The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
February 2nd, 2010
Steve Job is considered one of the great showmen in the business (showpersons?), and the reputation is, I think, well-deserved. I’ve watched him live many times, and saw that the secret of his success on stage is no accidental talent. As one first hand, in-depth article points out, in U.K.’s The Guardian: Steve starts his…
September 2nd, 2009
While blogging the previous post on the decline in ad spending in the first half of 2009, I found a story that struck me as even more depressing. The interesting aspect for the future of publishing is that “watching video on the Internet averaged 3 hours and 11 minutes among viewers 2 plus, while mobile…
April 20th, 2009
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…
April 19th, 2009
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.
January 21st, 2009
The Wall Street Journal has just reported that: “The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an inquiry into Apple Inc.’s disclosures about Chief Executive Steve Jobs’s health, a person familiar with the matter said. “The inquiry comes after Apple disclosed on Jan. 14 that Mr. Jobs has a “more complex” medical condition than he earlier…