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TV, online video ad buys approach convergence already enjoyed by end-users.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by kfarr

In the world of online buying of offline video ads, Google announced they’ve publicly released their experimental TV ad buying service. TV buying is now integrated with an advertiser’s existing AdWords buying interface, making buying as simple as they did … Continue reading →

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1 + 1 = 3 when online and traditional media outlets mix well. (Often they don’t.)

Posted on January 3, 2008 by kfarr

APM’s Marketplace reports the owners of The Weather Channel, Landmark Communications, are putting the channel up on the auction block. As Marketplace puts it, the forecast: lucrative. Porter Bibb, the head of an investment company that tried to purchase The … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, media | Tagged ads, advertisements, agencies, agency, auction, cable, cable channel, channel, cross, cross channel, cross media, dual, for sale, media, medium, mediums, mix, online, revenue, sale, the weather channel, twc, weather | Leave a comment

Transit fun fact: Fillmore Street developed as a commercial zone because of the 1906 quake.

Posted on December 27, 2007 by kfarr

(Photo Credit) Here’s another cool factoid from the amazing (out-of-print) book on the history of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. We know Upper Fillmore Street today as a bustling commercial district with high-end shops and restaurants married closely with its … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, transit | Tagged 1906, build, cable, cable car, car, development, earthquake, econ, economics, fillmore, japantown, line, lrt, muni, pacific heights, public, public transit, rail, rebuild, san francisco, sf, train, transit, transport, western addition | Leave a comment

“I want everyone to feel that it is but the nucleus of a mighty system of streetcar lines which will one day encompass the entire city.”

Posted on December 12, 2007 by kfarr

I went to the library this evening to check out a great book about the history of Muni. Unfortunately, it is out of print and is now reference material. I couldn’t take it with me. I consumed the first 30 … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, transit | Tagged bus, cable, cablecar, car, cars, city, dream, infrastructure, leadership, metro, muni, network, planning, public, public transit, san francisco, sf, streetcar, tram, transit, transportation, utilities, vision | 2 Comments