Ever since I first got onto the Internet in the late 1980s and involved in its commercialization in the early 1990s I’ve seen year after year of brilliant (and sometimes silly) innovation and growth. It should be no surprise that pundits the world over are looking to 2012 to be yet another record-setting year wherein more people get online and stay online in ways that are well understood and some that may emerge before our very eyes (Pinterest, anyone?). Continue reading
Category Archives: Cinema and TV
Movies as business metaphors
If you’ve spent enough time working in the corporate world, you’ve likely been subjected to thousands of business metaphors and clichés. Some of the very best (and worst) examples of these abstractions are illustrated by often questionable clips from popular movies (which are frequently used out of context). Continue reading
2011 consumer media usage report
4.9 million (4,900,000)
Yesterday my former colleagues at Nielsen released their “State of the Media: Consumer Usage Report” for 2011 which has a decidedly U.S. focus. During the first week of November Nielsen released an infographic triptych that in hindsight was an excellent preview for this report. Continue reading
2011 YouTube rewind
1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000)
According to a new video from YouTube, over 1 trillion video views (i.e., “video playbacks”) on the video sharing site. That’s 140 playbacks for every man, woman, and child on earth. Continue reading
Media consolidation
Jason the genius behind Frugal Dad put together the impressive and insightful infographic below that details the state of media consolidation. Broken down into six different categories – consolidation, television, news, radio, movies, and mergers – the facts aren’t pretty. Continue reading
Those were the droids you were looking for
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Those were the droids you were looking for. Awesome. http://ow.ly/2bs8kz
YouTube’s daily delivery
In a recent presentation by Lucas Watson, Vice President of Global Sales & Industry Marketing for YouTube at the Monaco Media Forum event in Monte Carlo earlier this month (MMF 2011) it was shared that YouTube is now delivering over 3.5 billion videos a day. Continue reading
1,000 posts
On Friday, November 18, 2011 The Road Not Taken crossed the symbolic 1,000 post mark thanks to the loyal readership. It only took 20 months or approximately 1.6 posts per day. In honor of this dubious outstanding accomplishment, I’ve included the top 100 posts (and pages) of all time. Continue reading
Geek-out Sunday part X: Imperial March
It seems like only ten weeks ago I started writing the “geek-out Sunday” feature and boy has time flown (tempus fugit for you hardcore geeks out there). We’ve explored several different topics ranging from harnessing quantum physics for levitation to space exploration (real and simulated) to kayaking through a bioluminescent red tide. Continue reading
Mound
Although artist Allison Schulnik did not create the stop-motion animated film Mound (set to It’s Raining Today by Noel Scott Engel) explicitly for Halloween, there is something haunting about the magic she created from clay that makes celebrating her work today so apropos. I definitely recommend spending the four-and-a-half minutes it takes to watch this otherworldly masterpiece. Continue reading


