Banner’s birthday, social’s future?

Everyone say Happy Birthday to our favorite ad medium, the banner ad! Yes, on October 27th, the banner ad turned 15. It’s hard to believe, but in 1994, when the web was still only just graphical and DSL was unknown and downloads were at 24.4kbs (remember that?) the very first banner ads were launched. On [...]

QR Codes and Exchanging Digital Information

Ever wonder what those funky square patterns that show up on an e-ticket are? They’re called QR codes— short for Quick Response—and they come to us from Japan where they are frequently used to transfer digital information. Usually, we see these codes read by scanners pointed at our e-tickets, but it is becoming more common [...]

Cloudy with Chance of Symbols

Recently I had the chance to attend the Churchill Club dinner at which Larry Ellison was interviewed by Ed Zander. Always an interesting interview, Larry was in good form that night and talked on topics ranging from his commitment to win next year’s America’s Cup (if the Swiss don’t cheat) to the future of Oracle [...]

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