Links from 2007

"The iPhone has become a more effective means of targeted mobile advertising campaigns than regular phones; the integration with Google Maps and the display of video provides a richer experience for both the viewer, and for the company seeking to expose t

Cohen credits DVD sales as the force behind Futurama's return. "This new revenue stream saved our neck," he says. "A few years from now, when Internet speeds are better, maybe one person buys it and shares it with a hundred of their friends."

Details/rant on BBC's technical infrastructure.

The BBC has commissioned a new daytime Australian soap after losing the long-running show Neighbours in a bidding war with Five.

UNIQLO JUMP

I’m a sucker for these UNIQLO campaigns. This time they’ve also put the parts on flickr and youtube.

John Oxton and Jon Hicks, broadcasting from their ex-RAF base office in Upper Rissington. Think of it as a web-geek version of Gardeners Question Time!

Facebook doesn't exist to be good in the sense that Google wants (wanted?) to be [..] Your network of friends and the data you share amongst them happens to be a nutrient-rich bath in which advertisements can flourish and spawn.

Musicians upload music and listeners decide which songs go on the homepage.

Mmmm.

VoiceOver, the screen reader for Apple’s OS X, has undergone a major update. This article looks at the new functions, and what that means for people browsing websites.

What we can do to support IE6 users whilst taking full advantage of transparency for the majority of a site’s visitors.

The lesson learnt by MTV Networks subsidary, Comedy Central, when it made the entire archive of “The Daily Show” available for streaming online, is that Internet TV viewing can lead to more traditional television viewing.

90% of everything is always crap. The more stuff there is, the greater the 10% pile becomes. All we need are effective filtering systems to sort what we consider to be wheat from what we consider to be chaff.

A jQuery plugin to make embedding Google Analytics simpler for typical web sites.

"Rossi declined to disclose how much Verizon paid for the "30 Rock" integration but said that in addition to fees, it provided marketing support for the show with a co-branded ad in Maxim magazine and promotional content on VerizonWireless.com."

"Today, [Google] updated its mobile maps to pinpoint your locations by triangulating between cell towers". Hurrah! Results suck for me, though.

..."without using Parallels, Crossover or Bootcamp, or even having a Windows Partition"

What you need to do to ensure that your emails not only look great in today’s email clients but also actually make it to where they’re going.

"Free music zilla, the first tool specialized for social music downloading, enables you download free music from [..] almost all social music services." Hmmm.

"The DVDs basically have a little more material than the episodes will have, but we actually put in a few treats in the episodes that are not on the DVDs, so you know... we want to reward people no matter how they come back to Futurama, we want to give th

You can't force people to follow directions they deem arbitrary.

— Michael Salamon, Procedurally Enforcing Workflow

77% of today’s online youth would rather live without television than live without the Internet.

For Suburban Shootout. Assume it's official. Looks dead.

Works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.

This article walks through the steps necessary for hosting media files for your web site using Amazon S3.

User Interface Design pattern library.

The new service [...] will be launched in 2008 and will include free downloads, streaming, show rental and purchase via the internet, with possible future expansion onto other platforms.

"Kangaroo will have wide implications for the BBC’s iPlayer and Channel 4’s 4oD service, with the latter being replaced by the new joint service. The smallest UK TV player, Channel 5 (owned by RTL of Germany), is conspicuous by its absence from the ve

Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people you're looking to avoid.

Some of you may have heard about Amato distribution going bust, but unless you understand the music industry you may have not quite understood the negative affect that this will have on dance music.

"A free software application for collecting and processing your thoughts following the GTD methodology." Java.

Clever. "Use the filters to find the right chart type for your needs. Then download as Excel or PowerPoint templates and insert your data."

"Campaign microsites may be a staple of the "old model," but they are by most accounts not facing extinction—although their role will probably be diminished from star to player in a cast of channels that also includes MySpace, YouTube and widgets."

On KateModern: "The whole thing is filmed in one take, in five minutes flat at 6pm, in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The film is then posted on the social networking site Bebo, where you can log on daily to catch up on the storylines and post comments.

Government campaigns appear to have had limited impact, because sexual health has worsened in 2006, the last year for which the HPA has figures, particularly among young men and women.

Mostly obvious but always good to be reminded.

Responsible for providing estimates of the number of people watching television. This includes which channels and programmes are being watched, at what time, and the type of people who are watching at any one time.

"The organisation that compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom [..] currently, BARB have approximately 5,100 homes". How crazy is it that 5,100 households dictate UK TV ratings? Will VOD fix this?

'One of the big criticisms of Neighbours' fans is that the BBC never promoted the show,' said Murphy. 'Five might make a bit more of a fanfare about it, so it might even be for the benefit of the show in the end.'

A few tips from eye-tracking studies

The story itself is pretty tedious but leads on to some great comments on the music industry.