Definitely, programming is a worthwhile occupation. What I'm saying is that open source programmers can attract more attention, and for longer, if they brand their hard work. Branding helps create appeal and loyalty for their software, and gives them a chance to spin off related products for a revenue stream.
Open source developers need to brand their software more. Give it a personality and a cool logo, sell some mugs and t-shirts to generate some revenue, maybe sell an instruction guide (um, or maybe not). Throw up some YouTube videos that showcases the features (or better yet, the benefits for the user). I know it's not about the money with open source, but making a little cheddar on the side isn't gonna hurt.
Adobe needs to leverage their software suites and create a very real interoperability between their many products if they want their office substitute to survive. Their office must somehow integrate seamlessly with their flash, pdf and imaging software.
Adobe has a good brand, there's no denying that, but they'll have to bring all their capabilities to bear to give their office software the benefits consumers want and differenciate themselves in the market.
Because when you get down to it, it's all about how much money your website makes, not the stickiness factor (how much time spent on the site). The stickiness factor is just another means of gauging how likely a site will convert visitors into buyers.
I'll back you up to a point, but Yahoo is pretty good with the whole email/calendar thing. Their hosting isn't bad either (not awesome, but not godaddy bad either).
I'm majoring in Business Marketing, and although I'm not strong with numbers and never have been, I know being forced to learn annuities, interest rates, principal components etcetera stretch the perameters of one's thinking and can only be of benifit.
On the other hand, we may need more right-brainers in the computer science field (think Apple designers) who focus on interface and seamless communication between man and device. Computers need to meet our needs, and speak our language, and not the other way around. I'm not sure math geniuses have that kind of artistic headspace required.
I like the Google brand, but I can't seem to get over the ugliness of the logo. Yahoo, on the other hand, has an appealing and very identifiable logo, but I can't stand using the search engine/directory/whatever the heck it is.
I wonder, how much does the asthetics of the logo affect the brand strength? Any thoughts?
Danah's usage of the word "sticky" and "stickiness" in the first and second paragraph may cause some confusion. I gather she means uncomfortable or 'hard to differentiate' rather than the other meaning of stickiness, which pertains to websites and the amount of time a visitor spends on the site per visit (YouTube is a stickier website than, say, last.fm because visitors spend more time there).
and I hope the game never hits the market. Why? Because there are a lot of parents that suck, and would let their small children play ultraviolent games like Manhunt and think nothing of it.
(I don't even have a cellphone), but I do believe the iphone is going to be totally-fricken-huge. This is personal technology we'll all be using soon - it's just that r/evolutionary. Watch the guided tour at the Apple website; it looks rediculously cool and easy to use. [ Ack, I want to spit when I talk like this! ].
However, as a webmaster and marketer, I'm betting two things will be ubiquitous with the future: Google and the Apple iphone. Best we come to terms with it now.
Let me add Acxiom to the list, the largest data mining company in the world. Acxiom, with their massive server farms, collect detailed personal information on everything from age to income and shopping habits, and divide consumer groups into one of 70 "lifestage segments". These lifestage segments might be location or hobbies, products bought, charities donated to - or all of the above. This information is purchased by the US government as well as many North American firms with products to market and sell.
You're right, the ratings are bad for hockey (in the US anyway), and licensing deals with YouTube, and this recent placeshifting move, aren't going to bring back the viewers either. But I know what will: dropping the stupid instigator rule they put in place some years back to curb fighting. Even NHL GM's are realising the penalty should be abolished because it makes it impossible for enforcers to protect star players, and it robs the game of strategy and excitement.
Let's face it, hockey fights rule, and it's what the people want to see.
I've recently written and self-published a book Zero to Superhero, and it's been formatted with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice, so it's interior is rather plain jane (the cover was done with GIMP and I'm very happy with the results). The problem I've found with Adobe Indesign as well as Scribus is the fact these programs don't understand.doc files. I can't simply import the doc files of my book into Indesign or Scribus and work on them directly.
I'd expect this type of behavior from proprietary software like Adobe, but generally not open source software. Any work arounds I've considered would be too time consuming because of the length of my book.
Believe me you, I've experimented with an assortment of software, and I've come to the realisation that if you want pro looking page formatting - above and beyond what word and OpenOffice can provide - start and finish your project in Scribus.
FanLib looks like it's only purpose is to exploit, control and profit from the writings of fanfiction writers, people who only want a forum to show their work and express their enthusiasm. The marketing strategy pdf proclaims it will be "turnkey entertainment marketing service" where converted works will become "fanisodes". That's right, "turnkey".
Other choice lines include:
a mass audience collaborate democratically in a fun online game that you control
Massive Viral Marketing
As with a coloring book, players must "stay within the lines"
Restrictive player's terms-of-service protects your rights and property
I'm currently majoring in business marketing , and I can't believe the misanthropical tone and language of their marketing plan. It's as cynical and exploitive as I've ever read.
How about Fedora even having an up-to-date version of firefox? Nope. The latest Fedora comes with firefox 1.5 preinstalled (everyone else is up to 2.0.0.3), and it's not a matter of simply upgrading from what I've read.
Instead of figuring it out, I took it as a sign that Fedora still has a ton of issues and switched to Kubuntu Feisty.
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The context will tell you it is foray (an initial attempt).
Oh man, that was funny.
Further proof that comedy is truth, only faster.
Definitely, programming is a worthwhile occupation. What I'm saying is that open source programmers can attract more attention, and for longer, if they brand their hard work. Branding helps create appeal and loyalty for their software, and gives them a chance to spin off related products for a revenue stream.
Open source developers need to brand their software more. Give it a personality and a cool logo, sell some mugs and t-shirts to generate some revenue, maybe sell an instruction guide (um, or maybe not). Throw up some YouTube videos that showcases the features (or better yet, the benefits for the user). I know it's not about the money with open source, but making a little cheddar on the side isn't gonna hurt.
Yours truly,
An open source fan
Adobe needs to leverage their software suites and create a very real interoperability between their many products if they want their office substitute to survive. Their office must somehow integrate seamlessly with their flash, pdf and imaging software.
Adobe has a good brand, there's no denying that, but they'll have to bring all their capabilities to bear to give their office software the benefits consumers want and differenciate themselves in the market.
Because when you get down to it, it's all about how much money your website makes, not the stickiness factor (how much time spent on the site). The stickiness factor is just another means of gauging how likely a site will convert visitors into buyers.
I'll back you up to a point, but Yahoo is pretty good with the whole email/calendar thing. Their hosting isn't bad either (not awesome, but not godaddy bad either).
The very fact you used the word "unitard" in a sentence makes your post +5 worthy.
Thanks for the laugh!
I'm majoring in Business Marketing, and although I'm not strong with numbers and never have been, I know being forced to learn annuities, interest rates, principal components etcetera stretch the perameters of one's thinking and can only be of benifit.
On the other hand, we may need more right-brainers in the computer science field (think Apple designers) who focus on interface and seamless communication between man and device. Computers need to meet our needs, and speak our language, and not the other way around. I'm not sure math geniuses have that kind of artistic headspace required.
Yes baby, 2008 is the year of the Linux Desktop. Now shhhh, time for your nappy-nu. Time to go back to la-la land.
I mean, seriously, if it happens this year it happens. We've been seeing posts like this since circa Redhat 5.2
I like the Google brand, but I can't seem to get over the ugliness of the logo. Yahoo, on the other hand, has an appealing and very identifiable logo, but I can't stand using the search engine/directory/whatever the heck it is.
I wonder, how much does the asthetics of the logo affect the brand strength? Any thoughts?
Danah's usage of the word "sticky" and "stickiness" in the first and second paragraph may cause some confusion. I gather she means uncomfortable or 'hard to differentiate' rather than the other meaning of stickiness, which pertains to websites and the amount of time a visitor spends on the site per visit (YouTube is a stickier website than, say, last.fm because visitors spend more time there).
Other than that, great read, and very perceptive.
and I hope the game never hits the market. Why? Because there are a lot of parents that suck, and would let their small children play ultraviolent games like Manhunt and think nothing of it.
(I don't even have a cellphone), but I do believe the iphone is going to be totally-fricken-huge. This is personal technology we'll all be using soon - it's just that r/evolutionary. Watch the guided tour at the Apple website; it looks rediculously cool and easy to use. [ Ack, I want to spit when I talk like this! ].
However, as a webmaster and marketer, I'm betting two things will be ubiquitous with the future: Google and the Apple iphone. Best we come to terms with it now.
GM once marketed a highly desirable car of the future, the EV-1, and then they scared everyone away with this commercial.
Let me add Acxiom to the list, the largest data mining company in the world. Acxiom, with their massive server farms, collect detailed personal information on everything from age to income and shopping habits, and divide consumer groups into one of 70 "lifestage segments". These lifestage segments might be location or hobbies, products bought, charities donated to - or all of the above. This information is purchased by the US government as well as many North American firms with products to market and sell.
...purchased iTunes now have your personal data in them. Author suspects that this is to prevent you uploading them to a network.
No, I think it's because Steve Jobs cares about us and knows us all by name.
You're right, the ratings are bad for hockey (in the US anyway), and licensing deals with YouTube, and this recent placeshifting move, aren't going to bring back the viewers either. But I know what will: dropping the stupid instigator rule they put in place some years back to curb fighting. Even NHL GM's are realising the penalty should be abolished because it makes it impossible for enforcers to protect star players, and it robs the game of strategy and excitement.
Let's face it, hockey fights rule, and it's what the people want to see.
I downloaeded and installed the Indesign demo for the very purpose of seeing if it could handle docs, and it oouldn't.
You could of course use the Scribus OpenOffice.org importer which will bring in general text formatting etc including styles.
Are you saying I could essentially import the design capabilities of Scribus into OpenOffice, and work on my book within OpenOffice?
I've recently written and self-published a book Zero to Superhero, and it's been formatted with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice, so it's interior is rather plain jane (the cover was done with GIMP and I'm very happy with the results). The problem I've found with Adobe Indesign as well as Scribus is the fact these programs don't understand .doc files. I can't simply import the doc files of my book into Indesign or Scribus and work on them directly.
I'd expect this type of behavior from proprietary software like Adobe, but generally not open source software. Any work arounds I've considered would be too time consuming because of the length of my book.
Believe me you, I've experimented with an assortment of software, and I've come to the realisation that if you want pro looking page formatting - above and beyond what word and OpenOffice can provide - start and finish your project in Scribus.
I found updating software via the YaST admin/update tool to be slooooww, but other than that Open SuSe 10 isn't too bad.
Other choice lines include:
I'm currently majoring in business marketing , and I can't believe the misanthropical tone and language of their marketing plan. It's as cynical and exploitive as I've ever read.
How about Fedora even having an up-to-date version of firefox? Nope. The latest Fedora comes with firefox 1.5 preinstalled (everyone else is up to 2.0.0.3), and it's not a matter of simply upgrading from what I've read.
Instead of figuring it out, I took it as a sign that Fedora still has a ton of issues and switched to Kubuntu Feisty.
In an article in Fortune, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said "We want to make Facebook into something of an operating system so you can run full applications". Is this why he consults frequently with Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie?
I assume even bigger changes are ahead.