Category Archives: Marketing

Subtraction.com – Subscribing to The New York Times

Media com­pa­nies respect their cus­tomers or maybe not.

January 1, 2012 – 10:32 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Design, Marketing, Quick Posts, User Experience, Web Design | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Adblock Plus – Allowing acceptable ads in Adblock Plus

I’m all onboard with this, in fact I’ve even writ­ten my own Adblock Plus fil­ter to enable ads that I want to see.

December 12, 2011 – 12:34 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Marketing, Quick Posts, User Experience, Web Design | Tagged , | Comments Off

FeeFighters – FeeFighters Loses BBB Accreditation Over Investigative Blog Post

I’ve always felt the Bet­ter Busi­ness Bureau was a lit­tle scammy, nice to know they can’t take crit­i­cism as well.

October 3, 2011 – 10:20 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Communication, Marketing, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

NYTimes.com – Deal Sites Have Fading Allure for Merchants

Oh yeah, right now is start­ing to look like a bad deal.

October 2, 2011 – 6:53 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Marketing, Quick Posts | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Ars Technica – Google Wallet now available for a select group of users

I’m a fan of any­thing that pos­si­bly limit the amount of stuff I need to carry espe­cially in my wallet.

September 19, 2011 – 10:19 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Marketing, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Locus Online Perspectives – Cory Doctorow: Why Should Anyone Care?

Cory Doc­torow who cer­tainly doesn’t seem to need tra­di­tional pub­lish­ers, pen­ning a nice piece in favor of publishers.

September 5, 2011 – 6:21 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Marketing, Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Ad Contrarian – Advertising And The Future Of Apple

Not a bad neg­a­tive out­look of Apple post Steve Jobs, it starts with a pretty good premise but the con­clu­sion doesn’t jibe.

August 31, 2011 – 12:58 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Business, Culture, Design, Marketing, Quick Posts, Technology, User Experience | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off