This past weekend I went on one of my rare, real world shopping expeditions. (As you may recall, I hate shopping.) I found myself standing in the housewares department of my local large department store. And I was annoyed.
I’d gone there in search of a new humidifier and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out where the store kept them. Of course no staff were anywhere to be found, and there was no store directory or useful signage in view.
I was about to lose it, and then I got one of my crazy ideas.
Month: February 2006
“E-mail Postage”:http://www.google.com/search?q=%22e-mail+postage%22, the use of a “pay-per-email” model to get email delivered, is heating up as a topic for e-mail marketers. The idea has been around for a long time, especially after January 2004 when Bill Gates announced “Microsoft was looking into it”:http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/.
With some “recent announcements”:http://www.goodmailsystems.com/news/pressrelease110705.php from AOL this stuff “is getting coverage in USA Today”:http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-02-05-aol-yahoo-email_x.htm and the “New York Times”:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/05AOL.html.
What is email postage?
The “NMBA”:http://www.nmba.ca has a big event coming up at the end of March and we’ve only got until Valentine’s to benefit from the early-bird price. And hey, early-birds get a chance to win a 60BG iPod with video too!
“iSUMMIT 2006 – Content That Pays”:http://www.isummit.ca/ will be held at the MaRS Collaboration Centre in Toronto Canada, March 29th to 31st, 2006. iSUMMIT is a international entertainment and media event dedicated to the business of digital content on interactive platforms.
The list of confirmed speakers is pretty impressed:
* Ted Cohen, Senior VP – Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music
* JD Lasica, Chief Cat Herder, OurMedia & Author of DarkNet
* Norm Bolen, Executive Vice-President, Content, Alliance Atlantis
* Mike Lee, Chief Strategy Officer, Rogers
* Maria Hale, VP Content Business Development, CHUM
* Matthew Mullenweg, Founding Developer, WordPress
* Shawn Hall, Director, Starcom Mediavest
* Albert Lai, CEO, Bubbleshare
* Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC
* Jake Gold, President, the Management Trust
* Raja Khanna, Chief Creative Officer, QuickPlay Media
* Michael Geist, Research Chair, Internet & e-Comm. Law, University of Ottawa
* Paul Marino, Executive Director, Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences
* Mclean Mashingdaize Greaves, Executive Producer, Nimble Inc.
* Jowi Taylor, Producer, bright eyed inevitable inc. & Global Village (CBC)
* James Lewis, Editor, Canadian New Media
* Mark Bishop, President, marblemedia
* Charles Zamaria, Project Director; Canadian Internet Project
* Scott Campbell, US Media & Comm. Industry Advisor, British Consulate-General