October 2005 Archives
Amy goes over the top decorating for Halloween. Enjoy some photos of her 2005 handiwork.
Susan Mernit's take on the ONA convention is more about print media than ONA.
I think this about sums her point:
North Mississippi AllStars new album Electric Blue Watermelon. Hear this NPR interview.
The brothers Dickinson and Chris Chew add some funk to their hill country blues with guests Robert Randolph, Lucinda Williams, Al Kapone and others. Give it a listen if you like the blues.
Co-worker Debi Welch received a "Volunteer of the Year" award from the Urban League last night at the Equal Opportunity Awards Gala at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Well deserved. She couldn't be recognized enough for she does!
Noticed this quote in the November 2005 issue of "Fast Company."
Less isn't more; just enough is more.
-- Milton Glaser, graphic designer
Two of the most common Internet applications -- Google search and AOL instant messager -- were essentially built on word-of-mouth advertising.
These tidbits, which came out last week in the Google earnings, just boggle me:
- Average revenue per search (yes, any kind of search, not just paid): 12 cents. It was around a dime in late 04.
- Avg. revenue per searcher: $7
- Avg. revenue per sponsored click: 62 cents.
- Estimated profits for Google in 06: Roughly $4 billion (Bear Stearns) (which is about the same as their forecasted annual revenues this year, FWIW)
- Revenue growth of Google year to year: 96%
-- Noted by John Battelle's Searchblog. And all the while eschewing the ubiquitous banner ad. Go figure ... where the money is.
I'm going with the Astros. Got Phil Garner (former Bearden High School standout, UT star and Jefferson City native) and Chis Burke ( a great player at Tennessee in 2001).
Our sons, of course, are going with the White Sox. Mark says White Sox in four. I think we'll see Game 7.
I've been playing with "Remember the Milk. It's a simple site concept. It just does "To Dos." No feature bloat. It's got a single purpose in life -- so far.
So saith the The Advertising Slogan Generator. Fun! Click the link and see what slogan it can come up for your name. Saw this on Seth's (Godin) Blog.
There's a great piece on "Life Hackers" in The New York Times Magazine (10/16/2005).
The basic premise is our jobs are "interrupt driven" and we end up having "continuous partial attention" (we're so busy we never focus on anything). You know, you get to the end of they day and wonder what you accomplished other than get interrupted.
A great list of free software. Saw a link to it on LifeHacker.
I thought Meebo was a particularly good idea.
Made a quick tirp to North Carolina on Thursday
My dad received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from the State of North Carolina at a meeting of the board of Randolph Community College.
“We’re going to continue to go down that road where you’re going to ask me things that I’m forced to say ‘no comment’ on."
-- Terry Holland
Mazey, a Clemson grad, was a one-time assistant at the Unviersity of Tennessee.
"Most of them couldn't have raised money with a gun, let alone a presentation."
-- Grady Vanderhoofven, assistant fund manager for the Southern Appalachian Fund, speaking about an early meeting with local startups in Oak Ridge, TN.
I saw that in Larisa Brass' column recapping last week's Tennessee Valley Venture Forum.
Noticed this link in the Online-News email this morning. David Carlson has a comprehensive Online Timeline. Worth bookmarking!
A couple entries:
1969 -- CompuServe Information Service launches in Columbus, Ohio, as a computer time-sharing service.
1974 -- First Use of term "Internet" appears in a conference paper by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn.
1980 -- Pac-Man, a successful video game, is released.
1992 -- Newspaper Association of America reports 11 newspapers have an online presence in the U.S. and Canada and more than 250 offer voice information services.
2004 -- Jan. 20: Apple's 4-gigabyte iPod Mini is released and sells well.
Dave, a professor at the University of Florida, is one of the pioneers in news online.
Thanks for a great timeline to keep it all straight!
I believe there may be a secret plot to corner the world's known supply of earbud covers. The spongy little things seem to disappear all too frequently.
Revelant History seems to try to keep up where you can buy them for the manufacturer supplied earbuds that come with Applie iPods.
We had the Stanley Family Reunion on Saturday in Wolf Laurel. It was nice weather and about 40 people were there. Everybody seemed to have a good time. See some photos. And see the reunion site.
