Technorati have just released their state of the live web(blogosphere + social web) report. Some staggering numbers: 70m blogs, 120k new blogs each day 3-4k splogs each day (spam blogs usually = crappy marketing blogs) the blogosphere growth rate has slowed but is still doubling every 320 days (as at March 2007) 1.4m postsContinueContinue reading “state of the live web | technorati”
Category Archives: web 2.0
a kind of truman show
“Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even in the bathroom. Even on a date.” I’m not sure I care. He’s been going for 19 days now. I bet he gets bored before the month is out. 20 minutes of waiting & I can’t get to see his world anyway.ContinueContinue reading “a kind of truman show”
top marketing blogs
Bone up on the full list. Digitasian’s (and by virtue, close living relatives of me) Verdino & Armano make the top 150. I don’t. Perhaps just as well.
in game advertising | imedia
Hot on the heels of the IAB report, imedia say it’s all about: Audience, engagement, relevance, accountabilty, mindshare. Blah. Just see some nice examples from Adidas, Pontiac, Visa and Chrysler to boot.
click… don’t click
Don’t Click is an interesting insight into the end of the clicking value exchange as we know it. Click and we will be rewarded with genius or shit. Or more clicks. Ad infinitum. Odd that they couldn’t eradicate the click on the first page, huh? Or employ this as a quick way to avoid clicking offContinueContinue reading “click… don’t click”
you only live twice
As Virtual Worlds 2007 kicks off (yes, there’s a conference now), I thought I would share this video from Australia ABC network (thanks to Ben Liebmann) that acts as both an introduction to Second Life and its possibilities and also could act as a reference point to clients and colleagues who are buzzing about it,ContinueContinue reading “you only live twice”
in game adverting report | IAB
Thought I’d better get back to my day job… for a bit. The IAB have released a report on in game advertising and how to reach the unreachable UK male youth market while they get PlayStation thumb.
photos into comics
Comeeko lets you turn your innocent pictures into a comic strip complete with captions, graphics and effects. My quick test is above. Bear in mind I only have some pictures I took in Boston, MA (USA)in Nov 2006 on my craptop as my mac is at home. It’s also 2.15am GMT/3.15am CET and I can’tContinueContinue reading “photos into comics”
mash my page up
Good source for mashup of the day And spend hours watching people Twitter with Twitter Vision mash up. Thanks to Greg Verdino for helping me lose an hour yesterday being mesmerised by innane twitterings across the globe. It’s the movement that keeps you hooked.
social network | party animal or leper?
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