Here’s our team’s round-up of the most useful links, resources and industry news we’ve bookmarked this week – April 27th – March 3rd (2009).
Creative & Technical Development
- On Engineering And Design: An Open Letter by Business Week
- Turning Data Into Insights by UX Matters
- What Is Online Video For: Marketing Or Content? by ClickZ Experts
- Making Commercials For The Web by Seth Godin
- Online Video Success: It’s Not Just About Advertising by Beet.TV
- Analysis Of The Susan Boyle Video by ClickZ Experts
- 10 Tips For Better Camera Direction by Raindance
- Call To Action Buttons by Lee Munroe
Promotion & Distribution
- Promote Social Sites & Apps Through Entertainment & Distribution by ReadWriteWeb
- A Sector Assembles To Turn Video Pirates Into Gold by NewTeeVee
- Anthropology: The Art Of Building A Successful Social Site by ReadWriteWeb
- How Filmmakers Are Building Fan Bases by CinemaTech
- A Peek At The 100 Million Views Club: You Won’t Be Invited Anytime Soon by Techcrunch
Consumer Behaviour
- As Hulu Gets More Mainstream, Long Viewing Sessions Wane by NewTeeVee
- Devotees Delay ‘Lost’ Passion by Variety
Business & Monetisation
- First-Mover Advantage Is About Compound Interest, Not Market Share by Read Write Web
- Stop Acting Like A Sissy And Market Your Company by Ideas on Ideas
- In Developing Countries, Web Growing Without Profit by NY TImes
- Hulu: When Will It Prove Its Business Model? by VideoNuze
- Broadcasters Are Doubling Down On Online Video by Streamingmedia.com
- Digital Downloads Worth Half A Billion In Q1 by NewTeeVee
- Report: Newspapers With Online Video Grab Substantial Revenue by Beet.TV
- Video Ad Rates Dropped 12% In Q1 by Techcrunch
- The Online Ad Recession Is Officially Here by Techcrunch
- PlayCafe Shuts Down, Returns Funding To Investors by NewTeeVee
Technology & Infrastructure
- Admin Rights: A Drag On Silverlight’s Workplace Adoption by Contentinople
- The Last Frontier For P2P VOD: Your Patience by NewTeeVee
- On Akamai And The Cloud by Telecom Ramblings
- Jon Hansen’s Cloud Computing In The SaaS World by SmoothSpan Blog
- Analyst: Canoe Ventures “Entirely Wrong” About The Internet by NewTeeVee
Tips & Tutorials
- How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development by Techcrunch
- How To Showcase Your Web Series On A Website by NewTeeVee
- Ecommerce Website: 5 Things You Should Be Tracking by KISSmetrics