This isn’t the worst idea I’ve ever heard: Once upon a time, newspaper publishers had a great business model: Selling ads that were printed on paper, then selling bundles of those papers to consumers. Obviously, things have changed — most news is a free commodity and, according to former Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile, some 236…
There are a bunch of numbers and links to studies in this article, but maybe this sums it up best: • Americans productivity is 400% greater than it was in 1950, and yet we are not earning 400% more. Our standard of living is about the same. In short, Americans are working longer hours but…
There’s a lot of interesting things in this article, you should read it. This one, however, is one that I want to specifically mention: “Notifications are unnecessary and they’re poison. If we enable them, we are asking our phones to interrupt us. Don’t do it.” This is true. It’s also hard to get people to…
Kevin raises an interesting point. When I read a good post or article, whether from a blogger, reporter, columnist or business person (lawyers included), I look to meet the person. Online and maybe later, offline. If someone can add value to my life with what they’ve had to say online, maybe there’s something more to…
Given the way we are seeing more and more young people turn to texting instead of calling, and frankly, the number of older people who would also rather get a text as opposed to a phone call, this may make sense. You already know that networking is a huge key to success when it comes…
Turns out the problem here is not that either site got hacked, but perhaps they are both using the same ad-service that was hacked: The common thread tying the affected Equifax and TransUnion pages is that both hosted fireclick.js, a JavaScript file that appears to invoke the service serving the malicious content. When called, fireclick.js…