techphilosophy: Two days ago I came across this: Orange ‘forces Google’ to pay for mobile traffic. Clearly Orange has no idea how the internet works and what’s their involvement in it. The ISP is just a dumb pipe to connect the user to a server, nothing more. If their users are using too much bandwidth and the… Orange knows exactly how the internet works. They’re just trying to change it for the worse.

More HDR pr0n Source: jollymuse

Most of my engagements start with a metrics and reporting review; one of these days I’ll write a long post on how to do it properly. In the meantime, here’s my take on Google’s post describing 5 Ways To Ensure Google Analytics Is Running Perfectly ; I’ve re-ordered things slightly. FOLLOW THE MONEY! If you’re like most sites or apps you don’t get paid for page views or time spent; you get paid for ads, leads, purchases, subscriptions, whatever.

People do not realize that the media is paid to get your attention. For a journalist, silence rarely surpassed any word. Nassim Taleb, “Fooled by Randomness” Source: curatedalpha.com

continuations: This post is a bit more thinking out loud than usual but I am grappling with what I perceive to be a big change in the startup landscape. Here are some of its symptoms: the return of TV, print and subway ads for Internet companies; Uber subsidizing their drivers to prop up NY supply; Level Up… Continuations: The Return of the Capital Intensive Startup

Boo. Happy Hallowe’en

saila: Pretty obvious results in hindsight, but this is a useful map of app engagement on mobile devices

[T]here’s a dark lining to Facebook’s mobile triumph. The company is transitioning to a business, mobile advertising, that just isn’t very good, yet. Just last week, Google announced that mobile clicks were dragging down the average value of their ads. This was a harsh reality check. On a desktop, clicking a Google ad is worth $1. On a phone, it’s worth $0.50. The more users move from desktops to phones, the cheaper the clicks.

Handy infographic on the Canadian Internet and ECommerce Industry from BCG (“The Internet Economy in the G-20”, published back in January 2012. Infographics - Canada’s Internet Economy (from BCG)

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