Update [11/07/2006]: I created another timeline mashup that shows all M&A activity completed by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo acquisition all over-layed on the same timeline, from 2001 to Present. You can find that here:
As most of you know, Google acquired JotSpot today. And, just a few weeks ago, Google acquired YouTube. In honor of Google’s buying spree, I’ve put together a nice ajax-y, draggable timeline of all the companies Google has acquired and a short snippet about each acquisition. My data source is this Wikipedia entry.
I’m starting my Muay Thai workout on Wednesday. I have a heavy bag and speed bag at home that I just put together — my wife bought me a really nice bag stand — she’s the best. Here’s my schedule (Monday, Wednesday, & Friday):
Round 1
Punch/Squat Interval Training - Start with my left hand, begin with a series of five punches. Left, right, left , right, left. Then squat down, bending at the knees, ducking below my opponents punch. Bend at the knees, excercising the muscles in the hamstrings when squatting. Rest for 15 seconds. Do at least three sets of 15 during the round.
I built this Ajaxy, Draggable Digg Interactive Timeline earlier today. It doesn’t have all the critical events surrounding Digg, but it’s a start. If you know of any critical events that I don’t have (there’s a lot that I don’t have documented below), please send them to me. I just need the event and approximate date. Enjoy!
Note: It works in IE7, but it doesn’t in IE6. I suggest you use Flock or Firefox.
Previously in Part 1 and Part 2, we discussed the possibility of Jack Welch acquiring The Boston Globe. We’ve discussed several things Jack might do, if the deal goes through. All of which, has to do with the Profit Tree model, which is below:
We know that the Globe’s circulation recently dropped by as much as 25%. I introduced the idea of Root Cause Analysis to find the drivers for the drop in circulation. This is important because, as can be seen above, circulation is the main driver for Ad Rates, which then drives Revenue.
In graduate school, I did a research project in industrial linguistics. My project was to tackle the word-sense disambiguation problem. Basically, words are uttered descriptors, each of which has a context — a sense. For example, the word “bank” can be taken as a financial institution, whereas “bank” can also be understood as a the side of a river. The concepts of context, nearest-neighbors, and bayesian statistics come into play when discussing problem in the realm of computational linguistics. It is truly fascinating stuff.
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
Previously in Part 1, we discussed the Profit Tree for the newspaper print industry, which is shown below:
From the very little data we have, we know that Sunday circulation has dropped by 25%. Why? One effective way to arrive at the root causes as to why circulation has and is dropping is to conduct a root cause analysis, effectively communicated with an Ishikawa Diagram:
This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The other parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
There’s a rumor that Jack Welch and his private equity partners might acquire The Boston Globe. When I heard this, I immediately thought of the following: if Welch bought it, how would he add value to the Globe and, consequently, how would he add value to the shareholders?
Round 1
