On TechCrunch Mark Suster compares Hulu to the oil cartel OPEC. I’m not sure what this point number 2 has to do with the cartel comparison, but I think it’s one of the more interesting points of the post: 2. Limited “Targeting” of Advertisements: The great promise of the Internet for advertisers was that they [...]
Also tagged HuluThis guest post on TechCrunch is a not only a good read, but an awesome example of how to write a blog post. The only thing that’s really wrong is the number of typos. I realize that proofreading such a long post is difficult, but with the amount of effort that went into culling the [...]
Also tagged Adam RifkinFirst: I Was A Lala User Second: Why Do Good Companies Ruin Startups? I Was A Lala User I’ll give Apple credit for giving a month of advance notice, but on the other hand (that first part was the first hand), why are they shutting down Lala before they launch iTunes.com? I must conclude that [...]
Also tagged Apple, iTunes, iTunes.com, Lala.com, Music, ReadWriteWebSo, apparently, Warner is letting Netflix know what happens when you, well, you see the pictures. It would seem that giving in to Warner’s demands that they not send out movies within the first 28 days of their release bought Netflix a ramrod straight from behind. It’s as though Warner said, “Oh, did you think [...]
Also tagged Netflix, The Big Lebowski, Warner BrothersI declare that emphatically because I want it to be so. I’m sure I’m not the only code monkey out there praying that “write once, run anywhere” doesn’t leave us like ###… Even now web developers have to test across at least 3 different browsers,* but at least things are trending towards standardization and it’s [...]
Also tagged Alex Bosworth, HTML5, ReadWriteWeb, Web Apps, Web DevelopmentFrom TechCrunch PoketyPoke is a new service that calls you when you have a conference call and connects you automatically. Why it took someone that long to think of and implement this is beyond me. This is like GTD times 80 bazillion. If implemented correctly, you’d never have to remember a conference call again (which [...]
Also tagged Conference Calling, PoketyPokeWhile this post from TechCrunch on Zong and the new Zong+ is long, and covers a lot of ground on Zong, it leaves out what David Allen might call the Crazy Maker viewpoint. Leena Rao (the author) pits Zong as a potential PayPal killer, which it certainly could be, but my Crazy Maker idea is [...]
Also tagged Money, PayPal, Personal Finance, ZongI’ll admit, I watch Hulu on my laptop in bed sometimes. I’ll also admit that somehow I missed the announcement of the first couple of designs and/or prototypes of the TechCrunch CrunchPad. But that doesn’t mean I won’t take a look at the price tag when it comes out. Yeah, that’s a computer. Or a [...]
Also tagged iPhoneAccording to TechCrunch, Hulu gained 10 million viewers in Feburary, which is an impressive number, but if you look at their chart, what I think is more impressive is the 64.5 minutes per viewer which is second in the top 10 behind only Google Sites (aka YouTube) which had 134 minutes, and 3.6 times more [...]
Also tagged ABC, CBS, Google, How I Met Your Mother, Hulu, LOST, NBC, TV, YouTube