February 2009
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Jaunting
I’m in Europe backpacking for a bit. In the tradition of Jason Bourne I’ll be off the grid as well. See you soon.
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How publishing can learn from Valve →
This is a great point about the best case of digital publishing. Valve is really doing something wonderful. But I wish there was some Mac stuff from Valve. Please?
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A handsome opinion on Social Networking Negativity →
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Click the link above for Marco’s take on negativity in social networks.
Here’s my take…
I like Marco, I enjoy his tumblr and he’s a very nice guy in real life as well. It bothers me when I read people who attack him without good reason. However I have to respectfully disagree with his premise in the link above.
I have no problem with standing behind what I post here, people...
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Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade... →
I’ve noticed this among my peers in offices and networking situations.
People think if i work hard, I will do a good job. When in reality, you might not be smart enough to do a good job regardless of the work you put into it. Cynical but absolutely true.
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WatchKanye West - Welcome to Heartbreak
I’m a huge fan of this song but conceptually this video is flat out brilliant. The torn pixels and transition bleeds found in a common codec flaw become the video itself. It’s also inspired since so much of music is based on flaws from audio producing devices like turntables and vinyl that created scratching. So why not take the next step and use the...
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South Park iPhone App a No-Show in Apps Store →
And this is the downside of having a closed, seamlessly operating vertical platform. Censorship.
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This year at MWC, no one is eating Yahoo’s free... →
Venturebeat has a nice article on the trying times at Yahoo! and their lack of any traction in the mobile space. In the midst of rising Google, Microsoft’s pivot and Apple’s there-but-not-there dominance in the mobile space, Yahoo’s absence speaks volumes about it’s fading influence.
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Free Today and Tomorrow Only!
Amazon.com: Let’s Get It On: MP3 Downloads: Marvin Gaye
Clever way to introduce people to the wonderful world of Amazon MP3.
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The Top 20 Most Engaging Facebook Applications →
This is a nicely compiled list but woefully highlights the depressing activities of the Facebook App platform. Really? This is the best we can do?
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Financial Hand Takes Daum’s Top Job →
Korea’s number two portal, Daum (http://daum.net), is putting in a Wharton MBA educated CFO into the CEO position. This is highly unusual in the US, there are hardly any CFOs running web media companies but maybe this is what it takes to get from number two to number one. Good luck Daum!
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Clueless Old Media
The speakers are Ira Rubenstein, executive VP of Global Digital Media at Marvel Comics and Dave Roman, a cartoonist and associate editor at Nickelodeon Magazine.
Rubenstein: Those are our characters. How could someone else write another Spider-Man story?
Roman: Because fan fiction is becoming so powerful. I’ve seen the power of fan fiction. Working at Nickelodeon, there are people out there...
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“In fact, they did, and today, after careful consideration they’ve decided to...”
– Words do matter.
For Whiskey, Everything in Its Place - The Pour Blog - NYTimes.com
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Color Study Looks at Effects of Red and Blue -... →
Fascinating.
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100 million geotagged photos on Flickr →
This is quite an achievement and an awesome amount of information organization.
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Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter -... →
Simply wonderful.
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“divorce syndrome”
– definition: “This is not the time to say, ‘Honey, I’m making $300,000 a year but I’m going off to start a company,’ You’re buying a divorce if you’re starting a company in this climate.” — Bob Higgins, founding partner at Highland Capital in Lexington, Mass
V.C.s Clamp Down on Start-Ups -...
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Despite Accord With Apple, Music Labels Still Fret... →
Interesting insight into the back room of the iTunes Music store. AppleInsider has an even better insight into the significance of the iTunes Music Store homepage.
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WatchThis is the second beginning of Hulu. When they first started, I and many others, mocked the unnamed joint venture mercilessly but it turned out that they had a working growth model. They’ve added a big backlog and thrived during the election season with an expansive amount of next-day content (hello, BSG). Primarily, they’ve spent a year now working on the kinks and solely relying on...
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“the Dreamcast is often portrayed as a small, square, white plastic JFK. A...”
– —Dreamcast: A Forensic Retrospective Article