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"But it worries me that this Toyota thing worries us so much. We live in a world where responding..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:03:52 -0500

“But it worries me that this Toyota thing worries us so much. We live in a world where responding irrationally to risk (say, the risk of a terrorist attack) can lead us to make mistakes (say, invading Iraq).”

- Toyotas Are Safe (Enough) - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

"Today they censor nipples, tomorrow editorial content."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:13 -0500

“Today they censor nipples, tomorrow editorial content.”

- It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship - Apple - Gizmodo

"I dislike Michael Arrington, so I never read anything on TechCrunch (even when they write about me..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:25:10 -0500

“I dislike Michael Arrington, so I never read anything on TechCrunch (even when they write about me or my products) and have taken technical measures to ensure that I never even land there accidentally and give them whatever tiny profit that one pageview is worth.”

- —Marco.org: News flash

Marco has excellent thoughts about entitlement but this quote is hilarious. Brilliant.

"There isn’t going to be a stream of marketing, The way agencies have made money is..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:47:00 -0500

“There isn’t going to be a stream of marketing, The way agencies have made money is there’s a constant cycle of marketing. It’s not going to be that way anymore.”

- — Tony Quin, CEO of IQ Interactive

Digital Agencies Get Back to Business

It sounds a lot like agencies are in the business of building robust applications that will live regardless of platforms. Web, mobile, tablet, social and whatever evolves beyond social.

Welcome to digital. If this doesn’t excite you, I have no idea what will.

Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game - Mac - Kotaku

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:07 -0500

Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game - Mac - Kotaku:

Great essay on how Steam changes everything for Mac gaming. Digital distribution makes the rest of the competitors look antiquated.

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:06:46 -0500

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod:

The future of books.

An amusing rumor about John Roberts’ Retirement spins...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:07:32 -0500

An amusing rumor about John Roberts’ Retirement spins wildly out of control because of an anonymous source.

29 € for 60 minutes on Orange, ready to use and...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:54:14 -0500

29 € for 60 minutes on Orange, ready to use and contract-free. Jason Bourne would be proud. Wonderful concept.

qiring:

pinto:

vvvxxx:

pwei:

Contract-free mobile phone - BIC® phone

Queen Yu-Na's Competitive Edge - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:13:27 -0500

Queen Yu-Na's Competitive Edge - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review:

What you can learn from Queen Yuna:

Go beyond your rivals
Find special skills and hone them

What about nerves of steel? This is hilarious.

"Movies today are, on average, much pinker than the films of half a century ago. Their shot structure..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:40:57 -0500

“Movies today are, on average, much pinker than the films of half a century ago. Their shot structure has greater coherence, a comparatively firmer grouping together of similarly sized units that ends up lending them a frequency distribution ever more in line with the lab results of human reaction and attention times.”

- Basics - Bringing New Understanding to the Director’s Cut - NYTimes.com

"If you want bookstores to stay alive, then you want to slow down this movement to e-books, The..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:29:36 -0500

“If you want bookstores to stay alive, then you want to slow down this movement to e-books, The simplest way to slow down e-books is not to make them too cheap.”

- — Mike Shatzkin, chief executive of the Idea Logical Company, a consultant to publishers

Making the Case for iPad E-Book Prices - NYTimes.com

The Supreme Septuagenarian

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:22:01 -0500

A Look Inside the Life of News Corp. Mogul and Raging Septuagenarian Rupert Murdoch

—New York Magazine

It should be titled the Anatomy of an Aging Ancient. Kidding.

Making the Case for iPad E-Book Prices - NYTimes.com

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:19:32 -0500

Making the Case for iPad E-Book Prices - NYTimes.com:

A nice reminder that digital publishing still has costs. Free is often a rosy ideal.

"Digg Ads as a whole see about a 1 percent click-through rate, but what’s interesting is the spread..."

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:40:40 -0500

“Digg Ads as a whole see about a 1 percent click-through rate, but what’s interesting is the spread between more successful ads and less successful ones. Campaigns that mimic the style of Digg — using a numbered list, for example, or pointing to articles rather than product information — were much more effective, with up to 4 percent CTRs compared to 0.3 or 0.4 for the worst-performing Digg Ads. Toyota, for example, ran 16 different creatives for a Prius campaign with Digg (this was before the recall), said Edwards, with one of the most successful being a link to an Toyota-sponsored eHow article on “10 Tips From Happy People.” Of course, how many cars were actually sold through the promotion (and perhaps later recalled), we don’t know.”

- How Digg Found a Way to Make Money – GigaOM

Perhaps Digg can become relevant again.

"What developers see is that the App Store is a shaky foundation upon which to build a business. One..."

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:49:52 -0500

“What developers see is that the App Store is a shaky foundation upon which to build a business. One day you’re prospering, the next day your app is gone. There are awesome iPhone OS apps that aren’t being built because developers don’t trust Apple not to yank the carpet out from underneath them.”

- John Gruber (via marco)

"We do not fear any competitor."

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:37:44 -0500

“We do not fear any competitor.”

- — Reggie Fils-Aime

Nintendo: No Fear of Competitors - Digits - WSJ

Cocky but focused. Nintendo plays their own game.

Nike Sportswear : Human Chain Everybody gets knocked down,...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:53:42 -0500

Nike Sportswear : Human Chain

Everybody gets knocked down, how quick are you going to get up? Fantastic ad.

Kenneth Feinberg Not Happy With Certain Wall Street CEO Who Was Paid A $9 Million, All Stock Bonus - Dealbreaker

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:28 -0500

Kenneth Feinberg Not Happy With Certain Wall Street CEO Who Was Paid A $9 Million, All Stock Bonus - Dealbreaker

"Creating apps, digital games and web browsers actually prove to current and prospective clients that..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:37:52 -0500

“Creating apps, digital games and web browsers actually prove to current and prospective clients that a shop is digitally savvy. Such projects often involve the whole agency, and work to get staffers’ creative juices flowing. Of course, being an innovative place is a really easy way to attract top talent.”

- How These Advertising Agencies Create a Legacy Beyond Ads - Agency News - Advertising Age

BIG SPACESHIP

Products: Corpsify, Perfect Monkey Tankpants

FALLON

Product: Skimmer

TAXI, NEW YORK

Product: Food Content Alerts

IMANO

Products: AcrossAir Browser, Virus Killer 360

BBH ZAG

Product: Kidos

GIGANTIC MARKETING

Product: BrandFlux

COLLE MCVOY

Product: Squawq

ROCKFISH INTERACTIVE

Products: CrazyHotJob, TidyTweet

Starbucks Gets Its Business Brewing Again With Social Media - Advertising Age

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:38:40 -0500

Starbucks Gets Its Business Brewing Again With Social Media - Advertising Age:

180k users
80k submitted ideas
50 implemented in-store ideas