Archive for the ‘research’ Category

Itly bit.ly tiny(url) weenie yellow polka DOT url shortener

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
BIT.LY is gaining dominance in the short url world, I used to use tinyurl.com and many of my server side apps in perl still use it due to the availability of Perl Modules for tinyurl to make it all happen, but when making short URLs by hand I prefer http://url.ie or ...

More Women than men online

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Britains Communicator Regulator, Ofcom, have released some stats on the British communications market. Although these figures relate to the UK and not Ireland they are worth checking out as they reveal trends that will probably carry across the water to us. Two trends stick out; one is the increase in time ...

Trendwatching.com June/July 2007 Trend Brief

Monday, July 30th, 2007
Check out the June/July trend brief from trendwatching.com. This brief entitled "(STILL) MADE HERE" explores the power of all products that have a sense of place, coveted by consumers for a variety of reasons: from environmental concerns to shifting perceptions of what constitutes status. In this brief ...

Dude, Where’s my Audience?

Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Dude, Where's my Audience? Interesting article. This article talks about Generation X and how they consume new media and the problems with its measurement. The article goes onto say: "Roy Morgan research director William Burlace admits that without massive audiences, there is little commercial incentive to monitor the new-tech waves ...