Still About the People ⇾
Some thoughts on the benefits I’ve had from starting a podcast focused on people.
To quote myself from the Fusion blog earlier, “Things have been quiet around here”. And it’s true. Time for writing as been in very short supply. That’s partially due to ownership changes with Fusion — those changes have allowed me to participate in design projects for various clients. Which is a dream come true.
We’ve also had some really fun internal projects taking up our time. And today I’m happy to announce the first: the Fusion Holiday Bundle. It’s been a lot of work, but also a lot fun. It’s the first time I’ve been involved in a promotion of this type and we’re super stoked about it. Working with a couple of wizards like Noah Stokes and Garrett St John makes a project like this a blast, as well as a success.
The whole bundle concept has really taken off the past few years. But I feel that apart from the rare exception, most have one or two apps that pull in the customers and the rest are filler apps that you end up deleting at some point. We really wanted to improve on that, while at the same time targeting the community we love.
And we hope we’ve done that. If you design or develop, or hope to in the future, this bundle of goodness is for you. Check it out.
“At best, iAd will provide advertisements for things I’m not really that interested in, but do so in a respectful and useful way. Fusion, though, knows what excites me and my readers, because they get excited over the same things, and so they can tell me there’s someone doing something that I’m likely to be genuinely interested in.”
Wow! The new icon from the newest Fusion member is stunning.
new members on Fusion ⇾
I’m excited and honoured to announce our newest members on Fusion, Jon Hicks and Mimimal Mac.
Speaking of nice looking ads, check out the latest roadblock on Fusion … happy birthday Shawn!
This is just sad. I hope I never need to run such awful, desperate ads on anything I create.
From an Ars Technica RSS feed, as shown in NetNewsWire.
This trend is definitely getting worse. More and more sites I subscribe to are starting to insert ads like this (or worse) right into the feed.
I am in complete support of RSS sponsorships in the form that Gruber and Dan Benjamin have adopted. Those ‘ads’ generally follow the same guidelines as an ad on the Deck or Fusion—they are almost always relevant to the majority of the audience.
I travel in relatively small online circles and purposefully stay away from certain digital locales. Here’s a few other places you can find me:
- The Weekly Review, my blog on software and design.
- Fusion, somewhat like a personal recommendation channel
- last.fm
- delicious
Contact
Drop me a line any time at chris AT chrisbowler DOT com. If you have any questions or comments regarding advertising or the Fusion Ads network, hit me up at chris AT fusionads DOT net.
