February 2008
60 posts
“Real wages have stagnated for decades. But corporate profits are at their...”
– Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab
This is going to be sooooo bad.
Hendrix says: “Buddy Miles gonna do this...
A Capitalist Jolt for Charity - New York Times →
The economic DNA of markets, networks, and communities: Part 4758382
U.S. is not falling into stagflation: Bernanke -... →
LOL
Buddy Miles - R.I.P. →
Buddy Miles is a huge inspiration…I’ve probably listened to “Band of Gypsys” more than any other record the last 12 months. He and Hendrix were perfect together.
Check out this clip from the Band of Gypsys documentary…SO HEAVY. Of course they have musical genius Lenny Kravitz talking over the part where Buddy is singing lead but whatever…I’ll dig up the...
Bush: US Is Not Headed Into Recession →
And THAT is the very definition of “contrary indicator”…
“A study published in December by the Pew Internet & American Life Project...”
– Emily Chang - Blog: Young Women Driving the Social Web
THANK GOD!!! The best news I’ve read in weeks…
AIR Goes Live: The Best Things About Adobe's AIR... →
“You know, I don’t write code. I don’t think I’m ever going to...”
– O’Reilly Network — A Contrarian View of Open Source
Which is it? Music, Technology, Art, or Economy?
I really can’t decide what’s more interesting to me at the moment*. Here’s some things I’m currently working on…
Music: playing drums for Alex & Sam, Yohei Shikano, and The Townies.
Technology: brushing up on HTML and CSS, preparing to learn [some] Python before the year is out. Talking to some really cool development firms. Researching web apps that...
Big Picture Advertising: Reinventing the agency... →
Woah…this advertising guy is reading John Hagel! Love it!
He’s saying a smart model for ad agencies is facilitating communities of interest and then finding appropriate products and services for them.
I am SO sold on this blog.
“Most ad-supported startups will fail simply because 1) ads suck, and destroy...”
– Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab
I was pitching a VC once and we talked about how low the bar is for improving ad conversions. “Advertisers will be ecstatic getting from 0.75% to 1.5%”, etc…I doubt they will ever get much above that. ‘Cause, you know, ads suck.
On the blog...
I couldn’t resist posting this track from...
WatchLESSIG FOR CONGRESS
Slow-motion surf genius James Wilsey (of Chris...
Hoax Analyst Showing Up On Earnings Calls →
I’m surprised this hasn’t happened before…especially as an intense prank/SEC violation…
How To Convert Photos Into Illustrations
joelaz:
I thought I’d share a little trick I just learned. I wanted to include a picture of myself on my Tumblr page, but I didn’t like the way most of the photos looked in relation to the rest of the site design. I wanted an image that wasn’t too distracting. I also wanted the image to contain some colors from my site palette so the image blended in with the rest of the page. I don’t have...
Interview: TipJoy CEO, Abby Kirigin →
“Mapnik is a Free Toolkit for developing mapping applications.”
– Mapnik C++/Python GIS Toolkit | Welcome
Woah…cool.
A Data Point on EveryBlock →
Interview with Adrian Holovaty
“The youth vote that gave [Obama] such a margin of victory in South Carolina, and...”
– Dreams from Obama - The New York Review of Books
Exhaustive essay bringing in highlights from Obama’s books and recent criticism…
The Fourth Horseman of the Macropocalypse →
“This all gives us confidence in our plan to defeat America — by bleeding...”
– The State of the Jihad, As He Might See It - washingtonpost.com
Interesting essay written from the perspective of UBL by the CIA’s bin Laden expert…
Soviet Union:Afganistan::United States:Iraq?
Levon Helm’s new record Dirt Farmer is...
A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo →
“in social networks brands must seek to provoke conversation not to dominate it.”
– How to Build a Brand on the Web? Ask Unilever - Harvard Business Online’s Conversation Starter
WatchThe Shrinking Advantage of Brands - Harvard Business Online’s Umair Haque
This is going to get GOOD
Cellphone Fishing Game: Catch a Virtual Fish, Get... →
note to self: riff on this idea…
Protagonize, A Collaborative Fiction-Writing... →
What I've Learned About The Media Business, Part 1
Over the last six years I’ve spent 95% of my time alternately being a musician, media entrepreneur, music educator, and recording engineer.
For what it’s worth, here’s a few of the things I think I’ve figured out along the way (interspersed with some prognostications). Of course, your results may vary ;-)
- The math has to work.
- If you want to create value in a...
Blogs More Than MySpace Sell Music Says News Study →
Paging HypeMachine…automated PR service for musicians, please!
Updated: ARM To Demonstrate Google Android In... →
Customer Service is the New Marketing →
Another way of putting it…I like it.
(This was a conference held in SF earlier this week)
Department of split-second golden ages, Henry... →
Moral hazard in high finance, Pt. 10302834
“Can I do my biography report on Barack O’Gandhi?”
– a third-grade student in my fiance Shannon’s classroom
There aren't enough interaction designers in... →
Obama and Paul: The Kings of the Web Election →
The True Cost Of SMS Won't Matter Much As Mobile... →
I’m really curious about how SMS/short code usage changes in the U.S. as data plans become more widespread.
Anyone with insights from Asia or Europe, feel free to weigh in…
We Must All Do Our Part To Preserve This Climate... →
A little Super Tuesday editorial…
MySpace Developer Platform Goes Live (Sorta) →
“There are a number of other qualities similar to trust that are difficult to...”
– Kevin Kelly — The Technium
Read on for business models galore…
“I think we’re heading toward a brand meritocracy. Products and services have to...”
– The Looming Meritocracy
Truer words were never spoken.
Here’s another definition of “Marketing 2.0”: making products and services that actually solve actual problems.
“Powercast has developed a revolutionary new use for RF: wireless power.”
– Powercast - Technology Overview