The Reach of xkcd

Within nine hours of today's xkcd being posted, SkiFree became the 5th (and 16th, if you include people looking for online versions) most searched Google term for the day, three web news articles were written about the various online versions, and the original author's site went down (presumably due to the traffic spike).

That's right, it's even more popular than Wal-mart's terrible Black Friday deals!

Cincinnati/NKY Metro Tech Ranking Moves Up

The Cincinnati/NKY metro ranked 12th in the nation for tech job growth between 2007 and 2008, according to a new report by the Milken Institute. Overall, however, the tech industry is less concentrated here than the US average, leaving us ranked 95th (out of the top 200 US metros). Much of this could be due to our region's lack of focus on overcoming interstate boundaries when attracting, nurturing and retaining high tech businesses.


Coming soon: My interview with the directors of the NKY E-zone, and their thoughts on this problem.