Ravi’s Blog

I stopped reading news in the newspaper about 7-8 years ago and the only reason i pay for the merc is the ads. Specifically, I am one of those people who pay for the SJ mercury news to find out what’s on sale at frys. It’s not that i feel like i am the gadget guy, but my week invariably includes multiple visits to Frys. I am quite sure i am not unusual in the valley.
I wished for the longest time that the news paper ads were available online and now they are! Kudos to SJ mercury news for doing this. Here is the Frys Ad. Mouse over a section of the ad and the relavant subsection pops up in a small sub window!! This rocks!!

I dare say, this is perhaps the most useful web2.0 innovation i have seen in the last 3 months or may be google calendar. It may not be the sexiest, technically most challenging, but definitely very cool and very useful! Now, why would I buy SJ merc? Do they care about me buying SJ merc as long as advertisers continue to pay for the ads?

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