Food and Music

by Iain on March 31, 2007

Is this a new food show format? Or perhaps M&S could quit the food-porn ads and do this instead ;-) And while we’re on the topic of music and food, in case you’ve not seen it: Obligatory buttons:

10 Reasons Why Digital is Better Than Advertising – Number 5

by Iain on March 30, 2007

As conventional advertising revenues decline, programme makers have less and less cash to spend. So TV gets more shit, so fewer people watch it so ad revenue goes down again. Conversely the web’s audience is steadily increasing in volume, sophistication (…)

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Everybody Loves a Secret

by Iain on March 30, 2007

Secrets are cool. Every single party in London now seems to be held in a secret venue (even though you can buy tickets at Ticketmaster). Obligatory buttons:

10 Reasons Why Digital is Better Than Advertising – Number 4

by Iain on March 29, 2007

Success in network media isn’t about ego. No one cares who you are, or what you’ve done before – unless you’re Jonathan Harris or Joshua Davis ;-) Audiences care about whether they like your thing or not. More honest and (…)

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Feedburner’s ‘Headline Animator’

by Iain on March 28, 2007

This is cool – Feedburner have got a neat thing where you can create a dynamic RSS fed banner for your site. Mine is rubbish because I made it very quickly (and I’m not very good at that kind of (…)

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I Have Moved

by Iain on March 28, 2007

Last night I moved server. A very stressful and delicate opperation. Hopefully you won’t have noticed too much disruption. I’ve gone back to a simpler layout and removed some of the widgets that were on the site – they were (…)

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10 Reasons Why Digital is Better Than Advertising – Number 3

by Iain on March 28, 2007

Maybe this won’t last forever. And of course lots of people got their fingers (and worse) burnt in the last .com fiasco. But because the cost of entry for digital stuff is low, and the technology is cheap (or rentable) (…)

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Websites and Company Culture

by Iain on March 27, 2007

I liked this article: Ryanair vs JetBlue – reflecting company culture – Articles – iQ Content. It sums up how a bunch of factors, some quite subtle, help to reinforce your views of a company on their website. Obligatory buttons:

Haters Extreme

by Iain on March 27, 2007

One of the best and most inspirational bloggers around, Kathy Sierra, has been rightly scared and upset by a bunch of vile stuff that’s been written about her online. She has an amazing blog and a network of incredibly strong (…)

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