Opinion

An honest post

Posted by dwalker on April 27, 2010 at 10:39 am

In the interest of transparency and authenticity, here are the facts:

I got too busy to blog and tweet with work and personal life over the last while
The Shill podcast fell into the same rut, but that was only partially my fault, major blame goes to my co-host
I am not working with Social Media [...]

A case for fast-forwarding ads

Posted by dwalker on March 25, 2008 at 8:01 am

An interesting article in the Media Post Video Insider got me thinking.
In the race for media buyers to turn online video into something they are familliar with, namely broadcast TV, an important opportunity has been lost: the ability to really measure something.
In the rush to maximize impressions of video content online, media sellers have created [...]

Shill Podcast – Being first, SXSW, playing in the river and WinAmp

Posted by dwalker on March 20, 2008 at 9:29 am
Shill Podcast

 
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oo:30 Doug disses those who are trying to be first…and another episode of Shill rains down on an unsuspecting world like a rainshower downwind from Chernobyl
Due to an explosive case of SXSW diarrhea, Doug dropped 25-30% of the people he followed on Twitter. They don’t miss him
1:35 Dave carries on. Smugly. Moans about [...]

Twitter Rant

Posted by dwalker on March 11, 2008 at 10:28 am

I hate twitter with a passion.
I can’t live without twitter.
Twitter is a complete waste-of-time.
Twitter is a valuable part of my day.
Twitter links me to some really smart people who find fascinating stuff.
Twitter shows me that even the A-listers are people who can be smart, dumb, mean and kind. In short, human.
Twitter gives me direct access [...]

Getting bored of Facebook

Posted by dwalker on March 2, 2008 at 10:34 am

This “We didn’t start the Fire”format is getting a bit tired, the execution is not great, but I couldn’t agree more with the message.

Just about everyone I know is spending considerably less time on Facebook these days comscore reports that the ads don’t work. So if they aren’t gaining user time and having a tough [...]