December 2008
8 posts
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Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges →
After going to a few conferences last year, this is entirely true. Interesting how bandwidth propagation at hotels and convention centers is now a critical business decision. Also, T1s are so old hat.
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Your blog post about Twitter is bad and you should...
Nick Douglas says what is absolutely necessary.
nickdouglas:
A writer should never say, “Here’s something you don’t know about and shouldn’t care about.” So only read this if you read blogs like TechCrunch, or you work for a startup, or you want to feel very bad about some blogging/social media/marketing job you had to take even though in your heart you know it hurts the world. These are some...
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“In fact, Toyota has sold more Camry models alone this year than Chrysler has...”
– News Analysis - After Lifeline, Big 3 Are Still in Deep - NYTimes.com
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The Whopper Virgins
Adam Kmiec has a very thoughtful post on the shortcomings of the WHopper Virgins campaign. I too liked the concept quite a bit and documentary formats draw my nerd out like children in a candy store.
The overall problem with this “viral” campaign was the lack of transmedia direction. They had TV, they had Twitter, they had a website but the integration wasn’t very tight knight....
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“The “Poochie” effect is the antithesis of good advertising and seamless...”
– Dead on analogy (and from the Simpsons!) about the failure of “cool” marketing. Excellent writing on over-thinking the message.
The “Poochie” Effect | The Lost Jacket
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“After dragging its heels for months, Korea’s telecommunications regulator...”
– Stunning, the WPPI has been a huge hinderance for the advancement of Korean handphones and the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) finally broke the WIPI standard. It basically means the iPhone will hit Korea at KTF and SK Telecom and Korea’s most notable domestic handphone producers,...
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The Place to Write
I’m moving my old tumble-log to a log site (email me if you miss it) while johnnywon.com will be my primary place to write. Rouge Robots will be more of a gallery of things I make. If you bookmark one thing, just remember johnnywon.com.
So, onward we go!