Putting aside the fact that I haven’t been invited yet, I wanted to know what impact one should expect from speaking at TED. TED was introduced 3 decades ago but it was in 2006 that they began sharing their videos on the internet. On their YouTube channel there are almost 2,000 videos. They have 3 […]
Continue reading →It is more like a walking dead – Still exists but doesn’t look good… So we know by now that the short head is huge and that the long tail is long (walking) dead but the funny thing is that the walking dead long tail is one of the reasons for the short head […]
Continue reading →“Can I interest you in 4,000 free different flashlights?” / Why doesn’t the long tail work in the app store? Back to part 1 There are many good reasons why the apps market reinforces the short head theory or as some say it is an “anti long tail“. The average smartphone user downloads 25 apps. He chooses them […]
Continue reading →If you don’t read this post till the end your App will probably get less than 1,000 downloads. if you do read it and get also a little help from the cosmos, there is a chance that you will be among the very few short head winners of the App store and stay there for eternity (mmm… a […]
Continue reading →Here is a portion of a lecture I gave about the short head in Tel Aviv university. The 8 rules of the short head from Dan Chen by
Continue reading →“The Cataleya orchid. It comes from one place on Earth. Our place. My mother, your grandmother, used to grow them. Every morning I would wake up to the sight of them. The smell of them. That’s why I named you after them. It reminds us of who we are.” From the movie “COLOMBIANA”. Written by […]
Continue reading →“This year marks the 100th birthday of the T-shirt. Maybe” – Here is a site that doesn’t take itself too seriously. That’s cool with me; it is T-shirt we are talking about, not rocket science. However, they do say in the article that 100 years ago, in 1913, the U.S. Navy ordered a light undershirt for […]
Continue reading →So we have seen that the movie industry has set some incredible records in the last several years (read more here), and that the word of mouth, which is a fundamental reason for the short head, works overtime when it come to movies (read more here). Now let’s fly a little higher and check some […]
Continue reading →The death of Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto in August 1923 didn’t have much impact on the people of Cuero, a small town in Texas, USA. They were busy getting ready for their annual “Turkeyfest“, a parade in which more than 30,000 people come to see 20,000 turkeys march together down the Main Street of their […]
Continue reading →How long did it take the radio to reach 50 million listeners? 38 years. How long did it take TV to reach 50 million viewers? 13 years. How long did it take the internet to reach 50 million users? 4 years. How long did it take Facebook to reach 50 million users? 3.5 years. How […]
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