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March 2008 - Posts
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Monday, March 31, 2008 11:10 AM
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Reading the end of the world coverage re: newspaper advertising revenue was pretty depressing. So Chris Anderson's post in The Long Tail was well worth reading -- turns out that things aren't quite as grim as they might appear. Chris notes: The truth Read More...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:53 AM
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Came across this latest excuse for why it's okay to rip off artists. Usually it starts with the fact that the music industry is corrupt, lack of choice, blah blah blah. Here it is: Absolutely zero of it has to do with my wanting to make sure my Read More...
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Friday, March 28, 2008 9:33 PM
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The current issue of The New Yorker has a fascinating story about how the government is losing money making pennies. While the story itself is interesting, buried about halfway through is the piece that just set the hair on the back of my neck on edge, Read More...
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Friday, March 28, 2008 6:41 AM
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See Dan Lyons below . He notes, in a pretty darn funny email exchange: 3. Favorite horror story about a PR person (no need to name names – not trying to out anyone): Dan: There is a certain PR guy at Waggener Edstrom who made a bet with me Read More...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:18 PM
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After being satisfied with my technology for a while, I've hit a spell where things started to not work, most particularly my cell phone. Given how much time I'm on the phone, having people not be able to hear me is a problem, so it was off to research Read More...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:22 PM
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On Easter here in Seattle, it rained. Buckets. My brother and I are six weeks out from the Vancouver Marathon , and he was in Hawaii running in heat and wind, and the calendar said today was 12 miles, relatively easy compared to the 19 from last week. Read More...
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Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:57 PM
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I'm new to Harper's, only a few issues in. Starting a new magazine is always a bit of a challenge, there is no familiarity to help guide me through the new issue. Which sections do I like? Which should I skip? With publications I've been getting for a Read More...
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Friday, March 21, 2008 7:12 AM
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Dave Winer has a good post that takes a balanced look at some of the challenges facing Wikipedia. It's especially timely given that amount of news that Jimbo Wales has been generating about his personal life, his relationship with the organization and Read More...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:24 PM
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One huge advantage of a rapidly searchable web is the ability to sometimes make connections in a way that just can't happen in the physical world, more easily and more rapidly with each passing day. For example, last night I watched part of the Obama Read More...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008 3:08 PM
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I managed to pretty much avoid the Sarah Lacy/Mark Zuckerber SXSW interview fun, but this post by Valleywag made me reconsider. Let's just get my opinion about the interview out of the way up front; it wasn't as bad as it was made out to be but it was Read More...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:01 AM
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In today's NYT Magazine, Farhad Manjoo takes a break from his day job at Salon and writes about the difficulty in killing a rumor, a topic long of interest to communications people everywhere. Even in a connected world where Snopes can be counted on to Read More...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:36 AM
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First, I find it totally ironic that the WSJ should publish an opinion column calling for more investigative power on the part of the media in general, and blaming the media (which I'm pretty sure the WSJ is a member of) for being an enabler for Eliot Read More...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:52 AM
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First Target, now Mark Cuban. In the case of Target , they pleaded not enough resources to be able to deal with bloggers, and have since changed their tune. In the case of Cuban, he also has a resource problem -- not enough space in the locker room. But Read More...
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Saturday, March 08, 2008 8:04 AM
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Over on The Daily Lark , Andy takes a look at this Guardian piece on how Apple launches products and weighs in on why/how Apple launches products, a topic that is near and dear to my heart. In general I agree with him when he says: As a consumer company, Read More...
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Monday, March 03, 2008 9:31 AM
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I was delayed in London due to weather issues, so had a chance to watch first hand the uproar and press coverage over the fact that Prince Harry had been in Afghanistan and that the British media had known about it/agreed to keep it secret. While that's Read More...
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