http://louderback.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:04:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (this post originally appeared on The Huffington Post) Today we released an open letter to Conan O'Brien, inviting him to bring his show over to Revision3, and become a key part of our network. Sure, many thought it was just a stunt, but we were serious. ... http://louderback.com/2010/why-revision3-offered-conan-obrien-a-job/ Mark Cuban has a well reasoned post on his site about how Over The Top and the Internet will never KILL cable any time soon. The comments are particularly fun to read. But in the end, he’s mostly right.  I think that we all get caught up in ... http://louderback.com/2010/cable-dying-not-today-zurg/ CES 2010 was a bit smaller than in years past, but there were still some groundbreaking technologies introduced. However, most of the buzz was about three things – 3D HDTV, eBooks and Slates. Here's what I think I learned about 3D – and I'll follow up next week with my ... http://louderback.com/2010/what-i-learned-at-ces-2010-3d-wont-save-sony-or-samsung-or-panasonic/ 2009 saw a land grab the likes of which we haven't seen since the days of the railroads. Greedy software companies and websites tried to cash in on the cellphone app store hype, and released tens of thousands of new programs for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Many ... http://louderback.com/2009/the-worst-5-mobile-apps-of-the-year/   Sure, you think the TV is dead. But it’s not. The act of lazing about in front of a big screen TV watching, laughing and enjoying video content is going to be even bigger than ever. But here’s the rub. It’ll be less about cable and broadcast, and ... http://louderback.com/2009/youtube-is-hot-but-watch-out-for-over-the-top/ On Facebook, I’ve been the social equivalent of the town whore, while I treated LinkedIn more like my own personal Skull and Bones society. Up until a few weeks ago, that approach seemed both wrongheaded and countervailing to most other people. But recent changes have proved my strategy to ... http://louderback.com/2009/whoring-on-facebook-now-the-new-normal/ (this was cross-posted on AdAge) “We are at the cusp of huge changes around us in everything we look at”, said analyst and futurist Mark Anderson at his annual predictions dinner Thursday night. “There’s never been a more exciting year than 2010”, the author of the influential Strategic News ... http://louderback.com/2009/real-time-data-overlays-and-mobile-everything-will-fundamentally-change-world-in-2010/ (this story was cross-posted at PCMag.com) “We are at the cusp of huge changes around us in everything we look at”, said analyst and futurist Mark Anderson at his annual predictions dinner Thursday night in New York. “There’s never been a more exciting year than 2010”, the author of ... http://louderback.com/2009/2010-cloud-collapse-platform-wars-and-microsoft-loses-all/ While I laud the concept of TV Anywhere – or the ability to watch the cable channels you’ve paid for anywhere you happen to be - a recent experience with an early version proved disastrous, and leads me to believe the entire premise is flawed. Read on, because the reasons ... http://louderback.com/2009/tv-anywhere-up-poop-creek-without-a-paddle/ Earlier this year, Twitter was accused of killing Sascha Baron Cohen’s latest movie “Bruno”, “Land of the Lost” and “Year One”, as rapid fire, negative tweets doomed Saturday and Sunday attendance. But it’s not all bad news. Social media marketing was behind the biggest movie you’ve never heard of, ... http://louderback.com/2009/how-twitter-and-social-marketing-will-save-the-movies/