked in Telstra you have raped the nation for long enough, first as a public (lazy) utility then as a privately held behemoth that held all the cards.
You reap what you sow......... "Telstra....Now we are talking"
Cheers,
Dean
http://www.crn.com.au/News/97763,telstra-offers-handy-nbn-tips-to-the-government.aspx
Sucked in Telstra you have raped the nation for long enough, first as a public (lazy) utility then as a privately held behemoth that held all the cards.
You reap what you sow......... "Telstra....Now we are talking"
Cheers,
Dean
Monday, March 02, 2009
Skittles
lol - this is going to get nasty.
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/
Many companies are starting to realize that whatever content they offer online still can’t match the various social media offerings out there, where the community contributes to the whole.
Few, however, have taken it so far as candy maker Skittles, which replaced its entire homepage with its Twitter stream. The only thing that’s left is a widget-like navigation console in the upper left part of the screen, but lo and behold: instead of pointing you to some company PR nonsense, it sends you to the Skittles entry on other popular social destinations: Wikipedia, YouTube, Flickr.
oops :)
Cheers,
Dean
P.S. Then they changed to their Facebook page
P.P.S. The they changed to their Wikipedia page
P.P.P.S It begs the question though.....exactly how much extra candy did they sell out of this 'marketing campaign', not much and thats the problem with marketing sometimes.
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/
Many companies are starting to realize that whatever content they offer online still can’t match the various social media offerings out there, where the community contributes to the whole.
Few, however, have taken it so far as candy maker Skittles, which replaced its entire homepage with its Twitter stream. The only thing that’s left is a widget-like navigation console in the upper left part of the screen, but lo and behold: instead of pointing you to some company PR nonsense, it sends you to the Skittles entry on other popular social destinations: Wikipedia, YouTube, Flickr.
oops :)
Cheers,
Dean
P.S. Then they changed to their Facebook page
P.P.S. The they changed to their Wikipedia page
P.P.P.S It begs the question though.....exactly how much extra candy did they sell out of this 'marketing campaign', not much and thats the problem with marketing sometimes.
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