The advertisement industry is in a bit of a tough spot. Not only are people watching commercials less, due to things like On-Demand and TIVO, but online advertisements are in my opinion useless. Banner ads, pop-ups, and things of similar nature are normally ignored or blocked by the web-surfer. They provide almost no information about [...]
Throwing Out the Book: The New Business Rules for the Internet. Part 1 of 2
A new era in business is emerging. As the internet gets stronger and stronger as a resource, companies are trying hard to adjust to the change. Some have oriented themselves well in the new medium, but most simply don’t understand. This is not to say they don’t know how to use Twitter or SEO, but [...]
A New Market to Stimulate the Economy
We currently have an untaxed, extremely profitable product in the market which not one company produces. It has multiple uses, has caused zero reported deaths from personal use, and is used by a huge percentage of the population. This product is marijuana, and I’m sure you have all heard arguments similar to the ones listed [...]
Ticketmaster/LiveNation
I know this feeling is shared by many other people, and it isn’t original, but I hate Ticketmaster with a fiery passion. The only reason I don’t hate Live Nation as much, is I haven’t had to use them. I don’t really know how this happened, I guess its some sort of testament to the type [...]
Iphone App. Idea
NOTE: I RECENTLY FOUND THAT THIS IDEA HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN MADE. IT IS CALLED BACKUP ASSISTANT: http://tinyurl.com/ctflra The amount of invitations I get to groups for people who lost or broke their phone and want numbers is quite numerous. I find it hilarious that most of these come with a disclaimer: “I hate these [...]
Hulu: Embracing A Changing World
Hulu is a site I want to talk about for two reasons. The first will be its recently aired superbowl commercial, and the second will be its role as a site in general, and how it should be used as a template for the music industry. This year I found myself quite disappointed with the [...]
