AOL attributes the double-digit growth to a year-long redesign and rebranding effort, which ironically included a de-emphasizing of the AOL brand. “If I call a hip-hop site AOL Hip Hop,” said Bill Wilson, executive vice president of AOL Vertical Programming, “that just won’t resonate with consumers.”
Who cares if “AOL is not the Cartier of Web Brands”? As an architect I learned long ago to look at things from the client’s side of the table. AOL continually improves and/or updates its software and/or service. That’s why I’m more than happy to continue paying $9.95 /month (as I have for years) for the pay version.
Jerry Gropp Architect AIA PS
AOL has been criticized by every tom-dick-harry for their change of direction. But this story now is real. Watch out M$ and Y! Look who is catching up, FAST!
John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper.
Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.
Take the famous ballads and duets of West Side Story, insert a dozen mentions of famous social media sites like twitter and facebook, and this is what you get.
Music videos recreated with new lyrics based on what’s actually happening in them. Daydream Believer and Total Eclipse of the Heart are particularly good.
In response to numerous e-mails, I have no idea what planet the giant alien creature is from. Judging from its enormous gills, I’d have to guess it’s from a watery planet. Reminder: please let me know if you plan to be in the office on Memorial Day so I can request HVAC for your floor.
For those of you who mock the wolf shirt beware. There is an old Navajo story about a young man who made fun of another man for wearing a wolf trio shirt. Legend has it that in his sleep, the wolves on the other man’s shirt came to life and tore his body to shreds. They never found any part of that man’s body. The Wolf is something to be respected and feared, not treated like a novelty.
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Who cares if “AOL is not the Cartier of Web Brands”? As an architect I learned long ago to look at things from the client’s side of the table. AOL continually improves and/or updates its software and/or service. That’s why I’m more than happy to continue paying $9.95 /month (as I have for years) for the pay version.
Posted by Jerry Gropp at April 25th, 2008 at 11:32 amJerry Gropp Architect AIA PS
AOL has been criticized by every tom-dick-harry for their change of direction. But this story now is real. Watch out M$ and Y! Look who is catching up, FAST!
http://techwatch.reviewk.com/2.....ts-plan-b/
Your comments seem to be biased! As Jerry mentions - who cares if they are not Cartier. BTW, who is Cartier for you? Google I assume?
Posted by Desmond Haynes at April 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am