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Geology questions for Montecito and Santa Barbara
This post continues the inquiry I started with Making sense of what happened to Montecito. That post got a record number of reads for this blog, and 57 comments as well. I expect to learn more at the community meeting … Continue reading
Posted in infrastructure, News, Research, Technology, ThomasFire, weather, wildfire
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On cryptocurrencies, blockchain and all that
Take a look at this chart: CryptoCurrency Market Capitalizations As Neo said, Whoa. To help me get my head fully around all that’s going on behind that surge, or mania, or whatever it is, I’ve composed a lexicon-in-process that I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Blockchain, Business, Cryptocurrencies, Distributed Ledgers, education, history, infrastructure, Internet, Links, money, News, Research, Science, Technology
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Exploring the business behind digital media’s invisibility cloaks
Imagine you’re on a busy city street where everybody who disagrees with you disappears. We have that city now. It’s called media—especially the social kind. You can see how this works on Wall Street Journal‘s Blue Feed, Red Feed … Continue reading
Posted in adtech, advertising, Broadcasting, Business, Culture, data, infrastructure, Internet, Journalism, Life, Links, marketing, News, Politics, privacy, problems, publishing, Research, Technology
Tagged adtech, Business, fake ads, media
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A few words about trust
[3 December update: Here is a video of the panel.] So I was on a panel at WebScience@10 in London (@WebScienceTrust, #WebSci10), where the first question asked was, “What are two aspects of ‘trust and the Web’ that you think … Continue reading
Posted in Business, data, infrastructure, Internet, marketing, privacy, Research, VRM
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Rethinking John Wanamaker
This is an improved edit of a post I made to a list I’m on. Rather than let it scroll off to oblivion, I decided to put it here as well. The other parties are in italics. I’m in plain … Continue reading
Posted in adtech, advertising, problems, Research, VRM
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Talking customer power and VRM
I’ll be on a webinar this morning talking with folks about The Intention Economy and the Rise in Customer Power. That link goes to my recent post about it on the blog of Modria, the VRM company hosting the event. … Continue reading
Separating advertising’s wheat and chaff
Advertising used to be simple. You knew what it was, and where it came from. Whether it was an ad you heard on the radio, saw in a magazine or spotted on a billboard, you knew it came straight from … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, Business, Internet, marketing, privacy, problems, Research, Technology
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