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Pond Panorama
Friday's premiere of "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" produced what's believed to be the top demo rating for any entertainment series on Friday this season, logging the net's best score in the time period in more than three years.
1. Volume of consumer-created buzz for a brand based on number of postsJim says about the list, "If.. you really want to know if any of these metrics are useful and how to use them then you'll nee to heed David's advice: "Ultimately, you need to start with figuring out your business objectives and then apply these metrics accordingly."
2. Amount of buzz based on number of impressions
3. Shift in buzz over time
4. Buzz by time of day / daypart
5. Seasonality of buzz
6. Competitive buzz
7. Buzz by category / topic
8. Buzz by social channel (forums, social networks, blogs, Twitter, etc)
9. Buzz by stage in purchase funnel (e.g., researching vs. completing transaction vs. post-purchase)
10. Asset popularity (e.g., if several videos are available to embed, which is used more)
Three MBTA bus drivers who were caught using their cellphones have been suspended without pay, the MBTA said yesterday. One of the drivers, a 22-year veteran of the agency, was talking on the cellphone while driving the bus; the other two were between trips.In Boston, the MBTA (buses and trains) has a no tollerance policy for cellphones. If a driver if caught with a cellphone s/he is suspended.
It’s easy to define what the Tea Party isn’t — it’s not Barack Obama, it’s not health care reform, and it’s certainly not anything related to Barney Frank — but it’s going to be harder for the people involved to decide what it actually is.I read an article about a Tea Party Partiots gathering. Based on what I read in the article, this group's only commonality is choosing fear over hope.
Verizon is nearing the end of its program to replace copper phone lines with optical fibers that provide higher Internet speeds and TV service... Verizon could still bring FiOS to Boston and other communities not yet served. But he added, “Now it’s time for us to take a pause and focus on all the communities where we’ve begun to build the service.’’Verizon is halting the build out of FIOS in the area, which means it won't be coming to Boston any time soon.
Boston has taken a more conservative approach. The city’s application stressed Boston’s role as a global academic and research center and a major financial hub. It notes that large amounts of unused, or “dark,’’ optical fiber have already been installed under the city’s streets. Google could use this fiber as the backbone of its system, enabling the company to complete construction quickly and at low cost.Tthe City of Boston has applied for the super fast built out of internet from Google saying that there's plenty of dark fiber ready to be put to use to bring high speed internet to Boston.
"I was struck by this picture I saw on the New Yorker’s Book Bench blog, which they found on the White House’s Flickr photo account. Those are the president’s hands."
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