73% Watch Video Online
Nielson Online research showed “73% of active Web users watched online video in December.”
Other findings:
- Women twice as likely to watch network television programming online (example: watch ABC over YouTube)
- Men 18-34 are twice as likely to watch user-generated content
- Watchers of one network online tend to be loyal to that network (hum, I wonder if this has anything to do with the quality of programming offered by technology by companies like Utah-based Move Networks)
Article likely requires a subscription and can be found at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120293498930866159.html.
Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg on Funding and Futures
I was able to meet Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic and the person behind, WordPress, the same software you are using right now on House of Baldwin.com. Matt is a great guy. He has a lot going for him. And at 24, he has a lot ahead of him. It’s always fun to share a moment with young entrepreneurs that are changing the way we interact and communicate
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“It’s been a busy few weeks,” Matt Mullenweg said with a grin in response to the question about Automattic’s recent $29M funding round. Interestingly enough, this funding trails the initial investment of $1M that wasn’t fully expended.
Mullenweg talks with Brad Baldwin while visiting Park City, Utah (shhh…remember Matt you promised not to tell anyone about how great it is here) about their development team, projects, the open source community and revenue models at Automattic. Mullenweg shares some of the features and enhancements that will appear in WordPress 2.5 to be released in March 2008.
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Matt Mullenweg Visits Utah
Joseph Scott arranges a visit by Matt Mullenweg of Automattic, makers of WordPress. Mullenweg comes down from Park City and joins a bunch of the Utah Geeks at a spicy Indian restaurant.
Seen in this quick pan shot video (sorry to miss some of you I don’t know):
- Thom Allen
- Tyler Whitaker
- Jeff Norris
- Matt Mullenweg
- Sheri Bigelow
- Janet Myers
- Shahar and Nashlah Boyayan
- Scott Lemon
- Jesse Stay
- Justin Ball
- Allan Young
- Joseph Scott
- Matthew Reinbold
- Laura and Michael Moncur
Installed the New Microsoft Office 2008
Playing tonight with the new Microsoft Office for Mac. Office is pretty critical for me to interact with clients I consult with. I may be able to adapt to Pages, Numbers, and Keynote; however, my clients feel better when I don’t have to make excuses for using a Mac.
Microsoft Office has been the LAST of the major software applications used by the masses to support the new Intel processor. I’ve been waiting for this release since April 2006. I like what I see. It’s fresh. Modern. Feature rich. The only complaint I have so far: My first crash happened only 1 hour into playing with the Suite, and 15 minutes into playing with Word. :-).
Four (4) Million iPhones Already
I’m still amazed at all the iPhones that have been sold. At the BlogHaus, the iPhone was the rule — and my BlackBerry was the exception. Someday I’m sure I’ll pack one. But not without copy and paste, 3G, and Bluetooth sync.
Ars Technica offers some great insight, including this market share quote from Gartner and unit sales growth chart from Apple:
The iPhone has managed to stay atop the news almost constantly since its launch last June—and sales haven’t been too shabby either. Market research firm Gartner said that the company managed to capture 20 percent of smartphone sales during the third quarter of 2007, second only to RIM with the heavyweight BlackBerry at 39 percent.
Chart Data Source: Apple
Guest on Technometria
I joined Phil Windley and Scott Lemon on the Technometria podcast. You can listen to or download the podcast here.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has always been the place where companies announced and demonstrated the newest gadgets and electronic devices. Phil and Scott are joined by three attendees, Brad Baldwin, Scott Barlow, and Randall Bennett, to discuss some of the products.
They talk about Vuzix, a company that demonstrated new visual devices for gaming. They also review how robotics continue to become more sophisticated. They also assess how power consumption continues to be an issue that needs to be considered as newer devices are developed.
Worldwide Natural Disasters UP FOUR (4) FOLD
Any Book of Revelation signs of the times watchers reading my blog? Take this report to church with you next Sunday.
The total number of natural disasters worldwide now averages 400–500 a year, up from an average of 125 in the early 1980s.17 The number of climate-related disasters, particularly floods and storms, is rising far faster than the number of geological disasters, such as earthquakes. Between 1980 and 2006, the number of floods and cyclones quadrupled from 60 to 240 a year while the number of earthquakes remained approximately the same, at around 20 a year. In 2007 the Oxfam International family of agencies responded to floods or storms in more than 30 countries.
The number of people affected by all disasters has risen from an average of 174 million a year between 1985 and 1994 to 254 million a year between 1995 and 2004. Earlier this year the Asian floods alone affected 248 million people.
Climate Alarm: Disasters increase as climate change bites
Oxfam Briefing Paper (PDF)
November 2007
New Media in Public Relations: The Fundamentals and Forecast for 2008
Join us at the next PR event as we discuss the topic “New Media in Public Relations: The Fundamentals and Forecast for 2008.” The event will be on Thursday, January 17 from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the University of Phoenix. Brad Baldwin with Rocky Mountain Voices and Dean Taylor with COMPLETExRM will be panelists with Malcolm Atherton of Business Wire facilitating.
Breakfast will be provided by Business Wire.
Click here to read the press release.
When:
Thursday, January 17, 2008
7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Where:
University of Phoenix
5373 Green Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84123
Cost:
$10 - UTC Member
$20 - UTC Non-Member
For membership information contact Mark Lehnhof or Steve Reed at 801-568-3500
BlogHaus 2.0
Second year at the BlogHaus at CES. Scobleizer just came in and is streaming on Qik from his Nokia phone. He caught me talking with Rob Bushway from GottaBeMobile.com, a good guy that I met a few years ago when I was working at Agilix.
I’m in this upload at about 30 seconds in.
Beauty: Who Is Defining It?
This ad was highlighted in the WSJ (may require subscription) as one of the best of 2007. I really like this ad. Like the content and the greater message that is delivers.
As you will see, we marketers have gone overboard to lie and cheat to create the fiction that is beauty. If you’ve got daughters, sit them down and watch this short video segment. What we see is often not the truth, especially in the day of digital imaging.
Is the image that was used in the advertisement reflecting “more” beauty that what was caught on film (actually probably a digital image)? Watch the movie and see the transition.
