Bizarre news in a way, but now TiVo are looking to add pre-roll ads before DVR recordings.
Advertising is everyone’s backup business model.
September 29, 2019
You can’t escape ads, even on TiVo
29September
September 28, 2019
My iPhone Home screen
28September
Every so often I add a screenshot of my home screen – purely for fun when looking back in the years to come. Here it is as of 28 September 2019 – on my black iPhone SE running iOS 13.1
I use some iPhone wallpaper hacks from here.
September 28, 2019
Sydney HubSpot User Group September 2019 HUGcast
A wonderful Sydney HUG on Wednesday, where we chatted about podcasting and other marketing goodness.
Slides from the night are available here.
Comments and feedback are welcomed on our LinkedIn Group page.
September 27, 2019
Facebook hiding likes
27September
And so it begins…. in Australia. Facebook will start testing hiding Likes on posts.
They first mentioned this at the start of the month.
Will be interesting to see how this pans out – one can assume this will be the norm on all social networks in a year’s time. Well, except LinkedIn of course, give them another few years before they catch up.
September 26, 2019
Obfuscation over Privacy
26September
My first thought on reading this post on MIT Press about potentially using obfuscation to provide a shroud of privacy was… good luck. Computers are way too smart for that and if they can’t now, in the future they’ll be able to pick the patterns easily. Think of a 5 year old trying to talk in code with another 5 year old by using a bunch of distraction – surely that’s...
September 25, 2019
Google Algorithm September 2019 Core Update
25September
Just thought I’d mark this here, since I like to look back and see what I was thinking about in years prior.
This time it was Google rolling out a broad algorithm update – calling it the September 2019 Core Update.
As usual, Twitter is where all the discussion is.
September 24, 2019
SEO Myths
24September
Wow, what a monster post by Barry Schwartz. I have to admit I’ve only read the first half… I haven’t actually got on to the actual myths yet.
More accurately, and perhaps more valuably, this is a post about understanding mental models and biases.
(And well done to SEMrush for snagging this one)
September 23, 2019
Bob Iger
23September
Motivating profile of Bob Iger in the NYT. In a town where everyone is always filleting everyone else, Mr. Iger floats above it all, cosseted in what some call a “a cult of nice.†He may own most of the box office, but he is shielded from schadenfreude because the people who would ordinarily begrudge him are happy that someone was able to assail the unassailable Netflix, and rescue the spirit...
September 22, 2019
tvCAD – Aussie Technology Success Story
22September
My friend Ewen (CADbloke) has been beavering away on tvCAD for many years now, polishing it into a successful software venture. It’s a niche piece of software, here’s the overview from his site: tvCAD makes cable schedules from your CAD wiring drawings, automatically and quickly and 100% accurately.tvCAD Very specific audience, very specific problem set, very specific solution. And it...
September 21, 2019
How to search this site
21September
It’s not intuitive I grant you, but you can click the hamburger menu (top right) to show a panel that includes a search bar, plus my complete archives – all the way back to 2004.