My Two Cents

Opinions at the Intersection of Business and Technology

  • Fighting Online Advertising Fraud…

    Becoming more prevalent in online advertising these days is click fraud. In an August 9, 2006 article on AdWeek.com, several leading advertisers are starting to insist that web publishers “provide audited metrics” within a year’s time. With fradulent impressions being registered by Yahoo! Search Marketing and Google AdWords, among others, this comes as no surprise […]

  • Now if only I had Wi-Fi in MY neighborhood…

    Google once again struts its muscle around town by offering its hometown city of Mountain View, CA free wireless Internet capability (Wi-Fi). Those generous folks will make this town in Silicon Valley one of the largest metropoliltan areas in the United States with Wi-Fi access. So, if you’re in the neighborhood and you want to […]

  • Microsoft Build-Along…

    In recent days, Microsoft has been in the news specifically targeting game designers/programmers by inviting them to try their hand and invent/design the latest and greatest in games for the XBox 360. I think this is pretty novel, but will only pertain to the programmer market — so Microsoft has done their job right. I’m […]