by Ron Miller

Microsoft Ads to Make You Puke

The Puking Woman was only the latest in a series of ads over the last year--that have included Bill & Jerry, Lauren and Search Overload is Over--that have failed to hit the mark. It's time for Microsoft to rethink its ads.

Read why on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of FredoAlvarez on Flickr.

A Month to Remember on DaniWeb TechTreasures Blog

I had myself quite a month last month on my DaniWeb TechTreasures by Ron Miller blog:

• I had most pages views ever: 95,624
• Best Post ever - A Curmudgeonly Look at Google Wave: 46,090 (and climbing)
• Best Week Ever: 52,024
• Most RSS Pulls Ever: 8,511

The only downside of a month like this is trying to replicate it, which will be very difficult to do, but for one day at least I can sit back and enjoy the achievement, then it's back to work.

Photo courtesy of terren in Virginia on Flickr.

Old Media's Last Stand

In the final days of a failing model, old media made one last futile attempt to save its fading way of life by trying to expand copyright law to exclude fair use and linking.

Read my full post on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of Herkle on Flickr

SharePoint's Director Remains Bloodied but Unbowed

I interviewed SharePoint Director Christian Finn last week at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. As you can imagine he staunchly defended his product, but was also surprisingly forthcoming about its limitations.

Read the story on FierceContentManagement. 

Photo courtesy of Robert Scoble on Twitter

Microsoft Needs to Embrace the Future

While Microsoft desperately defends its turf, the world changes before its eyes. Like any large organization it reacts slowly making incremental moves instead of fully embracing the new one.

Read the full story on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of d.billy on Flickr.

Apple Slips in May, Rights Itself in June

Just when you thought that Apple might be succumbing to the recession, they sell a million new iPhone 3GSs in the first weekend. Guess they haven't lost it just yet.

Read the full story on DaniWeb.

Photo courtesy of AdamJackson1984 on Flickr

Ballmer Regrets Ceding Search Google

Image via Wikipedia

Steve Ballmer said last week he regrets that his company didn't start earlier in Consumer Search, but let the record show, both Google and Microsoft entered the consumer search market the same year. Google simply rolled over Microsoft in this game and hasn't looked back.

Read more at DaniWeb.

Chris Brogan: Be Humble; Be Helpful And Share

You want to know what social media is all about? Take 4 1/2 minutes and watch this video of Chris Brogan discussing social media and his upcoming book, Trust Agents. He totally gets it. Watch and learn.

If Clicks Don't Matter, It Could Change Online Advertising

A recent study found that there is some value in people simply seeing ads. Could this change the way we measure advertising success online?

Read my view on DaniWeb.

XML Automation Might Prevent the Next Financial Crisis

Could XBRL help stave the types of financial crises we have seen over the past 10 years? It couldn't hurt.

Read my Editor's Corner at FierceContentManagement to learn more.