Digital Media

Image via CrunchBase " Apple 's iTunes App Store is one of the hottest things going right now in the mobile space. Apple in fact just hit one billion downloaded iPhone applications. But there's a mystery behind the scenes here - one that's bigger than "Who is Batman ?" Namely, just who exactly at Apple controls the iTunes App Store home screen (depicted above) and what goes into the featured choices they make each week? On the surface, the App Store appears to be truly democratic and open to any developer. Like clockwork, every Tuesday at midnight PST the deck is reshuffled on both ... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia To Be Or not To Be With Gusto :   an individual or special taste  enthusiastic and vigorous enjoyment or appreciation  vitality marked by an abundance of vigor and enthusiasm .  I find a few people that I follow have ” Gusto !”   Guy Kawasaki Fred Wilson Gothan Gal Frank Eliason Chris Brogan  Seth Godin Louis Gray . Steve Rubel There was a book written a few years ago called the Talmud !  Among other things it stated We don’t see things as they are we see things as we are !  [Talmud ]  In my reads I find Dave Winer in ... Read Full Story

Image via CrunchBase This may be on of Steve Rubel 's Articles yet ! This idea didn't occur to me when I started and this blog five years ago and named it Micro Persuasion, but in all honesty it could have. It's been percolating in my subconscious for a long time. In the digital age - where every second there is something new tugging at our attention - we are influenced more than ever by tiny little icons. And there's no sign of the trend abating. It used to be that in the old days only brands could afford nice logos. However, today almost ... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia Why I follow Fred Wilson ! http://fredwilson.vc/ This article on http://disqus.com/ is written by Mr Wilson A master at Content Creation.  Fred Wilson and Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ both have the ability to capsulize. capsulize - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; “capsulize the news”!  It is a skill mostly prevalent  in Poetry. I use Disqus and am currently having this site rebuilt and it is not installed yet ! I miss it but still have access to post with Disqus on other sites ! Mr Wilson an investor in many applications like Glue from Adaptive Blue always ... Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia I have been reading Blue Blog and been using  Adaptive Blue ’s application on my Browser http://www.adaptiveblue.com/ and all of it’s features. In my opinion there are two sparks of brilliance on the internet. Adaptive Blue’s creation Glue and Zemanta !  I am a firm believer in Public Relations since the best firm’s employ great content creators !  If for example Alex does not write a good headline ,polish the deck and rag the lines and is not an excellent  wordsmith his message is as dead as Custer ! The creation of Glue shows me that they all understand semantics, general ... Read Full Story