The Bandwidth Report is a newly launched monthly publication with a roundup of connectivity trends in the US. As of January 2003, 67.5% of US home users connected to the Internet at 56Kbps or less. Broadband enetration passed 30% for the first time in December 2002. Extrapolating the Nielsen//Netratings data, broadband penetration in the US [...]
The Dallas area has been hit by an ice storm and won’t see temperatures above 30 degrees until tomorrow afternoon. Translation - I ain’t going anywhere. So, I took advantage of the day off from work to transfer my redesign. I’ve got a lot of it in place. The hard part is transferring the blog. Well, [...]
When I researched banks for a possible case study and reviewed them for potential awards, I found they had something in common: they were not easy to use. They’re a category of their own for obvious reasons. Not saying all bank Web sites are bad, just they take a lot of work in becoming usable [...]
It’s not a surprise to see a rise in mobile blogging tools and users. The story: Now Bloggers Can Hit the Road.
In the eNewsletter Journal, we do rants and raves of newsletters and we’re looking for newsletters to review. Our audience consists mainly of people in B2B, so B2B newsletters are preferred. But, we’ll be open to others. Submit Your Favorite or Least Favorite Newsletter and we might “Siskelize” it. The topic doesn’t matter — we’ll [...]
Been buried in work deeper than the snow in the Northeast plus I am doing most of the blog-style writing in the Lockergnome Windows Daily Report this week while Chris takes a breather. Just quick tidbit: Browser gadflies turn over a new leaf. WaSP has a new lease on life.
I had never heard of TCPA until I did a review of Against TCPA for Lockergnome and we all need to be aware of this. Online privacy is not my area of expertise, but I listen to the likes of Lawrence Lessig and Cory Doctorow to keep on top of it. The link takes you [...]
In this month’s eNewsletter Journal, readers offer advice on what to do if you accidentally Spam your mailing list. When I became editor of eNJ, I was asked to submit names of people I knew to receive a copy. I wasn’t too hot on this fearing my friends and network buddies would see it as [...]
Nick Usborne delves into the questions we should be asking when trying to determine the length of online copy in Long or Short Copy? The standard rule of thumb of keeping everything short on the Internet is bull. I’ve read feedback where customers benefitted from more information rather than less. The rule of thumb is [...]
Less than a month away till SXSW interactive time again. I’ll be moderating the 2002 Web Awards Winners’ Showcase panel on Sunday, March 9 at 10:00 AM. The winners of last year’s SXSW Web site competition will talk about their online creations and how they reflect their invidual views of the Internet. They’ll also [...]