This was the most read post this year although I think it has a lot more to do with the inclusion of an obscure Monty Python character – Mr. Creosote – than it does the subject matter – a study on how young people are spending their time with media. 
I see him as a referring term in the analytics and I just know people are so upset when they get a rant on digital media and A.D.D. instead of a gross-out session. Then again, maybe what’s going on with peoples’ brains qualifies… Continue reading
Tag Archives: digital media
Top Posts of 2010 #2
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Free Samples
I used to work for a couple of broadcasters when the Internet became a big thing (you’ve heard of it, right?) When we used to talk about putting content on the web we’d always say video would not be among it. At first it was because the quality would be so terrible that no one would watch it. Then the pipes got fatter, processors got faster, and the discussion changed to shredding the ratings. The fear was that if we gave users control over what they watched and when they watched it we’d destroy our audiences and revenue. Turns out not so much. Continue reading
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10 Reasons Why I Blog
I get asked sometimes why I write this stuff 5 days a week. It’s probably a couple of thousand words and several hours’ time each week and I’m not going to lie and say it’s easy because sometimes it’s painfully hard. I do have my reasons, however, and I thought I’d share 10 of them with you today. These are in no particular order and some overlap (being concise is not one of my strengths) but they came surprisingly easily when I made the list. Here we go. Continue reading
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Consult Keith 