The Startup Success Podcast - After the demise of The Micro-ISV Show, Bob Walsh is back discussing issues affecting software startups. A good weekly listen.
Open Source, For-Profit Startups - “FairSoftware is the place to start and grow your online business. We help you team with others, track revenue and share it openly and fairly. Hire people in return for a share of your income stream instead of upfront cash. You save money and they have more incentive to collaborate.”
One Laptop Per Child Give One Get One 2008 - For $399 you get one XO laptop for yourself, and one is sent to a child in a developing nation. The keyboards are small, but they run Linux and have wireless NICs.$19 Usability Testing - This is awesome. For around $19 (you can add bonus money to get your tests completed faster), you get a 15-minute video of a real user going through your site or web app, and a written summary of their findings. I’ve used it on two projects and it has raised a slew of issues we had no idea people would have problems with. Definitely worth a look.
If we’ve learned one thing from funding so many startups, it’s that they succeed or fail based on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, certainly, but as a predictor of success it’s a rounding error compared to the founders.
NEW YORK Three weeks into the November 2008 sweeps, leadership is mixed between CBS and ABC, according to Nielsen Media Research. CBS remains the most-watched network, with 1.43 million more viewers than second-place ABC.
NEW YORK MillerCoors said it has hired MC Media, a new unit being created by Draftfcb, Initiative and Kinetic, to handle the client's consolidated media chores following a review. MillerCoors spends more than $400 million annually on ads. Draftfcb exec Bob Bernstein will serve as managing director of MC Media.
NEW YORK The National Football League will unleash a TV spot this weekend to encourage online voting on its Web site dedicated to the Super Bowl, NFL.com/SuperAd.
NEW YORK Waterford Wedgwood USA, fresh off the completion of a review for Waterford Crystal, is reviewing creative and media duties on its Wedgwood brand of china, glassware and flatware.
by Steve McClellan and Andrew McMains at 03:53 AM, 11/21/2008
NEW YORK MillerCoors has confirmed that Interpublic Group's Draftfcb in Chicago has been awarded a "holiday-themed assignment" on the Miller Lite brand.
NEW YORK Angela Steele, the former lead U.S. mobile executive at Publicis Groupe, has jumped to independent mobile shop The Hyperfactory. Steele joined the company this week as svp, global strategist.
NEW YORK Deutsch here has landed U.S. creative and media duties on Kodak's line of inkjet printers, the client confirmed today. Billings were not disclosed but sources estimated them at $40-50 million.
NEW YORK If the phrase "Christmas shopping" evokes an image of harried adults rummaging around in stores' toy departments, your imagination may need some updating. Reflecting the fact that a declining number of U.S. households now include children, fewer than half the respondents to a new Harris Poll said they expect to buy toys this holiday season.
by Todd Wasserman, Brandweek at 09:00 AM, 11/20/2008
NEW YORK Eastman Kodak this week named Jeffrey Hayzlett chief marketing officer, effective Jan. 1. Hayzlett, who joined Kodak in 2006 as CMO and vp of the graphic communications group, became chief business development officer in December 2007.
Model Charlie Kristine at SF Bay Studios San Jose location.
After I had been working with Charlie for awhile we decided to use one of the new sets at the studio. A conveniently located doorway into a faux room provided a beautiful setting for this welcoming image.
Shot with 2 2x3' softboxes; one just to camera left and slightly behind, the other lighting the wall behind Charlie.
Think I'll ever have a chance to shoot for Playboy?
