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Category Archives: biz
The internet isn’t all that, say 13.64 million homes
So there are 31 million homes in the USA without internet access. Actually, there are more homes than that, but these homes in particular have no plans to get online in the next 12 months, according to a recent survey. … Continue reading
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SourceGear misses a golden retro opportunity
I just read that SourceGear was starting a new magazine ad campaign consisting of full page comic book stories. I was kinda hoping that the ads would be copies of the Hostess snack foods ads from the 70′s, but it … Continue reading
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Boomtime signs
Nat Torkington: “Mike Loukides pointed out that movement in salaried labour means the industry is booming. Similarly, when people like Simon Willison, Matt Biddulph, and Alex Russell all return to contracting from salaried employment then you know that there’s a … Continue reading
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Computer retail is a cutthroat game
The local computer retailer chain has started a couple of new initiatives in their advertising – watch for these trends in your home town! For starters, dual core CPUs are now being advertised in “equivalent speeds” derived by multiplying the … Continue reading
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Trade show tips from people who’ve done it
Rogue Amoeba‘s got a great piece up about the costs of exhibiting at MacWorld, which looks like it ran to around $12K for them. They’ve got a handy rule of thumb for making the “go/no go” decision: “Your annual revenue … Continue reading
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Billable: the first 100 days
What the heck, let’s make it an Apple day for posts – Mike Zornek has posted a summary of the first 100 days of his first software product’s sales. Billable is an invoice tracking application for OS X. According to … Continue reading
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Amie Street’s escalating pricing puts a new spin on ratings
Via Global Nerdy, I found out about Aime Street. This might be old news to everyone else, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it. Basically it’s a music store for independent musicians with a unique pricing model – the … Continue reading
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Ads within ads
I swear, I’m getting to work! Hey, can’t I spend 2 minutes and 59 seconds to watch Ze Frank? The ad at the end of this one caught my eye, and not just because it had a big picture of … Continue reading
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Wednesday quickies
Two quick thoughts today: 1) If you’re a company offering consulting services in the field of business development, you probably shouldn’t do your website in Microsoft Office. I’m not being a design snob here (note the default WordPress template in … Continue reading
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Self-fulfilling marketing prophecies
When mobile companies say that there isn’t much of a market for the whole mobile browsing experience, it really isn’t that hard to figure out why that might be – I just saw a Bell Mobility ad in the paper … Continue reading
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