Category Archives: internets

Online ad networks: Good, bad, in-between?

Posted on April 18, 2008 by kfarr

PaidContent.org has a great rundown of differing views regarding online advertising networks. Any analysis I could make is already well reflected in the collected views, so without further ado here it is: Link

Posted in internets, marketing, media | Tagged ad, ads, advertising, banner, banner ad, campaign, click, cost, cpm, ctr, digital, direct, direct response, display, impression, imps, internet, marketing, online, response, return, roi, search | Leave a comment

Finally, I see a relevant advertisement on Facebook.

Posted on April 8, 2008 by kfarr

So, Facebook knows my favorite TV shows, my favorite authors, my favorite music, my zip code, telephone number, gender, age, work history, education history, friends and personal pictures. Given all this information, you’d think that Facebook would be able to … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, marketing, tech | Tagged ads, advertisements, agencies, agency, book, capital, digital, face, facebook, fb, funding, internet, internets, media, nbc, office, online, over, overvalued, shows, spending, tech, the office, tv, valley, valleywag, valuation, valued, vc, venture, zuckerburg | Leave a comment

Making a complex customized Django form template? Remember to include form.non_field_errors!

Posted on April 4, 2008 by kfarr

This drove me crazy for about 30 minutes. If you’re making a heavily customized form template with Django, the newforms documentation suggests this format: But, if you do any sort of non-field specific (form-level) validation, those validation messages won’t be … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, tech | Tagged 0.96, attribute, dev, django, error, field, field specific, form, form wide, form-level, form.as_ul, form.errors, form.errors.all, form.field_errors, forms, forms.ValidationError, level, message, new forms, newforms, non, non-field, non-field-specific, non-specific, non_field_errors, python, release, specific, svn, validation, validationerror, validator | 13 Comments

Google makes a better online ad manager. (Oh, and it’s free.)

Posted on March 13, 2008 by kfarr

When I worked in ad agency land, one of the most excruciating parts of my job was working with poor, poor web interfaces to accomplish relatively simple tasks. This was severely magnified by our lack of bandwidth which slowed down … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, marketing, media, tech | Tagged ad, agencies, agency, ajax, app, as, asp, banner, click, client, cpm, display, double, doubleclick, end-user, experience, flow, google, html, interface, lamp, manager, mysql, online, php, process, process flow, server, service, software, software as a service, ui, user, web | 1 Comment

A great intro guide to version control

Posted on February 29, 2008 by kfarr

Through work on a pet project I’m getting quite a crash course on making a web app with guidance from my friends Jay and Steve. Jay has rightly pushed version control upon us so we can start working like real … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, tech | Tagged about, app, command, control, cvs, dev, explain, explanation, guide, info, information, intro, introduction, learn, sub, sub-version, subversion, svn, tutorial, version, version control, versioning, visual, web | Leave a comment

Revver’s sale at a loss indicates online video monetization is difficult. (Not impossible.)

Posted on February 21, 2008 by kfarr

The WSJ among others reported on Revver’s sale to LiveUniverse for $5 million, a loss from the total of $12.7 MM invested in the project. What went wrong with Revver? Clear overspend: I’m confused as to why they needed $12.7 … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media | Tagged ads, advertisements, advertising, cost, cost per impression, cpm, formats, impression, monetization, online, online video, per, platform, revver, sf, sharing, vid, video, vidsf | Leave a comment

Newspapers losing relevance in users’ everyday lives.

Posted on February 21, 2008 by kfarr

Editor and Publisher says newspapers no longer hold relevance in end-user’s daily lives. TRUE. Newspapers cling to their old function as news reporters, but end-users want more. They want to hear about events that affect their lives and their communities … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media | Tagged ads, advertisers, banner, buying, conversion, cost, cpm, display, impression, media, news, newspapers, online, page, per, rate, relevance, revenue, search, views, web | 1 Comment

MSFT eating YHOO is about display ads, not search.

Posted on February 4, 2008 by kfarr

Okay, we all know the big news: Microsoft wants Yahoo. In fact, it has been the only topic visible ‘above the fold’ of The New York Times’ tech page for the past few days. Michael Krasny whipped out a KQED … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, marketing, media, tech | Tagged acquire, acquisition, ad, advertisement, agencies, antitrust, banner, business, buy, display, equity, goog, google, government, media, merger, microsoft, msft, offer, policy, purchase, regulation, shares, stock, tech, yahoo, yhoo | 2 Comments

Free Wi-Fi makes people happy.

Posted on January 10, 2008 by kfarr

Two fun pieces on free Wi-Fi. First, a nicely written commentary on Wired suggests that you should unlock your wireless router! It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Second, a well funded startup called Meraki claims it will create a … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, tech | Tagged 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b, access, access point, airport, fi, find, free, interference robustness, internet, internets, megahertz, mesh, point, points, radio, san francisco, sf, signals, tech, technology, where, where to find wireless, wi, wi-fi, wireless | 2 Comments

Wii love 3D virtual reality Wiimote hacks.

Posted on December 24, 2007 by kfarr

If you like the Wii and/or virtual reality, watch this video. I try not to post too much ‘me too’ content on this blog, but this is an important community service. Be sure to watch through the end. Link (Engadget … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, internets | Tagged 3d, games, hack, hat, head, head tracking, pov, tracking, view, viewpoint, virtual reality, vr, wii, wiimote | 3 Comments