Category Archives: Fun & Random

A Story About Internet Memes Is Trapped Behind A Paid Wall

AdAge today has a story on Internet memes, which Wikipedia (as of May 8, 2006 at 12:41am) defines as: 

An Internet phenomenon (sometimes called an Internet meme) occurs when something relatively unknown becomes increasingly popular, often quite suddenly, through the mass propagation of media content made feasible by the Internet; however, the popularity of the phenomenon usually wanes as rapidly as it was acquired: the Internet’s lack of physical boundaries leads to a much faster and wider spread of information and ideas, especially when the subject is based around humor or curiosity.

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Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?

 

“Someone Has to Pay for TV. But Who? And How?” is the title of a good column in the Sunday NYTimes by Randall Stross about the changing model of television programming and advertising in the age of digital-video recorders (DVRs) and viewer propensity to skip ads.… Read the rest

Waiting For Pain Is Painful…And Television Commercials?

Dread lights up like pain in your brain, the New Scientist reports:

The feeling of dread lights up the parts of the brain linked with pain, making the experience so uncomfortable that people choose to end the wait for an unpleasant experience sooner, even if it means incurring a penalty.

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694 Million People Use the Internet Worldwide

comScore Media Metrix, where I used to work, says that 694 million people use the Internet worldwide. My gut tells me that estimate is a bit low. But it’s awesome they’re producing the first ongoing estimates, which can be challenged and debated, as well as studied to reveal usage behaviors and trends.… Read the rest