There’s been some recent controversy between NoScript and AdBlock Plus, two popular extensions for Firefox, both used pretty extensively to prevent end users from seeing advertisements. NoScript monetizes through ads on its site and update page...
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I ran into Joe Clark’s blog due to some other teapot-tempest thing, but I’m a fan for an article on one aspect of Canadian vs. American pronunciation - what I call, since I’m not a linguist, the ‘pasta’ issue. (In short,...
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{"title":"On eroding accents\u2026","post_url":"http:\/\/yardley.ca\/2009\/04\/28\/on-eroding-accents\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GregYardleysNotes","author":"yardley","date":"2009-04-28 08:21:21","summary":"I ran into Joe Clark’s blog due to some other teapot-tempest thing, but I’m a fan for an article on one aspect of Canadian vs. American pronunciation - what I call, since I’m not a linguist, the ‘pasta’ issue. (In short,..."}

Results for “ad blocker” in Google this morning: 1,200,000Results for “analytics blocker” in Google this morning: 9I’m pretty much assuming we’ll see an ad blocker for jailbroken iPhones soon enough. (Part of me...
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{"title":"Hmmm\u2026.","post_url":"http:\/\/yardley.ca\/2009\/04\/17\/hmmm\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GregYardleysNotes","author":"yardley","date":"2009-04-17 07:42:21","summary":"Results for “ad blocker” in Google this morning: 1,200,000Results for “analytics blocker” in Google this morning: 9I’m pretty much assuming we’ll see an ad blocker for jailbroken iPhones soon enough. (Part of me..."}

So, Tweetie for Mac is out Monday, and the free version runs ads from FusionAds, which has an identical model to The Deck. I wrote about The Deck briefly briefly last year, and have kept an eye on it, since it always struck me as an interesting...
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{"title":"Bespoke ad networks","post_url":"http:\/\/yardley.ca\/2009\/04\/17\/bespoke-ad-networks\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GregYardleysNotes","author":"yardley","date":"2009-04-17 07:33:14","summary":"So, Tweetie for Mac is out Monday, and the free version runs ads from FusionAds, which has an identical model to The Deck. I wrote about The Deck briefly briefly last year, and have kept an eye on it, since it always struck me as an interesting..."}

Adam Gurri wrote about the spread of a presentation Pinch Media released a few weeks ago. The sort of thing I’d write about myself if I had more time.To sum up: Get over yourself - no one cares about you or your startup.Tell a story about...
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{"title":"Data as marketing","post_url":"http:\/\/yardley.ca\/2009\/03\/14\/data-as-marketing\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/GregYardleysNotes","author":"yardley","date":"2009-03-14 09:31:04","summary":"Adam Gurri wrote about the spread of a presentation Pinch Media released a few weeks ago. The sort of thing I’d write about myself if I had more time.To sum up: Get over yourself - no one cares about you or your startup.Tell a story about..."}