081113 Daily Links (Nov 13, 2008)

By John Sumser | Published: November 13, 2008

Thought For The Day: "The old gives way to the new with a kick and a scream. Then the old goes out with a whimper."
Online advertising is now dead
Dave Winer, resident curmudgeon and crystal ball gazer who is almost always right about these things, declares the end of Banner Advertising. One of these days, I’ll tell him about the Roadshow project and the return of intimacy to marketing.
IM Coming to Popular Mechanics, Seventeen – Can Chat Save Old Media?
Chat makes it look like there’s life but it’s hard to have either substance or sustained meaning. Conversation in forums is a better model.
Apple job listing hints at iPhone nearing China launch
One of the great weaknesses of job postings is that they can disclose your market strategy. Of course, one of the great things about them is that you can use them top fake people out.
Jobster slashes staff by 38 percent
I was just telling someone that you can’t really tell how well Jobster is or isn’t doing. Even the "streamlining during the downturn" doesn’t suggest more than prudent trimming.
New President Expected At ZoomInfo
It must be a bad week in Waltham.

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