A story last week in Variety recounted and broke down the salaries received by the CEOs of some major media companies. The story features a discussion of the various issues facing the CEOs and has at least one person pushing back on the lavish compensation bestowed upon them. Here, though, is the key graf that … Continue reading Who Really Earns That Paycheck?
Medium, Spotify and the Problem With Editorial Platforms
I know it’s shocking, but last week Medium pivoted again. With little or no warning, it informed publishers using the platform that it was discontinuing their ability to offer paid memberships to readers, cutting off a source of revenue and audience-building for many outlets. The rationale for this latest shift is that Medium felt the … Continue reading Medium, Spotify and the Problem With Editorial Platforms
Instead of “Busier,” How About More Engaging?
The solution offered here to the problem of youths engaging in “risky” behavior such as drinking or drug use is to basically make them busier at school. It’s couched in terms such as “increased graduation requirements” but what is actually being said is that giving these kids more homework is the key to keeping them … Continue reading Instead of “Busier,” How About More Engaging?
Contrasting AT&T’s “Work From Home” Commercial With Real Life
There’s a radio commercial that’s been bugging me recently. It comes from AT&T and is meant to sell its home internet service, promising lightning speeds and all that. Specifically, it’s targeted at the work-from-home individual, telling them that they’ll be able to deliver all their projects and engage in any necessary video conference calls without … Continue reading Contrasting AT&T’s “Work From Home” Commercial With Real Life
Forget Government-Run Interfaces and Focus On the Data
Let’s take Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief (for the moment) Mick Mulvaney at face value when he says it’s not the responsibility of the agency - and by extension, the government or taxpayers - to “run a Yelp for financial services.” That’s the justification he’s given for his position that a database of complaints against … Continue reading Forget Government-Run Interfaces and Focus On the Data
What’s Stock Photo Guy Been Up To Lately?
Stock Photo Guy has shown up in a couple recent blog posts I’ve seen, so here’s the latest scenarios I’m imagining he’s engaged in based on the content of the posts. Help! I do not know what to write OK, so here he’s definitely a writer, I guess. So I’m going to imagine he’s struggling … Continue reading What’s Stock Photo Guy Been Up To Lately?
Buying Something Almost Never Fixes The Actual Problem
While I’ve tried in recent years to mend my ways and embrace the non-consumer lifestyle, I’m guilty of more than a small amount of “retail therapy” in my time. I’ve done my fair share of feeling like an afternoon splurging on a couple funky t-shirts, some movies and an action figure or two (as an … Continue reading Buying Something Almost Never Fixes The Actual Problem
Mobile-Only? No. How About Better, Simpler and Faster
A recent contributed piece, which I won’t link to, on a prominent marketing blog by an industry “thought leader,” who I won’t name, encouraged marketers and brands to basically stop designing their websites for the desktop browser experience. Consumer behavior, he argues, has shifted such that we need to move beyond a “mobile first” mindset … Continue reading Mobile-Only? No. How About Better, Simpler and Faster
It’s Not Organization, It’s Productivity
It’s sometimes a struggle to refrain from audibly gasping when, either in person or via a screenshare, I get a look at the desktop of someone’s screen and see it crowded by a mix of folders and individual files. I don’t understand how that isn’t impossibly distracting and frustrating for someone, having all those files … Continue reading It’s Not Organization, It’s Productivity
Need to Break Out of a Rut? Do Something Deliberate
I couldn’t find anything good to listen to. That’s quite a statement considering Spotify offers access to nearly limitless array of music in all genres, not to mention how my own substantial music collection is...well...exactly the kind of sampling I would curate if given the chance. Radio wasn’t working for me and neither were podcasts. … Continue reading Need to Break Out of a Rut? Do Something Deliberate
Chris Thilk 