Three related meme’s have gathered steam this week:
1. Q4 2008 and 2009: Year of the Netbook
2. The large form Apple Touch
3. Memo to Jeff Bezos: My interest in the Kindle is waning

So what do these …

I’ve always been struck by the different experiences Craigslist, Amazon and eBay offer. For certain needs and products, each has it’s own positives / negatives. For instance, all of our household products (from toiletries to …

With the new year fast approaching, I’ve put together a list of 20 digital media trends I predict in the forthcoming year. I plan to write specific posts about each – so for now, these …

Much has been made of Netflix’s current outage and what it means for their product and business (apparently 1.8-3.6M in daily revenue). And if you aren’t aware of Netflix’s outage, check either Techmeme (it’s covered …

Half.com is oft-overlooked in the landscape of consumer-to-consumer commerce. Most people talk about eBay, Craigslist, Kijiji and Amazon… but forget about eBay’s fixed-price powerhouse: Half.com.
Honestly, I’m guilty of overlooking Half.com myself – even though …

Amidst all of the discussion about the iPhone 3G that hits stores tomorrow, another industry changing gadget is getting overlooked. According to Time Magazine:
“On a title-by-title basis, of the 130,000 titles available on Kindle …

Having finished “Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerorian, Gary Loveman, and the Race to Own Las Vegas”, I have arrived at a novel conclusion:
I love Amazon.com precisely because it is the Harrah’s of online …

While I cannot definitively label this as the worst cross-marketing I’ve ever received (see that one here…!) – this isn’t far behind.
Today I received a package of Myoplex Light (a healthy, protein-heavy meal replacement system). …

As a consumer – and an inbox owner – email marketing can range from highly effective wildly annoying and irrelevant. The respective consequences can lead to activity / purchases or permanently blocking emails by classifying …

I’ve pre-ordered products on Amazon before – but they used to ship on the release date rather than arrive…
Apparently that has now changed. I ordered MLB The Show 2008 for the PS3 (supposed to …

I just noticed this tonight – Amazon has unveiled a new logo. When you hover over the Amazon Logo on all pages other than Amazon.com, a light frame is added and the word “homepage” appears …

I love Amazon. I buy everything there – from toothpaste to food to electronics. They make buying easy.
Amazon’s finding experience and cross-merchandising technology is so superior to the competition that they are mentioned in nearly …