http://kbhayes.com/blog Surviving Internet advertising, e-learning and new technology Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:06:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few days ago, we learned that Nami Media had been selected as a Finalist for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Entretech Entrepreneursip Award 2008. Only three finalists made our category of emerging companies with annual revenues of $1-$8 million, and after attending the presentations, I can say that Nami is definitely the ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2008/02/08/nami-media-entrepreneurship-award-and-interview-on-socaltech/ That title is definitely presumptuous, but the panel presentation I participated in today was meant to help inform members of the WGA about the Internet advertising industry and to discuss how writers might be able to exploit their creative skills without being dependent on the traditional studio structure. I was the ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2008/01/09/solving-the-writers-guild-strike/ One of the ironies of writing a blog is that the busier I am, the less time I have to write blog articles.  Not being a professional writer, or even a paid journalist, I can really only write in my free time, even though I enjoy writing about my industry.  ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/12/23/explaining-the-absence-full-time-at-nami-media/ Hilarious article in the LA Times this morning about how at&t (formerly SBC, formerly PacBell, formerly AT&T with big letters) is abandoning their automated time service on 853-1212 in California, active since 1948.  Apparently, there are too many other ways to figure out the correct time.  Funny, because I've always ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/08/29/hot-tip-for-domainers-853-1212/ While writing an article about how Club Penguin is now passé, I didn't even get a chance to post it before Disney announced that it had bought the super-cute kids' casual gaming world for $350 million (up to $700 million if certain targets are met). So, who'll get the last ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/08/05/disney-falls-for-club-penguin/ And the pain continues:  Yahoo recently "upgraded" their Maps application with a bunch of new user interface gimmicks.  By trying to add new features, they slowed down the site, dropped functions real people had been using, made the site less intuitive, and probably frustrated a good chunk of their 29 ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/06/11/yahoo-jumps-shark-again/ I hate to complain, especially about a service I have liked for so long, but Yahoo has recently ruined the user experience for their most loyal clients. It started by introducing banner ads in the Yahoo Address pages. June 1st was the last straw:  banner ads and graphic text links in my ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/06/01/yahoo-jumps-the-shark-annoys-loyal-customers/ Being so focused on my own professional world of "virtual" products, which Internet advertising is, occasionally I'm interrupted to appreciate another virtual world, the movie business. In my case, the Jake Kasdan film, "Walk Hard", starring John C. Reilly, filmed on our street the other week.  Internet advertising may help sell ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/05/06/walk-hard-in-la/ Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tony DeMaio for the emerging Internet radio company, BigMediaUSA, for his program Ugotta Get Funded. A number of Pasadena Angels have been interviewed about the Angel funding process, but my topic was really how angels specifically assist companies (besides investment) and ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/03/23/radio-interview-on-u-gotta-get-funded/ Last night I spoke as part of a panel discussion on the effects of the Internet on our children. I gave my take on the forces which encourage kids to use the Internet and my suggestions as to what parents can do to make this positive. Below is a link to ... http://kbhayes.com/blog/2007/03/15/the-internet-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/