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December 2006 - Posts
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Friday, December 29, 2006 8:46 PM
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Dave Winer is Iron Man. I am: Green Lantern Green Lantern 85% Robin 60% Superman 55% Spider-Man 50% Supergirl 50% The Flash 50% Iron Man 50% Hulk 40% Batman 35% Wonder Woman 35% Catwoman 25% Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination. Read More...
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Monday, December 18, 2006 8:49 PM
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I'm on vacation, more or less. AND I had no power over the weekend, so sort of missed the lamest person of the year in recent history -- yes, You. You can read some of the reasoning here, but why bother. I was watching The Daily Show tonight, and Jon Read More...
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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:31 PM
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Here in my new place of residence, it's been a wild few days. Thursday a pretty big rain and windstorm blew through, knocking down trees and knocking out power for most of the region. While I'd been told that it never rained in Madison Park :) it turns Read More...
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Friday, December 15, 2006 2:12 PM
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Fascinating post via Valleywag on the future of the embargo. Using the Google charity stock news as an example, Valleywag posits that we are about to see the end of the embargo. Googlewatch got the scoop and it sort of embarrassed the whole group by showing Read More...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:54 PM
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Chris Anderson at Wired is doing a good job of thinking through what is next for magazines in general and Wired in particular, and is sharing some of this thinking via his blog. It's good stuff. Of course, there is no one silver bullet to cure what ails Read More...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 2:07 PM
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I've been reading with great interest the catastrophic demise of iTunes sales. It's popped up in several news site and has been much blogged about. Good thing Forrester has this good blog post that puts it all into context. Look, the press isn't perfect, Read More...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:58 AM
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Clay Shirky does a great job of digging in and getting into the reality of the virtual worlds. The sound you hear is the "pop" of a virtual bubble -- not to say that we won't wake tomorrow to more glowing press coverage of SL, but that we'll be able to Read More...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 6:45 AM
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It would be nice to think that this report would signal the end of deceptive practices in the marketing arena. Sure it will. Sorry to be a skeptic, but this quote just pushed me over the top: The group has also tried to hold members accountable. Sernovitz Read More...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:15 AM
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If this story is true, and Jason seems to think it is, then trust in Digg will be undermined for a good while. While I don't know that it as quite as dire as Jason suggests :) the point that trust is hard earned and easily lost is certainly true. The Read More...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006 6:31 AM
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Number one item on Techmeme. High digg juice. Well, what to do when you see a headline like this? Respond. In this case, Matt Cutts from Google did -- but it took more than a bit of time to get out there. And the result? Game over -- controversy ended. Read More...
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:02 PM
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Both the NYT Sunday Magazine and BusinessWeek have issues out talking about top ideas and trends for 2006. FWIW, I think NYT Magazine wins this shootout -- they are just really, really good. In some ways, it might be worth paying for the entire year to Read More...
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:46 PM
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It's a problem in all mediums. Nick Carr is the latest to opine on this particular topic, he does so with his usual, uh, panache. ;) Linking to a NY Times article that looks at the same topic, he wonders, if, "An even bigger open question lies on culture's Read More...
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:38 PM
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One of the best parts of blogs is the ability see the thought process and creative output of others, mostly (for me at least) those who are smarter and more creative than I am. Anil is one of my favorite bloggers for one reason: he always makes me think. Read More...
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Friday, December 08, 2006 7:28 AM
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Wow, big news via the NYT on Wal-Mart. They fired their marketing chief and are re-opening their just concluded search for a new ad agency. It's front page business section news -- and it should be. Why? A few reasons: 1. As one of the largest advertisers Read More...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:46 PM
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Tom Foremski has some of the details on why Yahoo! went early with their news from yesterday. Anyone who has ever had to deal with big news, a reorg, ship dates, product announcements, exec arrival, exec departure, knows about the scoop mentality and Read More...
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Monday, December 04, 2006 10:15 PM
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Sort of a mixed story for ad spending via the NYT. Stuart Elliott reports on the latest projections, ranging from good to awful, depending on who you listen to. :) As the story notes: “The trend that will continue to affect the media universe in 2007 Read More...
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Monday, December 04, 2006 7:10 AM
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A few weeks back, I wrote about the power of naming -- a reminder that the act of naming can have long term impact. Today, David Carr in the NYT provides a great example. He walks through the politics and policies involved in describing the conflict in Read More...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:46 PM
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Chris Anderson describes in detail how to hide technology. I generally agree with his (actually his wife's) premise that tech should be hidden as much as possible. In a new house, I can safely say I'm struggling in this department, with laptops in the Read More...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:33 PM
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Last week was a big one for Dave . First, he and Robert had an online debate in the WSJ on innovation and Microsoft -- what I liked was there was as much heat as light. And, while I think Dave is wrong :) he and Robert both were articulate in their arguments, Read More...
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Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:53 PM
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I live in the house of pubs, with what feels like a gazillion magazines and newspapers streaming in regularly. After two weeks away, I'm in frantic catch up mode, reading like crazy. So, my four-year-old daughter, witnessing the reading and recycling Read More...
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