Archive for June, 2011

Twitter: Tomorrow’s News Today

June 29, 2011

After Tweeting over 25,000 times, I have concluded Twitter is tomorrow’s news today.

Twitter Tomorrow's News Today

Twitter Tomorrow's News Today

Or said another way – “”The future has already arrived; it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson

Daily Deal Sites: Demand Destruction

June 21, 2011

The counter-intuitive thought for today: Daily deal sites are not demand creators but instead are demand destroyers.

Businesses that enter into the daily deals game will eventually discover they danced with the devil.

Daily Deal Demand Destruction

Dancing With The Devil: Daily Deals Destroy Demand

 

Google YouTube 2011 Lunar Eclipse Full Fail

June 15, 2011

Google has prominently featured the ability to view via Youtube the total lunar eclipse visible to those earthlings in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, S.America but not North America on its home page today.

Google Lunar Eclipse 2011

Google Lunar Eclipse 2011

However, clicking through to YouTube mid eclipse yields the following message:

Google Lunar Eclipse Full

Google Lunar Eclipse Full

Surprising?

Not if everybody or even half of everybody in North America trys to log on to a single YouTube at the same time.