Saturday, September 29, 2007
Ad Block
I knew about Ad Block Plus for the Firefox browser, but the new IE7Pro add-in for Internet Explorer is a great ad blocker, too. So how soon will ad skipping on the internet come, akin to TiVo ad-skipping on television? The naysayers will say "years" but I wonder. Isn't the intrusive nature of advertising the whole secret to its own success? Once people opt out, then how can advertising survive? And how will ad-supported media economics survive?
Get your copy at http://www.ie7pro.com/ and turn off/on the ad block with the tools menu. Then compare websites, with and without ads, and ask yourself why you'd want to view ads, and further, why any advertiser would pay for ads anymore if everyone learns to block, and even further, how can free media (ad-supported) survive without ads.
Get your copy at http://www.ie7pro.com/ and turn off/on the ad block with the tools menu. Then compare websites, with and without ads, and ask yourself why you'd want to view ads, and further, why any advertiser would pay for ads anymore if everyone learns to block, and even further, how can free media (ad-supported) survive without ads.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Kid Nation on CBS
Kid Nation on CBS: I didn't watch, but I had read all the hand-wringing criticism (the usual what-kind-of-parent-sends-their-kid-to-such-a-place stuff, without calculating the same-kind-of-parent-who-ships-their-progeny-to-an-expensive-boarding-school factor). Anyway, while watching something else on the bedroom TV, I heard loud shouts of joy and enthusiasm in the main TV room from my two otherwise-jaded nine-year-old twin boys and their what-kind-of-parent-watches-this-stuff-with-her-kids mother, when the first episode was repeated Saturday night on CBS. Judging from their wildly positive reaction (n=3), I think kids love the show and some mothers do, too. "Can we go next season?" was the big question my boys kept asking. Maybe the nanny groups who find the show so despicable will strive valiantly to make sure there isn't a next season.
