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October 29, 2007

TV - the internet endgame

Bored by people worrying about how big their little green bar is, as if it’s some kind of objective measurement of penis size? Thinking about the real future of the internet?
Read on, then…
Here’s the endgame of the internet laid out in a simple acronym: TV.
Not TV as we currently know it, but an information-rich multi-media [...]



October 19, 2007

Soliciting interviews - and rejecting the results

The promo side of an IPTV company badgered me for ages with an invite for me to email interview them for one of my news sites.
Eventually, late at night, I composed a series of questions about their business and how it relates to the modern internet - and finally received a response last night, answered [...]





Losing out on TV interview requests

Ouch - lost out on a couple of TV interview requests over the past few weeks because of my running a number of news sites.
The BBC wanted me to represent a view on surveillance in society on one of their London programmes, and a couple of days ago Sky wanted to schedule an interview over [...]



October 7, 2007

Niche sites: the killer understated advantage

I’ve seen a few conversations recently where people have suggested building generic over niche sites, as a general way to develop a stronger presence online.
The most recent is Rand Fishkin’s Five Reasons Why It’s Better to be Big & Popular than Small & Niche.
The trouble is, Rand’s post confuses niche development with microsites IMO.
Microsites [...]