Comments on: The Great (Print-Online) Debate (Cage Match Edition)

By: Bill Barron

Bill Barron — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:38:08 +0000

First let me say it’s great to see Brian blogging in earnest again! This post reminds me how a great writer can make the mundane fun.
Now, I don’t mean to belittle the subject but haven’t we argued this long enough already? The truth is; It’s and AND not OR world and our readers use all these mediums and more when searhing for answers. Of course they are both right, it’s just a matter of matching one’s marketing efforts and budgets to the time spent on each by the target audience. And John, Paul and myself all have research showing you just how much time EE’s spend with each if anyone cares to study it. By the way, my new research says 85% of design engineers spend less than 5% of their time engaged in social media today. Today being the operative word. When I show this to marketers who have an agenda to spend big on a social media initiative they dismiss it. When I show it to those who are firmly entrenched in what they already do and don’t like change, they embrace it.
Go figure.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:33:21 +0000

Gents, thanks, but I would have much preferred to be where you were in the midst of the conversation at DAC. Rick and team Synopsys did a graceful job at showing the industry what regular programming could look like (and how valuable it can be).
And Ron’s insights, as always, were excellent, particularly because they pulled no punches.

By: Ron Ploof

Ron Ploof — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:49:00 +0000

Nice job, Brian. As someone who was sitting ringside during this bout, it’s great to be able to read a blow by blow description:-)

By: Rick Jamison

Rick Jamison — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:35:07 +0000

Great ringside account of an outstanding bout between two mighty effective voices on the future of print v. Web. These guys are so thoughtful and agile on the topic that I’m pretty sure they’re both right. Thanks, Brian, for the super recap of the blow by blow.