You know i never really noticed this before but for the echo chamber people who say IE is going away......
Pageviews by Browsers
Internet Explorer 60,711 (43%)
Firefox 37,558 (27%)
Chrome 19,426 (14%)
Safari 10,963 (7%)
Opera 6,971 (5%)
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 09, 2012
Comment interaction
You know its weird how quickly we get used to things "being a certain way" i've been noticing when i read comments on an article how often i go to "+1 or vote a comment up etc" only to feel perturbed when there is no option to do so.
Considering this is a Digg/Reddit etc interaction weird how attuned my expectations are to give feedback.....an article without a comment section...un heard of.
The act of “Checking in” at an event/location wasn’t even on the radar 10 years ago even though now its so innate.
So my question is….what do think will be “defacto” interaction in 1-5 years that isn’t the norm today?
Considering this is a Digg/Reddit etc interaction weird how attuned my expectations are to give feedback.....an article without a comment section...un heard of.
The act of “Checking in” at an event/location wasn’t even on the radar 10 years ago even though now its so innate.
So my question is….what do think will be “defacto” interaction in 1-5 years that isn’t the norm today?
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Paper Promises
BTW haven’t read it yet as just ordered it after I saw the author of this book being interviewed on Fareed Zakaria this morning on CNN.
Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip Coggan
Incredibly interesting about how the UK ruled the world under the gold standard for 40 years, the USA ruled the world for 40 years after the removal of the gold standard and were able to print money for loans written on their own currency and how with the next evolution where the power is shifting to china over the next 5-10 years that fixed currencies and managed markets will be the next evolution over the coming 40 years.
I also didn’t know that the term “Jubilee” wasn’t British (eg the monarchy queens jubilee) but a Hebrew word for the term of forgiving all debts every 50 years after a bubble.
Cant wait to read this lol if you watch the interview the comments about “sovereign debt and the king changing the law and throwing you in jail when he owes you money” made me think of vc’s immediately managing the power shifts.
Paper Promises: Debt, Money, and the New World Order
by Philip CogganIncredibly interesting about how the UK ruled the world under the gold standard for 40 years, the USA ruled the world for 40 years after the removal of the gold standard and were able to print money for loans written on their own currency and how with the next evolution where the power is shifting to china over the next 5-10 years that fixed currencies and managed markets will be the next evolution over the coming 40 years.
I also didn’t know that the term “Jubilee” wasn’t British (eg the monarchy queens jubilee) but a Hebrew word for the term of forgiving all debts every 50 years after a bubble.
Cant wait to read this lol if you watch the interview the comments about “sovereign debt and the king changing the law and throwing you in jail when he owes you money” made me think of vc’s immediately managing the power shifts.
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Google "Secure Search" and what can be done about it?
Google “secure search” is really starting to frustrate me.
More and more often these days when I review my analytics pages I see it obscuring the keywords people used in order to find my website making the analytics less relevant for end users (though google get to see exactly what the keywords were).
Eg see below is a portion of the screen capture from GetClicky for 2 searches that landed on one of my websites
You can clearly see that someone using google made a search at 9.04pm for the key words “Dean Collins” from a cell phone (and using other information not displayed above but from another section of the analytics I can tell was in the Brooklyn area, via Verizon, using an iPhone)
However you can see someone at 11.09pm made a search via Google using “Secure Search”, I have no idea what keywords they used (even though google has this information). I know nothing about their way or method of finding my profile page (however using other information not displayed above but from another section of the analytics I can tell was in Jersey City, via Comcast, using Chrome on a Mac laptop running OSX).
It seems frustrating that I cant block google secure searches and I am not getting access to the benefit of this information even though google is.
Any thoughts?
More and more often these days when I review my analytics pages I see it obscuring the keywords people used in order to find my website making the analytics less relevant for end users (though google get to see exactly what the keywords were).
Eg see below is a portion of the screen capture from GetClicky for 2 searches that landed on one of my websites
However you can see someone at 11.09pm made a search via Google using “Secure Search”, I have no idea what keywords they used (even though google has this information). I know nothing about their way or method of finding my profile page (however using other information not displayed above but from another section of the analytics I can tell was in Jersey City, via Comcast, using Chrome on a Mac laptop running OSX).
It seems frustrating that I cant block google secure searches and I am not getting access to the benefit of this information even though google is.
Any thoughts?
Friday, April 06, 2012
Now I wanna sniff some glue
Happy friday everyone - have a rockin weekend <- More in the Mood Music Box
Thoughts regarding Viktor Bout conviction today?
Thoughts regarding Viktor Bout conviction today?
Has the USA lost its "moral high ground" forever? - http://on.fb.me/IcVZPO
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Smart Volkswagen QR campaign
Volkswagen Proves a QR Campaign Can Work
This has all the makings of great guerrilla marketing – a new product, a mystery, and organic buzz from “the people” and the press wanting to be the first to solve it AND pass it along…
- http://printmediacentr.com/2012/04/volkswagen-proves-a-qr-campaign-can-work
This has all the makings of great guerrilla marketing – a new product, a mystery, and organic buzz from “the people” and the press wanting to be the first to solve it AND pass it along…
- http://printmediacentr.com/2012/04/volkswagen-proves-a-qr-campaign-can-work
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Little known "Websites" you should know about
Whats not to love about Reddit yet again.
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rrmhm/whats_a_little_known_website_everyone_should_know/
Fun ones
http://www.rainymood.com/
http://www.hackertyper.com/
Serious sites
http://www.monoprice.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
http://backblaze.com/
http://www.oldversion.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/rrmhm/whats_a_little_known_website_everyone_should_know/
Fun ones
http://www.rainymood.com/
http://www.hackertyper.com/
Serious sites
http://www.monoprice.com/
http://www.mcmaster.com/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
http://backblaze.com/
http://www.oldversion.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Printechnologic’s Touchcode
Some people are talking about PrintTechnoLogics and their new Capacitive "TouchCode" technology replacing QR codes.
The background
Ever since the smartphone era began, companies have looked for ways to quickly get information from the offline product world onto the phone. Barcode scanning is a popular approach while QR codes and proprietary tags, such as those from Microsoft, are other less-used solutions. These all require cameras and specifically printed codes; what if we could just use what looks like a standard ink solution and the touchscreen on our phones?
http://gigaom.com/mobile/forget-qr-codes-your-touchscreen-can-read-this-ink
The background
Ever since the smartphone era began, companies have looked for ways to quickly get information from the offline product world onto the phone. Barcode scanning is a popular approach while QR codes and proprietary tags, such as those from Microsoft, are other less-used solutions. These all require cameras and specifically printed codes; what if we could just use what looks like a standard ink solution and the touchscreen on our phones?
http://gigaom.com/mobile/forget-qr-codes-your-touchscreen-can-read-this-ink
The failure
LinkedIn discussion regarding TouchCode
LinkedIn discussion regarding TouchCode
You need to download this proprietary app to your phone/tablet to interact with the capacitive code (unlike nfc where the reader is running in the background installed natively).
However the biggest issue is the fact that it is
1/ proprietary
2/ using indirect codes (you stop paying...they stop the redirection...)
Puts it out of contention for my clients immediately.
Sorry TouchCode but i'll continue to recommend open/free QR codes with URL direct codes to my client for the continuing future.
Cheers,
Dean
Monday, April 02, 2012
Invidi Patent Claim
Ridiculous patent claim, this is the problem with US Patent office handing out such obvious patents like this which can then be used to squeeze money out of other companies.
What a joke.
http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/8146126.html
a viewer of a cable television network enters an RequestForInformation input (1) to a digital set top box using a user remote. Based on this RFI input, the digital set top box transmits a data request (2) to an RFI data center. The RFI data center also receives asset data (3) from an asset database so as to associate the RFI input (1) with a particular asset. An RFI request (4) can then be transmitted to the appropriate asset provider. The asset provider can then provide a report such package of assets or follow-on information (5) back to the RFI data center. The RFI data center may then, in turn, provide the package of assets or follow-on information to a user data terminal, for example, of the cable television network viewer, via access through a web-portal or e-mail
What a joke.
http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/8146126.html
a viewer of a cable television network enters an RequestForInformation input (1) to a digital set top box using a user remote. Based on this RFI input, the digital set top box transmits a data request (2) to an RFI data center. The RFI data center also receives asset data (3) from an asset database so as to associate the RFI input (1) with a particular asset. An RFI request (4) can then be transmitted to the appropriate asset provider. The asset provider can then provide a report such package of assets or follow-on information (5) back to the RFI data center. The RFI data center may then, in turn, provide the package of assets or follow-on information to a user data terminal, for example, of the cable television network viewer, via access through a web-portal or e-mail
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