Don’t Stop Believing: YouTube Is The New A&R

Monday, June 2nd, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

Bypassing a reality game-show, ala INXS, Journey scours YouTube to find a replacement for lead-singer Steve Perry. The result, Arnel Pineda, a 40-year-old Perry sound-alike from the Philippines. Journey's new record with Pineda, Revelation, is out today. (The New York Times) Stunning, amusing and fantastic. Update: Nice video segment from CBS ...

IA Summit 2008: Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds?

Friday, April 11th, 2008 by Garrick Schmitt

Here's the presentation that I'm giving at the IA Summit in Miami on consumer behavior and Web 2.0. It's called Do Real People Really Use Tag Clouds?: Research To Help Separate Web 2.0’s Hits From Hype and is an evolution of the consumer behavior research we did late-last year. From ...