NetBanker / Jim Bruene
Net Banker / Jim Bruene tracks online banking
for financial industry. Banking Camp.
July 14, 2007
May 11, 2007
Amazon Prime $79 Refund class action suit
Amazon Prime automatically charged customers $79
for Amazon Prime Club free shipping.
Stay tuned for the AMZ*Prime Club $79 Refund class action suit.
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April 08, 2007
Tila is bummed
The reason why I am so bummed out about MySpace now is
because recently they have been cutting down our freedom
and taking away our rights slowly.
MySpace will now only allow you to use ‘MySpace’ things.
-- Tila Tequila, a singer who is one of MySpace’s most popular and visible users.
April 04, 2007
EMI
There's an ulimited supply
And there is no reason why
I tell you it was all a frame
They only did it cos the fame !
Who ?
E.m.i
Too many people had the suss
Too many people support us
An unlimited amount
Too many out lets in and out
Who ?
Apple and EMI just announced that they will be selling DRM-free
Apple songs through the iTunes Music Store. The songs will cost
130 percent of the price of the existing crippled songs, and you'll
get to choose. Weirdly, Apple seems to have sold this move to
EMI by saying that the DRM-free version will be a "premium"
offering for audiophiles who want higher-quality music.
I think that audiophiles are probably the people who have
the least trouble keeping up with the latest tips for efficiently
ripping the DRM off of their music -- the people who really
need DRM-free music are the punters who can't even spell DRM.
February 10, 2007
bluefly: fancy soes and handbags
Blue Fly, prestige brands for online shoppers.
October 16, 2006
kizmeet, a slick 'missed connections'
kizmeet: example:
September 16, 2006
Tilley Endurables, safari tourist fashion
Tilley Endurables, supplier of safari style tourist fashion.
Classic hats, cargo pants, and sturdy belts.
September 08, 2006
Rough Type / Nicholas G Carr
Rough Type by Nicholas Carr.
Rough Sort (introduction) daily links -- Does it matter ?
August 19, 2006
Globe / Stephan Paternot
The Globe.com movie trailer, with great soundtrack.
August 15, 2006
Hickey Freeman
June 19, 2006
Not Making this Up / Jeff Mathews
Jeff Mathews is not Making this up: Example:
criminal defence in the name of Jesus.
June 04, 2006
Crowdsourcing
May 11, 2006
Footnoted Edgar files
Footnoted reads SEC filings, Edgar's fine print.
March 29, 2006
Deal Breaker, Deal Book (NYT)
Investment banking reads: Deal Breaker by Gawking Stalwart
and Dealbook by NYT.
March 13, 2006
droxy on Digital radio
Digital radio and Sirius at droxy.
March 11, 2006
Venture Angels: Art of the Guy
Guy Kawasai gives the same speech over and over.
He's getting better at it. UCLA business School edition.
Cliches about business, but solid advice about presentations.
March 09, 2006
Wal*Mart blogs
The 37-year-old Brian Pickrell who runs the Iowa Voice blog has written
at least three postings that contain language identical to sentences in
e-mail from Marshall Manson. In one, which Brian Pickrell attributed to
a "reader," he reported that
Wal-Mart was about to announce that a store in Illinois received
25,000 applications for 325 jobs. That's a 1.3 percent acceptance rate.
Consider this: Harvard University (undergraduate) accepts 11 percent
of applicants. The Navy Seals accept 5 percent of applicants.
See also Wal-Mart is a great American institution.
November 27, 2005
viral videos
MSNBC is using search engine marketing, buying keywords on Google, like
"viral videos." Computer users searching for articles with such words will
see ads alongside their search results with links to MSNBC.com.
"We want to find out something we haven't known before," said Frank
Radice, senior vice president for the East Coast office of the NBC Agency,
the internal unit that works on behalf of networks like MSNBC, NBC and
Sci Fi Channel. "Can we drive traffic from the Internet to the cable channel?"
Val Nichols, vice president for the creative services group at MSNBC,
estimated the campaign would get 114 million viewings in total.
Among the 800 blogs that will run the ads are Adrants, Althouse,
Curbed, Daily Kos, Gothamist, IndieWire, Largehearted Boy, Talking
Points Memo and TV Newser. Buying ads on 800 blogs is a major
commitment to that fledgling medium. Budget Rent A Car bought
ads last month on 177 blogs, and Audi bought ads this summer on 286.
October 03, 2005
Odlyzko on Network economics
The greater ability of modern business leaders to keep at distance
from the actual criminal acts they induce may be a reflection of
what they have learned from the experience of their predecessors
in white-collar crime in the last century and a half. But it also
likely reflects the greater complexity of business, which has led
to separation of functions into sales, legal, accounting, and many
other specialized areas.
Other papers.
September 16, 2005
American Banker
Free headlines, subscriber-only content: *.
July 24, 2005
Classic Saint Louis roof repair
Saint Louis Slate and Tile Roofering Co. will inspect and fix
your classic Saint Louis roof.
June 27, 2005
Norm Brodsky, Inc
Norm Brodsky has writen so great pieces about investing and management,
but his Inc column, street smarts, is as one-note as an upbeat inflight
magazine, but better illustrated by example.
June 21, 2005
Tom Peters
The excellent Tom Peters offers pithy business advice for the post-modern
economy. Well organized site.
June 09, 2005
Charlene Li / Forrester
April 23, 2005
Google: branding, beyond adwords
Google is trusting the advertiser’s motivation to target ads to
relevant sites, but Google has never before trusted the advertiser to
make that judgment. The AdWords method has always been to
automatically sever the connection between any underperforming ad and
its keywords, curtailing the appearance of that ad. Google’s
technology was the sole arbiter of relevance, and that relevance was
determined by clickthrough rate. Now, placing ads on
advertiser-determined sites, with payment by the impression, ad
performance is no longer a viable concept. Accordingly, any advertiser
with the loony idea that motor oil will sell on an environmental
activism site can outbid competitors and place that ad. And Google’s
reputation for relevance gets poured into the ground.
April 17, 2005
Sell your car online
Field report:
Your odds are much better when placing an online ad for your used
MINI, in the main "outlets" such as Cars.com and Autotrader.com. A
dedicated MINI website for this purpose could not always be a successful
thing because buyers out there interested in MINIs (mainly, classics are
a more confined market)are also shopping for other vehicles as well.
I sold my '04 MCS in Cars.com, just 6 days after placing the ad
with 12 photos. The buyer of the car is a local resident, so you never
know who may show interest in your car.
March 01, 2005
Institutional Investor
January 24, 2005
Ascential Network
The Ascential Network's industry experience in data integreation
leverages strategic synergies across enterprise platforms.
January 19, 2005
Quinetix
Quinetix offers statistical and optimization consulting.