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Peoplemedia Seeks SQL developer
Friends - a company of which I am a board member is looking for a top SQL developer here in LA. Info below in case you are interested!SQL Developer/Data Warehouse Architect Position
Our company has an opening for a talented senior SQL Developer/Data warehouse architect that thrives in a dynamic and fast paced development environment.
Email them if you are interested!
Back to topKnow someone good in Ad Sales - I want to talk with them!
Userplane is growing - alot! We need more internal ad sales people - please - send me your friends! mjones @ userplane.com .. Back to topNice post on SEO tips
Back to topNice review on SNS history
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Back to topM+A Analysis
From FOWA http://www.slideshare.net/carsonified/daniel-waterhouse-fowa-oct07/
Back to topMaslow's Hierarchy of Needs, Online?
Thoughts on this?
My Challenge with MySpace + Facebook
This seems a little ridiculous - right?
Docstoc Launches!
Nice work to Jason for launching Docstoc and getting huge press, a giant Alexa spike, and seeing first page on Google for numerous search terms:
Notification of Breach of Contract - page 1 of google
LLC Company Agreement - page 1 of google
Video Clip License Agreement - page 1 of google
Financial Projections Template - page 2 of google
Headed to TC 20/40 Tomorrow
I am staying at the Palace - and love to meet up. Probably heading to the Mayfield party Monday night!Back to topUpcoming Schedule
Friends, I have a bit of a crazy travel schedule over the next few weeks. I am attending and speaking at a few conferences - in case you are attending - here is a list! Sept 12 (panel), Menlo Park - Dealmaker Media - Strategy Series | Playing Hard to Get - The Art of Being Bought not Sold
Sept 17/18 (attending), San Francisco - Techcrunch 20/40!
Oct 1 / 2 (panel), Barcelona - SocialNetworking Conf/IDATE
Oct 3 / 4 (presenting), London, FOWA
Hope to see you there!
Back to topOffsite Number 3, with MJ
I just confirmed I am headed to Dulles Sunday evening, for a offsite with Marcien on Monday - then I fly home that evening.I have had 2 offsites so far:
J Bankoff - Strategic Offsite
October 2, 2006
J Miller - Strategic Offsite
November 13, 2006
J Miller left his post the day after his offsite, followed by Mr. Bankoff. Lets hope this one has a better outcome! Back to top
1.30 am, just arrived from JFK
I just did a fast 2 days on the east coast - one in Dulles and one in NYC. I have had a lot of questions about AOL recently - here are some thoughts:I was fortunate enough to grab time with Ron/Randy a few weeks back for dinner, and a few followup meetings with Ron recently. Although I dont believe we have broadcast a good strategy down to the entire team, there is a plan I see coming into focus - and it is moving to a platform theory which I believe in. I have been happy in that we are talking less about competing with Yahoo and more about competing with Google.
I continue to get a stomach cramp when I talk and think about Google owning our search index - and \ being the "best" at monetizing search traffic. That paired up with Doubleclick - I fear the day that using them for monetization will be better than having in house sales people - we are all racing to that same goal.
Randy made a nice comparison between the migration of primary ad dollars within the initial TV networks to cable channels (which evidentially is now over 50% split between cable ad revenue and network) - and the internet's diversification from primary portals to the "billions" of micro sites. This of course poses a very real problem for large networks focusing on their primary internal assets.
Derek Boggs was kind enough to point out that over 30% roughly of Googles revenue came from out of network revenue in Q207 - where as in Q105 it was nearly 50%. Thus good products work : ) I was interested in seeing what it was prior to 05 considering so much of their initial traction was through 3rd party deals. I love the concept of better monetization on 3rd party distribution deals - then leveraging the same engine to drive your own properties up. In theory the reduction of this reliance on 3rd party network traffic creates less venerability for Google over time.
I wonder if at its heart Google is an ad network - of which they have properties/apps that are "publishers on the network" - or if they are a application company that solved monetization then distributed the tools to other properties?
Overall I think the path is becoming more clear at AOL. I believe there needs to be better strategic leadership displayed at the top and a bit more of love pushed onto the team. In general I see 5 pillars of technology that are core products that need to be perfected within AOL to truly establish the platform for a long term growth. I wonder if from a TW perspective if they are truly re-investing into infrastructure for the long term - or if we are all in the short game.. Eitherway - I think I will be back east a bit more frequently.
Back to topWeek ending - July 6, 2007
Sorry for the long delay in posts - the last two weeks have been extremely busy - here is a quick update:
- Trip to Boston was fantastic, great panel with Marc from Yahoo!
- Opened 11 new headcount at Userplane, including: senior graphic designer, application designer, Flex developer, CSS developer, Ad network manager, Ad Sales, Project Manager, Secretary, and a few others!
- Adopted the iPhone, generally feel it is a upgrade from a phone, downgrade from a Blackberry, but a doable experience
- Hit a peak of 75M daily ad units this week - and growing
- Picked up numerous new Facebook developers to use our monetization platform (Userplane Money!)
- Began the diversification of product management and development within Userplane
- Enjoyed my daughter and wife on the 4th
Headed to Supernova
Ill be in SF on Friday for Supernova - let me know if anyone wants to meet up - or any get-togethers I cant miss!Back to topQuick Thoughts
Finding a few free minutes prior to the week ending, here are my thoughts:- Facebook App Integration is impressive - probably the best example of 3rd party app integration I have seen
- I have been using Trip Dispatch for all my travel planning - very impressive - especially the bar chart view
- AOL Mail is doing some great things, and I was excited to hear we released the new Netscape version. Ian from our staff blogged about AOL Journals integrating our Webrecorder for video blogs - very fun
- Our ad views hit 65M dailies this week - and we have 800 sites revsharing, including one that made over $4K last month - a nice start and revenue addition to a small site that is just running a user generated chat
- Looks like I am headed to Boston for a Red Herring event at the end of the month
- I will be at Digital Hollywood next week on Tues / part of Wed in case you want to meet up
Favorite Video from D
Back to topHeading down to D this afternoon
If you are around in SD and want to meet up - let me know!Back to topPresentation on Presence - ISPCON
Download here.Back to top@ISPCon in Orlando
Email me if you are at the conference or in town!Back to top< Previous Page | Next Page >
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