The Adblock debate continues raging in light of litigation over the particularly popular Adblock Plus, which now boasts over 100 million users (if anything, I’m surprised it’s not even higher). That news didn’t prompt me to finally publish this. I’d been letting a draft of my personal Adblocking case study sit in my pending posts … [Read more…]
We’re in the middle of something of a mobile app craze, to put it very mildly. It’s not just startups or large companies; these days every business seems to be investing money or at least exploring the possibility of developing an app. Sometimes it’s to the extent that companies forego websites altogether, or even turn … [Read more…]
It’s time for another episode of of “Everybody goes nuts when Facebook makes a sweeping change” with this iteration focusing on its algorithm. Facebook recently broke the news that it plans to make a series of algorithm changes that will prioritize the content posted by the family and friends of Facebook users over and above that of publishers and … [Read more…]
As with any client-freelancer based business dealing, the relationship between a client and a designer can be a complicated one. Complicated enough that there are entire websites telling stories of clients from hell and famous web comic artists have written lengthy comics about the topic. If you browse any websites like Clients from Hell, you’re bound to … [Read more…]
“What [Insert Celebrity/Character/Whatever’s Trending on Google] Can Teach Us About [Content Marketing/SEO/Barely Relevant Business Topic]” If you’re even remotely involved in marketing, tech or just business generally your eyes probably rolled back into your skull. I don’t have any pretense about reaching anyone specifically with this blog; it’s mostly an outlet for my own thoughts. … [Read more…]
I first realized my Facebook timeline was in dire need of cleaning out when I opened it and saw seven posts in a row from Business Insider, followed by two from Mashable and two from TechCrunch. Sandwiched in between these were two promoted posts of dubious relevance to me. One was one of the eleven billion … [Read more…]
Sometimes when approaching problems you come up with a solution where the medicine is worse than the sickness. Cyberbullying is particularly prone to this; a serious issue is regularly derailed by terrible legislation and suggestions that we abolish anonymity on the Internet altogether (I suppose people aren’t harassed online by people they know in real life!). At … [Read more…]