Month: March 2012
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Foursquare's Inflection Point: People Using The App- But Not Checking In
"People are using [Foursquare]- but they're not checking in-" he told me. "I asked myself: did we break something? But in fact- it's because people are using Foursquare to look for where their friends are- to find things- and as a recommendation service. It's almost like it doesn't occur to them to check in." Foursquare's…
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Is it true that Americans get a measly 2 weeks annual leave? If true- how does this affect the natio
Redditors outside the US aghast that Americans have no mandated vacation. Is it true that Americans get a measly 2 weeks annual leave? If true- how does this affect the natio I used to live in the UK where it's pretty standard to get 5 weeks annual leave. I spent almost all of it abroad-…
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Even Sexy Brands Struggle With Low Engagement on Facebook | Digital – Advertising Age
"Only one brand of the entire 200 in the analysis got an engagement level of 2%. A few over 1%. Most under 1%-" Ms. Nelson-Field wrote. "The significance here lies in the very tiny rate of engagement across all brands in a big sample. So- yes- we could say that Brand A (at 1%) gets…
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Limbaugh: Contraception advocate should post online sex videos
Another gentle reminder that if you do so many drugs you go deaf you really aren't a voice of reason: Limbaugh: Contraception advocate should post online sex videos Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh- already under fire from Democrats over his language in discussing a Georgetown University law student who testified about contraception- ratcheted up…
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Impatient Web Users Flee Slow-Loading Sites
'People will visit a Web site less often if it is slower than a close competitor by more than 250 milliseconds (a millisecond is a thousandth of a second)… Four out of five online users will click away if a video stalls while loading.' Impatient Web Users Flee Slow-Loading Sites The tech industry is doubling…
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Of course there's a cat modification for Minecraft
Catsplosion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNw2YcAK9Wc
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Shirley Sherrod: My Prayers Go Out To Brietbart's Family
Classy dame: Shirley Sherrod: My Prayers Go Out To Brietbart's Family Shirley Sherrod- who was a primary target of Andrew Breitbart's criticism- released the following statement on the conservative media icon's death: "The news of Mr. Breitbart's death came as a surprise to me when I was informed of it this morning. My prayers go…