by eubie

Networking for the shy … reading around June 24

NY Times: Networking For The Shy Entrepreneur

Perhaps the hardest thing to do, if you are naturally shy, is to talk face-to-face to people you have never met before.

PC World: Cell Phones Getting Too Complicated, Poll Finds

61 percent of handset owners think there are too many unnecessary features on their mobile phone now

Inc.: The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg — no email for an hour after waking, tried to check email infrequently, photos as daily journal when traveling.

NY Times: Pogue’s Productivity Secrets Revealed — email as a to-do list, dictation software, macro software and try to not waste time.


by eubie

Washington Post profiles Nick Denton, reading around June 23

Washington Post: Media Notes: Howard Kurtz on Nick Denton, Founder of Gawker

“We don’t seek to do good,” says Denton, wearing a purplish shirt, jeans and a beard that resembles a three-day growth. “We may inadvertently do good. We may inadvertently commit journalism. That is not the institutional intention.”

Lost Remote: Huffington Post’s local rollout continues — Huffington Post will launch a New York local aggregation site today, followed soon by Denver and other major markets.

WSJ: Easy Way to Log In Face Time — The easier it becomes, the more who will use it.

WSJ: GPS Satellite Glitches Fuel Concern — more reasons I won’t be able to find geocaches.

Lost Remote: Google expanding Street View to (hiking and biking) trails.

by eubie

Media woes may continue for awhile … reading around June 16

The entertainment and media sector are not expected to see a recovery until 2011, according to latest reporter on the industry from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, as reported by Paid Content.

Advertising revenues as a whole are facing a period of broad decline over the coming five years, with global advertising spend across all media projected to be still below its 2008 level in 2013. This means a “profound structural shift during the five years towards more targeted and cost-effective ad models enabled by digital. This in turn may result in a permanent reduction in total advertising spend, as dollars formerly ‘wasted’ through inaccurate targeting are saved and reallocated to other priorities,” says the report.

Paid Content: Entertainment & Media Sector Recovery: Might Have To Wait Till 2011: PwC

Paid Content: BusinessWeek Readies Another Site Redesign, With E-Paper Paid Version