May 2012
1 post
April 2012
4 posts
March 2012
2 posts
WatchTwo of my favorite web personalities have a big week in video. Post one of two.
January 2012
3 posts
“The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the...”
– John Allsop
October 2011
1 post
February 2011
2 posts
“Question: What did you learn from Mark Zuckerberg specifically?
Answer: The...”
– I’ve never heard of Cloudera before this article and I’m no real investor but based on this one interview, my instinct says this company will be successful and to bet heavily on it as long as it keeps its leadership in place. Jeff Hammerbacher sounds like he has the tactical skills,...
January 2011
4 posts
Long Form: Excerpts from Cognitive Surplus by Clay...
Reading Clay Shirky’s book, Cognitive Surplus. It’s an insightful read discussing some of the fundamental societal waves swelling now. As an exercise, I wanted to pull out some excerpts I enjoyed. It’s a quick combination of quotes and rephrasing.
Media production has had 15th century Gutenberg economics applied for the 500 years. That is to say “it’s expensive to...
Phatic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
johnbattelle:
In linguistics, a phatic expression (pronounced /ˈfætɨk/) is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information.[1]The term was coined by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in the early 1900s.
- You’re welcome.
+1 :)
“They want to bring good things to life.”
– A quote from an article on Richard Bejtlich’s blog on digital security (via blog.alexreinart.com via @CDixon)
November 2010
1 post
Important Information
A dated Steve Jobs interview I was recently exposed to is so chock-full of beautiful quotes I need more than 140 characters to share them with you. The interview is remarkable for a number of reasons including the moment in time it captures. It’s before the real consumer computer revolution and Steve’s vision is so unwavering. It’s wonderful to read this article with the...
August 2010
1 post
Wipe Your Feet: The Print Is Not Dead, It Is Not... →
Peter claims that I have edited this conversation in order to make myself appear more clever. This is true.
A few years ago, in my parent’s kitchen, Peter and I found ourselves on opposing ends of an argument about the future of print media. In one corner: my dad and Peter, matching whiskeys on…
July 2010
5 posts
The Content King Needs New Clothes. Solid article... →
“There are many places to bet the company or put all your resources in one...”
– Why Deals and Sales are Like Deadliest Catch - jonsteinberg (via tedr)
That is a MONEy quote from Ogilvy. Livin it.
(via gross)
February 2010
1 post
“This is an opt-in experiment for HTML5 support on YouTube. If you are using a...”
– YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. (via gross)
October 2008
1 post
“1. Delete 120 minutes a day of ‘spare time’ from your life. This can include TV,...”
– Seth’s Blog: Is effort a myth? (via fred-wilson)
July 2008
1 post
On Brands Today (As shaped by Rob Walker's Buying...
I just finished Rob Walker’s Buying In and I found some valuable lessons in the book. It dealt with the meaning of brands in today’s consumer goods landscape. With the rise of the “Pretty Good Problem” (all goods are relatively the same, when you go to buy a stove top you are faced with selecting from 50 different products, yet they will all funtion extremely simlarly),...
June 2008
5 posts
Part IV: Featuring America's Favorite Sports... →
What happened on Deadspin today was truly a rare and awesome event. I think it may be the first ever live, online roasting. For someone who calls Bill Simmons “The Blogfather” and refers to Will Leitch as Michael Corrleone, this post was phenomenal on many levels. Really, today was awesome. Can’t say enough about the journey that has happened over the past two to three years...
“Creativity is just connecting things,” Jobs told Wired Magazine. ...”
– The Wired Interview: Steve Jobs
“The business of advertising is still a business of persuasion. Machines...”
– Millard: Yahoo! Wrong to Veer From Brand
Fantastic article about the talk between Battelle and Millard that I referenced earlier. The future of online advertising.
Tech Visionaries
I am absolutely loving watching the following videos of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and even a little of Steve Ballmer. I know the most about Jobs only because I am reading a book about him right now. The ability to watch these people makes us smarter and supports that the idea that the Internet is making us smarter as a race, contrary to what Nick Carr believes. It really is amazing to have these...
“I could sell that at lunch”
– Wenda Harris Millard, ex Head of Sales at Yahoo and current President of Martha Stewart Media, in response to John Battelle’s question of what it was like to go from selling Yahoo’s audience of 500MM uniques to selling Martha Stewarts digital audience of 5MM uniques.
May 2008
2 posts
Original
Tomorrow’s hope will never satisfy today’s needs.
Sports Guy Unplugged →