FB as market research is definitely a strong call. They offer advertising, but can also insure that said advertising will be directed to a very specific audience. They are a service- but they offer several services to both us, the users, and to ad…
so they brought in 3.7 billion, but how much of that did they spend in operations? Clearly they are super successful, but I agree that $111 billion is a head scratcher.
I am deeply confused by the process of assessing value to these websites. My …
I don't really understand how FB makes money. I understand they sell advertising- but how much revenue does that really create, and what is their actual profit margin? Has this information ever been made public? (sorry if i am asking a question th…
just tried, and got a error message back saying it was a duplicate comment?
maybe comments have to be reviewed before posting? but nothing is warning of that- just getting error messages.
not to completely change the subject, but for some weird reason this, and several other new posts, are only viewable if you are signed in. did the 'like' thing somehow trip up some new privacy thing?
I would love to read an in depth study about the effects of the 'like' (or stats, page views, etc) on the human psyche. i have a suspicion that the simple act of making stats publicly accessible plays a huge huge role in the addictive quality of so…
Ukiah had an "all time greatest hits" day of pure dumbness. on a long hike he climbed down a steep embankment to swim in the Nehalem River (were he came very close to being swept away by the current), chased after a fox or lynx, chased after anothe…
It's true! Dr. J and lil' J were there. and after screenings in europe, new york, and up/down the west coast i have to say that lil' J asked the best question yet.
so is all of URHO one giant and very customized wordpress 'theme', or is each blog it's own little wordpress theme that orbits around the mother ship?
i am looking to expand my (word press based) website, with hopes of creating more complex pages/s…
Wanda- do you use a Britta? if so, consider giving your cat water from the Britta instead of the tap water. maybe your water tastes funny? here at the boathouse we have old rusty pipes, and un-filtered water tastes noticeably weird. Tess never se…
Saturday night is also the closing night party and artist talk at Disjecta for 'Portland 2012' - an easy one-two punch with the Appendix show for an artful night in N/NE Portland.
My dad once had a cat that enjoyed drinking water trickling out of the kitchen faucet. The cat would hop up on the counter and just wait there until someone would come along and turn the water on, and the she'd reach down and drink it like a drinki…