Douglas Karr's Articles on Martech Zone
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What’s a Mashup?
The term mashup was originally popularized in the early 2000s. While it's challenging to attribute it to a single individual, it gained prominence in the context of web applications that combined data from multiple sources to create new, integrated services.…
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Create The Problem, Then Charge For The Solution?
One of the more bizarre issues I see in the technology industry is enterprise companies that sell a solution... that requires them to sell more solutions for problems their original solution causes. Here are ten companies that sell core products…
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Blogger: CSS Style for Code on Your Blog
A friend asked me how I made the code regions in Blogger entry. I did it utilizing a style tag for CSS in my Blogger template. Here's what I added: p.code { font-family: Courier New; font-size: 8pt; border-style: inset ...
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ASP RSS Parser, Feed Reader
This weekend, I've been glued to my laptop, searching the net for web-based RSS feed readers. The reason is that I wanted to write an ASP RSS feed reader that would display the feed so that the content could be…
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Why the Movie Industry is Failing
Me and my kids went and saw King Kong yesterday. The special effects and computer-generated graphics were fantastic. I think the true test of a movie (that depends on special effects) is whether you find yourself empathizing with the computer-generated…
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The New Breakfast Beverage – Mountain Dew?
Listening to the radio on my way to work is a quiet time for me. Regardless of traffic, I am a happy camper. Traffic slowdowns? No problemo... my DJs will pull me through and start the day off right... Until…







