Archives for August, 2007

Visualization – Image ReTargetting Technology on Techcrunch

Posted by on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11:11 am. Comments are off.

Tweet Wow! Very exciting visual retargeting technology for the next image resizing. It just makes sense. We resize or crop in a static way, but that doesn’t convey the information fully. It either reduces content or distorts content. These image algorithms rock! Via TechCrunch. The video is worth a look! Seam Carving for Content Aware [...]

Filed under Visualization.

This is not a brothel… discussions on the PR industry

Posted by on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 8:18 am. 2 Comments.

Filed under Public Relations.

SEM Presentation from Barcamp Houston 2007

Posted by on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 3:43 pm. 1 Comment.

Filed under Search Engine Advertising.

3 Basic Rules of Coming up with a Brand Name

Posted by on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 4:02 pm. 1 Comment.

Tweet The shortest answer I have ever given someone when they asked me “what should I name our company“. My answer on coming up with a good brand name for your company: Brand name should be two to four syllables. Hint at but don’t directly say what the product is. Be unique so it stays [...]

Filed under Branding.

VOTE! We Heart You, and the iPhone and Netsquared and Visualization

Posted by on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 9:02 am. 3 Comments.

Filed under Social Media.

Making Them Wait – People Just Don’t Understand

Posted by on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 9:26 am. 2 Comments.

Filed under Advertising.

TIAA/CREF Sucks – But Cool New Advertising Campaign

Posted by on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 2:29 pm. 1 Comment.

Filed under Financial.

Muni WiFi hits the “human factors” problem

Posted by on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 9:20 am. 1 Comment.

Filed under Nonprofit and Technology.

Yolanda Green at Houston Netsquared Meetup Tonight

Posted by on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 3:40 pm. Comments are off.

Filed under Nonprofit and Technology.

Finding myself advocating for dual monitors again

Posted by on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 11:55 am. 1 Comment.

Tweet I can’t imagine working on just one monitor. So much so that EVERYONE at our company has two monitors at a minimum. It is just that important. So here is an email chain I just sent with names removed. First the question: —–Original Message—– From: Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 9:08 PM To: Schipul, [...]

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MySpace Security Focus

Posted by on Sunday, August 5, 2007 at 8:12 am. Comments are off.

Filed under Security and Privacy.