The ubiquitous eMarketer todays reports on the Twitter explosion, providing data that complements my earlier blog on the topic.
The most salient piece of data in the article is that “eMarketer estimates there were roughly 6 million Twitter users in the US in 2008, or 3.8% of Internet users.” That less than 4% of Internet users [...]
The title of this entry is tongue-in-cheek (at least I’m keeping my tongue in my mouth), as I just discovered Zinio’s little-publicized side venture: Undercover Mags. If you go to the site by clicking on this link, it will take you to the magazines deemed of interest to heterosexuals, and you’ll be greeted with a [...]
Courtesy of Bob Sacks, I’ve just discovered a site devoted to ePaper that is is informative, broad, interesting and not beholden to sponsors (as far as I can tell).
Of particular interest is the “E-paper Technologies Reference Guide,” the most thorough I’ve seen to date.
If your interest in ePaper is deeper than a pixel, this is [...]
Like most of my friends and family, I was dimly aware of Susan Boyle last week from stories I was ignoring in various media.
Then while reading the Saturday New York Times I stumbled upon “Unlikely Singer Is YouTube Sensation,” and finally got a handle on what all the fuss was about. I watched the YouTube [...]
Found this pointed animation in the U.K. newspaper, The Guardian, which offers a fun feature called Guardian Viral Video Chart, which in turn is pulled in part from Viral Video Chart.
A front page story on most North American newspapers (and certainly all Canadian ones) is that AbitibiBowater, the world’s biggest newsprint producer (40% marketshare) has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and plans to file for similar protection in Montreal on Friday.
According to the report in the (Toronto) Globe & Mail, “U.S. newsprint [...]
The International Digital Publishing Forum, the key trade group promoting eBooks and the standards required to support their growth, recently reported that in Q4 2008 eBook sales reached $16.8 million, just over double the volume in Q4 ‘07. Full year sales exceeded $50 million.
As always, the chart looks great, and 100+% sales increases sound great, [...]
Received this email April 4th:
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An excellent article, disguised as a book review, in the current New Yorker by the always well-informed Nicholas Lemann, called “Paper Tigers” and subtitled: “What Media Moguls Make.” It’s a great precis of the careers of the likes of Pulitzer and Hearst, and up to the present, Murdoch.
The final paragraph does tug at one’s heartstrings:
“These [...]
Last night I wrote to the calligrapher featured in my previous entry:
Dear Mr. Karimaei,
PLEASE do let me know if I’ve posted it incorrectly!
Today I received the response from Mr. Karimaei:
“I write another two your name’s script in two style of Persian Calligraphy that you can replace in the previous script because these have better quality.”
Joy!
Here [...]
