New Delta Safety Videos Break Through Frequent Flyers’ Filters I used to teach university marketing communications classes. In one of the early lectures we would discuss a human communications model. The model includes perceptual filters that we humans use to tune out most of the routine data coming in through our sense organs. These filters…
Big Name Facebook Pages that Oppose Relevance Filters are Wrong Businesses, non-profits and celebrities promote themselves on Facebook by setting up branded pages. Fans of these entities follow them by “liking” those pages. As a Facebook follower, you might think that by liking a page, you will see every update to it in your newsfeed.…
Contents Priceline to Acquire Kayak • Semantic Search • Expedia Destination Experiences • North Korean Super Hotel • Traverie • Allegiant Air • Travel Briefs • Travel Aspirations Priceline to Acquire Kayak for $1.8 Billion In an unexpected move that set the online travel industry buzzing, Kayak has agreed to be acquired by Priceline. This…
Contents Gadget Overdose • Microsoft Surface • Hurricane Sandy • Apple Shake-up • Global Consumer Analyses • Security • Build Your Own Servers • Tech Briefs • Just Two More Gadget Overdose: A Big Week for Tech Product Launches The past week has been a big one for product launches. As TechCrunch notes, it was…
Contents TravelTech Patent Stupidity • More Google Antitrust • Booking.com Reselling Canceled Rooms • WantMeGetMe • THack Singapore • Travel Agents Selling Air Again • Ancillary Fees • Mobile Travel Transformation • Toblerone and Guest Satisfaction • 22 Travel Briefs • 3 Travel Aspirations TravelTech Patent Litigation Stupidity Plug the following string into Bing or…
The AeroQuad quad-rotor featured in this video was named as one of the 6 Top Robots of Maker Faire. Read about all 6 robots at the bottom of this post. Google Trying to Preempt EU Anti-Trust Action but Critics Not Impressed If you’ve used Google for a hotel search recently, you’ve probably seen Google’s Hotel…
World’s Tallest Hotel • Booking.com most Profitable • Airfare Transparency • ICANN is Broken • Room Key • Expedia Pay-at-Checkout Controversy • OTAs Must Pay Retail Taxes • HotelTonight Acqui-hires PrimaTable • More Hotel Lock Hacking • Travel Wikis • Remote Presence Avatar • Travel Briefs • Travel Aspirations World’s Tallest Hotel Scheduled to Open…
Contents Apple Maps • iPhone 5 • Best Smartphone Camera • New Nooks • Autonomous Cars • SHA-3 • Motives for Creating Startups • Startup Squatter • Tech Briefs • Google Sea View A Worm in the Apple The iPhone 5’s new operating system, iOS 6, which is also available for owners of older iPhones and iPads,…
Contents Predictions for New Kindles • Nokia 920 • Anonymous Hacking Claims not Supported • Primer on A/B Testing • T-Mobile: Bring your Own iPhone • Startups’ Enterprise Advantage • Tech Briefs • TechPop • Blue Sky and Clouds in Your Office Recent Gadget News 1: Amazon Announces new Kindles Amazon announced a range of…
Whether you are building a professional online identity or satisfying your creative itch with a personal blog, branding is an integral part of building a successful online presence. In this post I discuss how branding considerations drove choices I made as I began building my online presence. Your Domain: The Beginning of Your Brand I…
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