It should come as no surprise that I found the technology behind this years college basketball tournament more interesting than the games themselves – despite this fact I did win in my CBSsports.com bracket! (much to the chagrin of fellow players who all knew I am not a huge college basketball fan) I was recently [...]
Streaming March Madness (CBSSports.com)
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/04/07/streaming-march-madness-cbssports-com/
CNN NewsPulse and the future of content
CNN relaunched this week with a complete redesign. Along with having some smart advertising introduce the new layout, integrated well with the IAB standard units, they highlighted another section at the top of their navigation: CNN NewsPulse This dashboard approach combines a few items you have probably seen elsewhere on content sites. You have probably [...]
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/10/28/cnn-newspulse-and-the-future-of-content/
Free and paid services I use
As a follow up to the WordPress plugins post and my 10 tools for web traffic research I wanted to share some services that I use, and pay for. Disclaimer: where possible I use affiliate links Hostgator – This is where I host Marketing.fm and refer anyone looking for great shared hosting. GetDropBox – the [...]
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/08/12/free-and-paid-services-i-use/
Internet Explorer 8 and the History of the Web
Internet Explorer 8 officially launched recently and Bradley and Montgomery (BaM), the innovative independent agency behind Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment, released a humorous video created to promote the launch of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8. From the release: Ben Carlson, Chief Strategy Officer of BaM, explains the thinking behind the campaign, “Almost everything you’ve experienced on the [...]
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2009/03/23/internet-explorer-8-and-the-history-of-the-web/
Online Advertising – Boon or Bust?
What is going to happen to online advertising in 2009? It is a question on many peoples minds as many business prepare for an unprecedented time in the economy. Some are predicting a nuclear winter for online advertising while others are hoping things will continue to grow. There is no doubt that online advertising provides [...]
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2008/10/04/online-advertising-boon-or-bust/
Passion + Web 2.0 Expo
I spent the day at the Web 2.0 Expo expecting yet another conference. What I ended up with at the end of the day were a number of conversations that centered around passion. Passion for what you do everyday, your ideas, and overall being happy. Perhaps this meme was sealed by one of the Web [...]
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2008/09/17/passion-web-20-expo/

