gdp's Comments

Nielsen Wire : U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the "Most Desired" Operating System?

Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:48:50 +0000

Very interesting data on the variations across different groups. There is one piece of additional data that I think would be very helpful to include: what proportion of feature phone owners are planning to upgrade to a smart phone in the next year, i.e., what is the size of the Likely Smartphone Upgraders population?

Nielsen Wire : U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the "Most Desired" Operating System?

Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:41:01 +0000

Very interesting data on the variations across different groups. The one additional piece that I really wanted to know about this data but did not read or see in the text or graphics is what proportion of feature phone users plan to upgrade to a smart phone in the next year, i.e., what is the size of the population of "likely smartphone upgraders"?

Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Miller-McCune. : Memo to the Mind: Don’t Wander, Be Happy

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:12:00 +0000

Interesting study, but I would caution against drawing general conclusions about the percentages reported, as there is a significant bias in the sample. iPhone owners already represent a skewed demographic population, with respect to age, sex, income and education levels. I suspect that even aside from demographic bias, people who are drawn to iPhones are more prone to distraction from the here and now (or, at least, the here) ... which is probably why the new Windows Phone ads poke fun at iPhone users.

All Facebook : Facebook Serves As Good Predictor Of Election Results

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 06:58:26 +0000

Here's an even more accurate predictor: incumbency. I don't know what percentage of incumbents were re-elected this year, but in 2008 it was 94% in the House and 83% in the Senate.

TechCrunch : Costolo: Twitter Now Has 190 Million Users Tweeting 65 Million Times A Day

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:25:59 +0000

In January, RJMetrics posted some Twitter statistics in which they estimate that 80% of Twitter accounts have generated fewer than 10 tweets and 40% of Twitter accounts have never posted a single tweet. http://themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com/2010/01/26/n... It's interesting that Costolo claims that most Tweeters (> 50%) don't tweet at all, suggesting that the earlier numbers by RJMetrics were inaccurate, or a significant proportion of recent growth in the number of Twitter accounts is by people who are either read-only users, have changed to a new handle or have abandoned the service. Personally, I wish more active Twitter accounts posted fewer tweets, as I've unfollowed several interesting tweeters that simply post too much.

TechCrunch : I'm Not Sure This Augments Your Reality, But Brightkite Gets Better AR Ads

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 20:03:36 +0000

I'd always thought "augment" had a positive connotation - to make something better - but the definition of augment on TheFreeDictionary appears to link it only to quantitative rather than qualitative changes: "To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity", so it looks like this qualifies.

TechCrunch : NSFW: Never Mind The Bollocks - Why Carol Bartz Can't Say What Yahoo Is Now

Mon, 31 May 2010 04:02:48 +0000

At the risk of suggesting the obvious, it would be interesting to see whether they know about / have any reactions to Paul Carr's recommendations in this article. Also, I wonder what Yahoo News folk think of James Fallow's recent article in The Atlantic, "How to Save the News" (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/06/how-to-save-the-news/8095/) ... and whether they have any strategic vision or efforts underway that might compare to the ideas and actions articulated by Eric Schmidt and other key players at Google.

TechCrunch : Check-Ins, Geo-Fences, And The Future Of Privacy

Thu, 27 May 2010 19:15:11 +0000

FWIW, I'd be interested in reading about the history of location privacy, but I never follow a bit.ly link that isn't posted by someone I already know. If you're willing to post a direct link, I'd like to click on it.