Will Mainstream Users Ever Learn About The Browsers Address Bar?

Did you know that up to 70% of people use the search box to enter a url rather than the address bar. Perhaps indicative of semantic search of the future.

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The Future of Digital News

In a response to Michael Rosenblum's post at Rosenblumtv.

Michael offers some great insights into a radical approach to traditional news gathering. Here are some of my additional points I propose regarding the inevitability of this revolution:

1) Accessibility - In our time displaced economy (think Tivo), we have access to news and information anywhere anytime (think iPhone). Thus I see less reliance on traditional, fixed time, hour long broadcasts to get this. Consequently, I also see the ‘pull’ vs ‘push’ paradigm continue to proliferate because it increases the consumers control to WHEN they get information - realtime even.

2) Relevance (trust) - Increasingly, there is less trust and relevance with traditional media outlets. The social revolution has also enabled consumers to find and choose WHERE they get their information and how personally relevant it is to them. The ‘reality’ trend alluded to this, but traditional media still clung to over produced segments that the online generation saw right through. What is needed is information from people (plural) who consumers can relate to, raw, and niche targeted.

So how do I see this playing out… Imagine traveling to Europe and with a few free days you decide to take a side trip to Paris. Since you had little time to plan this trip, you pull out your iPhone and bring up Google Maps. With GPS, the iPhone knows your current location and suggests events/meetups/restaurants/sights/news going on within your immediate area right now. Like, a new exhibition at the Musee d’Orsay today (with directions and link to buy tickets), or transit workers on strike, so recommendations to take a taxi. Also, right from Google Maps are video overlays of short 2 min VJ dispatches describing these; exactly tailored to your likes/dislikes and from your ‘trusted sources’.

I believe the above scenario is not a question of if, but when.

10 Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Sucks…

Social Media is currently being touted as the answer to life, the universe, and everything online, but there is a lot more to it than just hitching a ride. Lets take a look at some of the things you need to think about before you even contemplate a social media marketing strategy.

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Green is the new Black

Infor announced a new product today, Infor EAM Asset Sustainability Edition. This is based on Infor's asset management software, but it takes it a step further by integrating data on the energy consumptions of the assets. Essentially it allows companies to monitor the energy consumed by their assets, and then use event triggers to identify discre..

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Commodore 64 Still Loved After All These Years

My 2nd computer celebrates it's 25th birthday.
I started with the VIC20 and graduated to the C64, back in 1982.

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Best work environment EVER

A company called Connected Ventures, a group of friends who work for: Vimeo, CollegeHumor, Busted Tees, and Defunker made this video after work one night.



Lip Dub - Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri and Vimeo.

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Digg.com reveals news stories fade after 1 hour

Online news articles can lose their appeal in as little as an hour. That is the message from two statistical physicists who analysed the way people access information on the user-driven news site Digg.com

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4 Steps To Effective Web Design Pricing

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The CNN list of "25 startups to watch" and Revision3 comes in at #9

It's getting crowded on the Web 2.0 frontier, but there are still some startups that truly stand out. Business 2.0 Magazine identifies the ones most likely to strike gold in 2007.

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