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I admit that I may be painting myself as a bit of an odd duck here, but I’m the type of person who purposely avoids taking transit during peak hours, going grocery shopping when most others do, hitting the gym during busy times and just generally […] Read more »

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Nearly half of the money spent in America in the last year on desktop computers went to Macs. According to NPD, and reported this week by BetaNews, Apple’s October desktop PC market share was 47.71 percent, a huge increase on the previous year’s figure of 33.44 […] Read more »

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Even in the best of times, a freelance web worker’s income can be spotty and irregular at times. Unlike salaried employees, contractors are subject to sudden and frequent variations in the amount of revenue they can generate at any given time. Those variances can be mitigated, […] Read more »

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Apple made quite the fuss about the App Store download total reaching the 1 billion milestone, complete with a contest and what was probably a fairly expensive advertising campaign. It seemed appropriate at the time, but I’m now wondering if promoting the landmark achievement didn’t cost […] Read more »

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As a freelance online community consultant, I spend a lot of time thinking about ways to stabilize my income to reduce the ups and downs that come with having my own business. The most obvious solution is to manage your pipeline to make sure that you have new projects to replace the ones that are completing, but it’s also a good idea to have alternative income streams to complement your main client work and fill in any gaps. Read more »

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Jeffery Lindsay with Bernstein Research estimates that YouTube’s revenues will come in at $123 million in 2009, reports Peter Kafka’s MediaMemo. This figure falls on the lower end of previous estimates. Screen Digest said the video giant would take in $120 million, while Credit Suisse forecast […] Read more »

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TV networks made $1.63 billion on web advertising last year, according to a new report on the U.S. content market by Convergence Consulting. We like any web video stats that involve the term “billions,” but let’s dig a little deeper. Web revenue amounted to 2.4 percent […] Read more »

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In a story about the effect of Google losing exec Tim Armstrong to AOL, the Wall Street Journal quotes an analyst saying YouTube will have $500 million in revenue in 2009. YouTube…will account for only roughly 3% of Google’s net revenue this year, or $500 million, […] Read more »

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A lot of us who make our money working from home or telecommuting have our fingers in a number of different pots, so to speak. In fact, very few of the remotely employed depend on a single stream of income or project. The trouble is finding enough components to make up a financially and personally rewarding whole. Here are a couple of options. Read more »

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In the course of playing and reviewing a number of iPhone games, I realize I’ve come to expect, and even allow for, certain shortcomings. I expect lag in a graphics-intensive game. I expect buggy controls that feel less than intuitive. I expect omissions that are promised […] Read more »

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I’ve recently been researching ways to promote my own site, at places like Facebook, among others. The problem, as is always the problem with internet advertising, is finding a simple, cost effective way to bring my ads to potential customers who’re actually looking for my services. […] Read more »

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I’m a big fan of FreshBooks. I’ve written about and have used their easy Web-based accounting services site almost daily to manage my company’s invoicing. Today, Freshbooks announced that it is releasing industry benchmark data as an added benefit to freelancers as well as micro and […] Read more »

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Never let it be said that fans of the twice-canceled show Jericho give up easy. Our friends over at TV by the Numbers pointed us to a renewed effort by fans to save the show. This time, they’re taking their message straight to TV. Quick refresher: […] Read more »

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Editor’s Note: Our instructive humorist, Larry Chiang, is at it again. If you enjoyed 9 VC’s You’re Gonna Want To Avoid, you’ll like this week’s submission, on some all-important business skills no founder could glean from a GSB syllabus. We’re co-sponsoring Larry’s contest to discover the […] Read more »

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WIRED Editor Chris Anderson, who is also author of the best-selling book, The Long Tail, recently published a blog post listing various new media b-models, a.k.a, “long tail” b-models where, generally, the content you’re “selling” is free or almost free — and you make money off […] Read more »

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Raghav ‘Rags’ Gupta, a partner at Brightcove, and a Gigaom contributor, put up a thoughtful post Sunday called 5 Trends & Themes for the Year Ahead. Rags moves beyond a few super-exposed stories (clean tech and the 700 megahertz wireless auction), and he phrases his trends […] Read more »

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Fortune magazine recently ran a feature on PayPal alumni that includes folks like Slide CEO & Founder Max Levchin, the YouTube boys and David Sacks of Geni. The star of the story, however is Peter Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of PayPal and now a hedge […] Read more »

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The touch interface is clearly gaining momentum: we’ve got touch-enabled Tablet PCs, UMPCs, PDAs, smartphones and other small handhelds. Palm rejection is a staple in the latest Fujitsu P1610 devices and true multi-touch devices are on the near-horizon with Apple’s iPhone. Ironically, my MacBook Pro has […] Read more »

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Norwegian giant has spent $1 billion to buy two broadband operators – Sweden’s Bredbandsbolaget for $823 million (335,000 subscribers) and another $237 million on Danish broadband outfit Cybercity, which has about 90,000 customers. Looks like it is trying to become a major player in that region. […] Read more »

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