Jon Lax
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Greg Bolton on CityTV
Catch our very own media whore, Greg Bolton, talk about Web advertising on CityTV. While we know CityTV is everywhere, they could have interviewed Greg indoors instead of in -38 temperatures.
BMO Mosaik
We worked with BMO on their Mosaik MasterCard on this site in the summer and now it is live. Mosaik is the only credit card where you can customize the rewards you receive.
Beautiful Newspaper Design
Geoff and I are always impressed with great newspaper design. I love these front page designs ...
Price Protectr
Here is a great idea for a site. PriceProtectr monitors sites with price guarantees and let's you know if the price of an item changes.
Part of the Landscape
Jesse McMullin has added us to his "2007 Business and Design Landscape". We're very grateful to Jesse (who we don't know) for putting us in the same group with companies we greatly admire.
Touch screen gesture based UI
I saw this orignally demoed by "Jeff Han at TED":http://tinyurl.com/srjsa. It looks like Jeff has stepped out and started "Perceptive Pixel":http://www.perceptivepixel.com/.
Someone is listening
Yesterday I posted on how I wish we could sell NFLX from our UX Fund. Today Netflix announced a new feature where users could instantly watch over 1000 movies and TV programs at no additional cost.
I wish we could sell NFLX
I instantly regretted adding NFLX to our UX Fund. NFLX is a company that has stopped innovating.
Adbrite is Alright
A very interesting new video product called Adbrite has launched. It is a great product for embedable video.
Great Moments in Punditry part 2
So a year ago, I wrote "predictions for 2006". With the year winding down, let's see how I did.
Most Viral Video of All Time
MSNBC counts down the most viral videos of all time. This list is missing some notables...
UX Fund Pwns the Nasdaq
So far our UX Fund is outperforming the Nasdaq by almost double! We are up roughly 2.4% since November 1, while the Nasdaq has returned about 1.2%.