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Speaking of Success

Stan Shinn — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:08:48 +0000

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iPhone: The Next Revolution

Stan Shinn — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:15:20 +0000

The new Apple iPhone debuted with a splash. While it will not be available until June, this revolutionary new device marks the beginning of a new electronics ‘arms race’ not seen since the iPod debuted. The iPhone features a touch-screen interface and a slim profile, merging the iPod’s hallmark sleek Apple design with next-generation cell phone functionality. The iPhone doubles as a wide-screen iPod with 8 GB of storage space for music and video, and includes productivity tools, along with location-based features.

The first model will be expensive, but recall the first generation iPod. This is but the start of many new devices, and ergonomically designed to please customers in a way only Apple can do.

Read more about the Apple iPhone at Wirefly.com.

DNForum — Domain Sales & Appraisals

Stan Shinn — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:44:36 +0000

This site — DNForum.com — is a clearing house for discussions on a variety of topics on domain name sales, domain appraisals, and discussions about domain registrars.

Their “Industry Leaders” forum allows you to talk about issues with registrars. If you’re like me and have a lot of domain names, then you’ve likely run afoul of some registrar at some point and this is a great place to get tips on how to deal with individual registrar issues.

Possibly the best opportunity on this site though is if you have some domain names you want to sell. Here you can get an appraisal and then create buzz and network to sell that domain you’ve been holding on to.

Web 2.0 and the Long Tail

Stan Shinn — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:35:11 +0000

Much is being said about Web 2.0 and the Long Tail. Web 2.0 is the marketing term for next generation web sites, but what is ‘The Long Tail’?

In a nutshell, it’s being able to put those infinitely large inventories of product up on the web for consumption, and making money off niche markets. In the new world of the Internet, the 80/20 rule no longer applies. Take this quote as an example:

What’s really amazing about the Long Tail is the sheer size of it. Combine enough nonhits on the Long Tail and you’ve got a market bigger than the hits. Take books: The average Barnes & Noble carries 130,000 titles. Yet more than half of Amazon’s book sales come from outside its top 130,000 titles. Consider the implication: If the Amazon statistics are any guide, the market for books that are not even sold in the average bookstore is larger than the market for those that are (see “Anatomy of the Long Tail”). In other words, the potential book market may be twice as big as it appears to be, if only we can get over the economics of scarcity. Venture capitalist and former music industry consultant Kevin Laws puts it this way: “The biggest money is in the smallest sales.” Source

Amazon doesn’t make 80% of it’s money from 20% of it’s titles. They make > 50% of their money from < 50% of their titles. The Long Tail is changing the rules of Internet retailing.

Note these three rules of taking advantage of the Long Tail:

Rule 1: Make everything available.
Rule 2: Cut the price in half. Now lower it.
Rule 3: Help me find it.

Google’s Borg Plans

Stan Shinn — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:54:40 +0000

A fascinating opening line, and insight into Google’s Borg plans for universal domination:

Google has revealed plans to help convert the world’s paper filing cabinets, in Tron-like fashion, into mere nodes in the great hive mind.

But Borg in a benevolent way, if they stick to their ‘don’t be evil’ world view.

Read article: Google eyes filing cabinets @ The Register

PHP Productivity

Stan Shinn — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:56:06 +0000

PHP is great for programming on the web. It is also a highly productive language:

PHP scripts are five-to-10 times more productive than hand-coding a server application in Java or C from scratch

It is so productive that IBM is pushing it for the mainframe! Read more @ PHP Puts Mainframe Developers in Prime Time

What is your Perfect Major?

Stan Shinn — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:28:12 +0000

No anyone who could use a nudge in picking their career? Check out this quiz: Quiz Farm - What is your Perfect Major?

Probably not too scientific (given the few questions asked) but still worth a shot.

Optimize for IE? Better not!

Stan Shinn — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:05:28 +0000

Microsoft’s IE browser continues to lose market share. According to OneStat, as of July 2006, the most popular browsers in the USA are:

Microsoft IE
79.78%
Mozilla Firefox
15.82%
Apple Safari
3.28%
Opera
0.81%
Netscape
0.20%

Firefox continues to gain usage at a rapid clip — Firefox increased total market share by 1.14 percent since May 2006 alone.

Read full article.

Number of Americans Online Grows

Stan Shinn — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:27:09 +0000

Total U.S. adults with access to the Internet has swelled to 77 percent, or 172 million people, as of April 2006.At home 70 percent of adults have online access, an increase over the 66 percent in 2005.

Gartner sees declining need for tech skills

Stan Shinn — Tue, 16 May 2006 19:13:17 +0000

Is IT on the decline?

The need for employees with specific IT skills will decline 10% per year as companies move to commodity and virtualized systems, according to Gartner Inc.

What this doesn’t address is that while specific skills may be less in demand, the demand for people who understand business as well as they do technology had never been higher.