June 2009
38 posts
“It was 3 hours and 17 minutes after TMZ first announced Michael Jackson had...”
– SEOmoz | A Bad Day for Search Engines: How News of Michael Jackson’s Death Traveled Across the Web
“I have used Bing. We benefit from Microsoft’s continual re-entry into this...”
– RealTimeCannes: Eric Schmidt on Microsoft’s Bing
Ah, the asymmetry of an ideal.
“Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer up by watching some Geo I/O talks:
...”
– Twitter / Google Maps API: Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer u …
VERY weird message from Google.
Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: E-mail... →
Need Some 15 and 30 Second Spots? Hire Your User... →
Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s... →
This is the best article I’ve read in weeks
“Twitter is growing even faster than Facebook—doubling its membership in...”
– Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet
Wait, isn’t nearly 100% of Twitter’s data public?
“Zuckerberg doesn’t pull any punches, describing Google as “a...”
– Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet
This is one of the most ironic thought patterns EVER.
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(via The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien - Triumph Visits Bonnaroo Pt2 (06/19/09) - Video - NBC.com)
WatchThe Shift Index - CNBC.com
CNBC: A li’l slow on the uptake ;-)
“The industry appears to be doing everything it can not to appear vindictive in...”
– Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty - Ars Technica
Check out this article, lots of ridiculousness from both sides. Of course, the net result is: this is what happens when lawyers dictate your business strategy.
“the current recession is masking long-term competitive challenges for U.S....”
– The Shift Index | Center for the Edge | Deloitte | Deloitte Center for the Edge | Hagel | Brown | Davison | Big Shift - Deloitte LLP
144 page report, check it out
“re: transparency…it’s strategically inevitable; lemons = fail when...”
– Twitter / Ethan Bauley: @jowyang re: transparency. …
Wanted to drop this one back out there…probably my fav tweet of all time (besides the one where Umair Haque followed up to tell me the above was “awesome” ;-)
“My question for Yahoo is WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SELLING THIS NAME? It’s an...”
– DirectNavigation.com
“I’m just saying that I think posing the problem correctly is perhaps more...”
– Jemima Kiss talks to Google co-founder Sergey Brin | Technology | The Guardian
Dead Media Beat: MySpace →
“It’s much harder to say, “I think the conventional wisdom is full of beans, and...”
– Revolutionaries bridge the edge and the core. | Taylor Davidson
“I want you, whether you’re in the Congo or Darfur or if you’re in...”
– Ann Curry Defends Foreign Correspondents, Twitter; Rick Sanchez Defends CNN | The New York Observer
I’ve covered this before, but the irony of MANY of the social media “cult of personality” wankers is that they fall prey to the EXACT SAME EGOMANIA of the Hollywood/mass media that...
“those incentives, ultimately, will lead to greater opportunities to create...”
– Havas Media Lab » The Evolution of Advertising
Watchbuilding43
Very important vid for you to watch re: future
“Economic life should be definancialised. We should learn not to use markets as...”
– FT.com / Comment / Opinion - Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world
Aaron Greenspan: Why Google Bothered to Appeal a... →
Great series of articles, recommended
The Worst Business Model in the World (And What... →
“Great new technology is like a great new song. It makes us say “wow” in the best...”
– a comment on this post by vladimir vukicevik
What Drives Consumer Adoption Of New Technologies?
(via fred-wilson)
Tech is the new music. Lefsetz has been saying this for like 3 years.
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The Onion does not disappoint.
If only we could go back to a simpler time, when it was still kinda weird to be on Friendster.
“just coined a new phrase: “the soft bigotry of economic nihilism”,...”
– Twitter / Ethan Bauley: just coined a new phrase: …
My second-fav tweet ever…
“Investing in 3000% interest rates in the middle of a debt crisis — that’s...”
– The Worst Business Model in the World (And What You Can Learn From It) - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
Maybe I’m jacked on coffee this morning (I am), but I enjoy more aggressive rhetorical pushback on all the world’s BS with each passing day…
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T2 on the Mortgage Crisis
Hoooo-weeee! Why the recent appearance of economic stabilization is really “the mother of all head fakes” and why the rest of 2009-2010 is going to both suck AND blow.
The Worst Business Model in the World (And What... →
“We are engaged in what Eric von Hippel calls “end user innovation”...”
– A VC
Von Hippel has a changethis manifesto that summarizes a lot of his book, it’s excellent…
“Goodbye, Rajeev. You will be missed. What a sad, sad day.”
– Silicon Valley Grieves Rajeev Motwani’s Passing
“It seems inevitable that, given Facebook’s sheer scale (180 million...”
– Facebook Can Drive More Traffic Than Google | WebProNews
More painfully facile analysis for ya…
As for buying music at Target... Isn't that like...
via @Lefsetz
I’ll add that when I bought the new Prince record there (just for the experience + curiosity), this is exactly what it felt like.
Paper towels, laundry detergent, socks, and…art?
If they were doing something creative with it it’d be different. But it’s just pure distro econ.
YAWN
Conferences →
Conferences →
“it seems inevitable that consumers everywhere will eventually demand ubiquitous...”
– In Music, Apple’s Strength Becomes a Vulnerability
DUH