After the debacle that was my use of Twitter to predict the outcome of American Idol, I decided to attempt redemption in the form of another online tool. After doing some research, I realized that many fans of reality television were using grids made on Wikipedia to calculate statistics used for elimination predictions. ...
Continue ReadingTodd gave me a beta invite to the new bookmarking site Mento this morning. He really likes it, and thinks that it is del.icio.us on steroids. I agree.
More or less the sites are very similar in their core functionality — to bookmark sites with the potential to categorize and share them. ...
Continue ReadingI posted a link on our Twitter account a few days back about Jim Brady from the Washington Post’s call for commenters on newspaper websites to post using their real names. In doing away with anonymous commenting, he is hoping to improve the generally low level of discourse you find on many media sites. ...
Continue ReadingIf you own a computer and have a disposable income, chances are good that you have bought something via Amazon.com, a well-known site dedicated to being the Internet's largest store. The site boasts many features, including discount prices, lists of recommendations for frequent users, and intuitive search features. A past blog post on The Bivings Report highlights one of Amazon's recent user-friendly upgrades....
Continue ReadingAn interesting study crossed my screen recently. According to this press release, media agency Starcom USA, behavioral targeting network Tacoda, and digital consumer insight company comScore collaborated on a research study whose results call into question how well click rates on ads measure a consumer base.
The study states that only 6% of the total Internet population represents 50% of the clicks on ads. ...
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