Chris Brogan
Chris Brogan, an entrepreneur and media creator, discusses making a business out of new media.
Much electronic ink has already been spilled over Apple’s decision to make in-app subscription purchasing available — at a 30% fee. I’m about to spill some more. Today’s open letter from Readability re-stokes the controversy as it claims that Software-as-a-Service providers are now ensnared in the new policy, not just media publishers and content providers….
The same things that draw many of us to New England as a place to live and work can make networking for web entrepreneurs more challenging. With a few exceptions, the population density is such that we don’t have the same critical mass in small geographic areas as those in San Francisco or New York City.
Jon Garthwaite, Editor of Townhall.com, joins Chip to talk about the acquisition of the conservative web portal by Salem Communications, as well as his outlook of the future of politics online.
A Realtor in the San Francisco area tried an experiment where he compared newspaper listings to web listings. He discovered that the newspapers drove virtually no people to see the homes in question, while 89% were web-based leads. He at first attributed this to the proximity to Silicon Valley, so he tried a second home in…
Christopher Penn of the Financial Aid Podcast discusses how the current economic environment impacts student options when paying for college. He shares tips and advice on how to minimize costs and maximize aid.
I really want to like the New York Times iPad app. You see, I have taken to really liking the iPad as my primary reading tool. I read books on it (mostly with the Kindle app). I read magazines (mostly with Zinio, but also a handful of publication-specific apps). I read newspapers (like the Wall…