July 6, 2009
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If you hang around in the NYC media bubble long enough, you develop the social depression of a collapsing industry. The west coast is full of a giddy frisson about the inevitable demise of big media, while the midwest is skeptical of everything that gets force-fed to them from the coasts. NYC, which has essentially zero awareness of any of this, continues to constantly be shocked! when a TMZ or Pitchfork or The Onion comes along from the hinterlands with a massively successful enterprise.

The reasons for this amounts to a lack of vision. Even smart people, vampiracly [sic] bound to the past, seem completely blind to developing new formats. The standard for online innovation right now is ‘launch another blog,’ which no one seems to recognize is about as depressing as launching another newspaper.

Rexy (via caro) (via mikehudack)

Never imagined that it’s this way in NYC. Sounds more like a good portrayal of how things are in Canada, in general. Except that we don’t have TMZ, Pitchfork or The Onion.

July 2, 2009
onemoretimewithfeeling: kayfabe: rand0mflora: Ohhhh, god. I laughed SO hard! via Lamebook

onemoretimewithfeeling:

kayfabe:

rand0mflora:

Ohhhh, god. I laughed SO hard!

via Lamebook

June 30, 2009

The Online Publishers Association announced Tuesday that 37 of its members, whose sites reach 68% of the total U.S. Internet audience, have begun offering the three new larger new ad units the group unveiled in March. Several — including The New York Times, CNN and MSNBC.com — are already running, or will soon launch, campaigns for brands such as Bank of America and Mercedes-Benz.

MediaPost Publications 37 Sites Ready To Implement OPA’s Bigger, Badder Ad Formats 06/30/2009

I know this…

June 29, 2009
“ Here is ideally what I’d like to do. Get up early on a Saturday, put some ribs in the smoker and spend the rest of my day drinking beer until its ready.

Can’t argue with that ;-)
 (via florianschedler)

Love your recent focus on meat (gathered from everything, from delicious bookmarks to posts here and there).

Certain advertisers insist on targeting ads only to people using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer—and not to those using Google’s Chrome or Firefox. The reason? IE users click more on ads.

Advertisers target Microsoft browser - BusinessWeek

Fascinating, this. Let’s say you’re a CPG company selling soap. Let’s say that IE users click more on your soap ads. Given that Firefox users use just as much soap as IE users, is targeting IE the right thing to do? 

Either you determine that Firefox…

“ The problem with software development is you always think that next feature will be the secret key to success. It generally never is…

Noah Kagan

He’s 100% correct. In a start-up’s existence they’re lucky if they find one silver bullet in their chamber. At best two. Most get none. Everything else is committing to the long-term goals and marching towards them with everything you have.

(via tedr) (via kareem)

(via chartreuse)

It doesn’t help that VCs typically ask for “secret sauce” which, of course, is often features.

June 28, 2009
Oh Top Gear, how I love thee. Still watching the first episode of the season, but the 2nd is now also, uhm, available. What a fantastic show. Makes me want to grab a steering wheel.

Oh Top Gear, how I love thee. Still watching the first episode of the season, but the 2nd is now also, uhm, available.

What a fantastic show. Makes me want to grab a steering wheel.

June 19, 2009
“ CoTweet is a comprehensive Twitter business platform that supports both proactive marketing communication and response-driven customer support.

kill me.

CoTweet™ - How business does Twitter

(via soxiam)

Coming next: CoTumblr, a comprehensive Tumblr business platform that supports both proactive marketing communication and response-driven customer support.

June 17, 2009
“ As a medium gets faster, it gets more emotional. We feel faster than we think.

Clay Shirky (via sleuth) (via msg) (via rahmin) (via tedr)

What does that even mean? How can a medium get more emotional? Zapping through TV channels is no slower than reading a Twitter feed.

Or browsing through newspaper headlines.

Or listening to a radio news report.

The issue is not the speed, it’s the emotional investment in individuals who are part of the medium.

Sometimes people really overthink stuff.

June 16, 2009
The Chosun Ilbo: N.Korean Heir Apparent Linked to Assassination Plot

mikehudack:

soupsoup:

kaytee:

Close aides of Kim Jong-un, the 26-year-old third son and heir apparent of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, last week attempted to assassinate the leader’s first son Jong-nam, KBS reported Monday citing Chinese government sources.

Aides to Kim Jong-un planned to assassinate Jong-nam, who lives in Macau, after first eliminating his close aides in North Korea. The sources said, “It seems they tried to assassinate Kim Jong-nam without telling Kim Jong-il.”

The plan was foiled when the Chinese government found out about it early last week. “The Chinese government warned North Korea to stop the assassination attempt, and sent intelligence and military officers to Macau and spirited Kim Jong-nam to a safe place,” the sources said.

And you thought your family was fucked up.

Unbelievable.