November 2007
311 posts
Nickel Creek’s Last Waltz (review) →
Last night’s final stop on Nickel Creek’s “Farewell (for now) Tour” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium was upbeat and rollicking with only a slight whiff of funereal eulogy. The evening was more like a celebratory party after a funeral, than a funeral — well, except maybe at the very end. (Photo set.)
There were touches of reflection, however: Bela Fleck sitting in on a few tunes, including Texas...
Convergence ad sales dampen growing online ad... →
Quote - Those who use convergence see the web as an added-value tool and relegate online advertising to a supporting role as opposed to a separate media form.
Can’t believe I’m only now seeing this ‘Kommon Kraft’ parody - near end, my blog used as Exhibit 1 of the topic - http://tinyurl.com/2zekb8
I’m not sure that I like following Twitterers who have scary-looking avatars.
Heading to the Ryman for Nickel Creeks ‘last waltz’ - http://tinyurl.com/2az4dm
If I had been in charge, I would have hired native son @gapingvoid to come up with a better slogan than this - http://tinyurl.com/3bgjkx
Scotland's has a zippy new slogan | UPI.com →
After months of planning and an explosion of creativity by great marketing minds, Scotland has a new slogan. It’s, “Welcome to Scotland.”
links for 2007-11-30 →
A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff
Quote - This horribly-titled, but hopefully useful round-up we will specifically focus on such general purpose sites that include some sort of rich media instruction (generally video).
(tags: diy how-to guides inspiration instructions)
The rise of the local and hyperlocal communities online | Compassion in Politics
A survey of some platforms...
@Rafe I just signed up on your Web Ware post. If I can get a seesmic invite, @shawnz can retire from helping me try to score one.
Nickel Creek’s last waltz →
15 months ago, Nickel Creek announced they were breaking up for an indefinite period after a year-long “farewell (for now) tour.” Tonight is the last stop on that tour. I’ll be there and will probably post some thoughts late tonight or in the morning. On the website, NPR.org/music, you can watch and listen to the recent Washington D.C. stop on the tour.
I’ve long felt a bitter-sweet anticipation...
If SEO black hats think they can influence overall results with such a featur, expect entire armies of off-shore clickers. not gonna happen.
Already, if you’re logged into Google, your results are influenced by previous (passive?) actions. This seems like an active action option.
@marshallk Question for your story - is this truly a ‘digg’ feature as being reported (mis-reported) - seems more a personalization thing
@shawnz I don’t believe that promotion is ‘targeted’ at someone like me who lives within five minutes of two different Super Targets.
The rise of the local and hyperlocal communities... →
A survey of some platforms that can help connect local and hyperlocal communities.
Connecting the dots between what Yahoo! and Adobe... →
Today, CNet’s News.com reports that Yahoo and Adobe are bringing pay-per-click ads to Adobe’s Portable Document Format (so that’s what PDF stands for) so that “publishers can serve up ads inside PDFs distributed on Web sites and over e-mail that are contextually relevant to the content.”
Now flashback to last week when I pointed to this report about a patent granted to Google for “customizing...
A Big List of Sites That Teach You How To Do Stuff →
Quote - This horribly-titled, but hopefully useful round-up we will specifically focus on such general purpose sites that include some sort of rich media instruction (generally video).
links for 2007-11-29 →
Scott & Lori’s Road Trip (a Flickr set)
Scott Beale (laughingsquid.com) has taken some great story-telling photos over the past few days, recording a road trip from Destin, Fla. to Ohio (including a stop in Nashville).
(tags: photography)
RJR to drop print ads | Winston-Salem Journal
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said yesterday that it will not advertise its cigarette brands in newspapers...
I’m impressed by how many of the Twitterers I follow are watching and commenting on the debate. Me, I’m watching a recorded episode of CSI.
Should bloggers care more about “Long Tail”... →
Here’s a short business book I wrote in ten minutes. Feel free to download it to your Kindle and read it later:
Chapter One
Alex Iskold, Read/WriteWeb writer Alex Iskold today used a long post to argue there’s “no money in the long tail of the blogosphere.” Said Iskold, “It is often forgotten that money is to be made by leveraging the collective long tail, however, making money while being part...
RJR to drop print ads | Winston-Salem Journal →
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. said yesterday that it will not advertise its cigarette brands in newspapers and consumer magazines next year.
Blog post - Can magazines compete online? I think somewhere in there, I say yes. http://tinyurl.com/3amvdm
Scott & Lori's Road Trip (a Flickr set) →
Scott Beale (laughingsquid.com) has taken some great story-telling photos over the past few days, recording a road trip from Destin, Fla. to Ohio (including a stop in Nashville).
Can magazine companies compete online? →
I guess it’s theme week. And this week’s theme is all about magazines and the web.
Yesterday, I pointed to an interview with the business editor of Wired magazine regarding magazines and the web. Today, the Wall Street Journal has an article on the same topic, focusing primarily on the web strategy of Wired’s parent company, Conde Nast.
Quote:
“Web revenue for magazine companies is about 5%...
Not to alarm you or anything, but Christmas is exactly four weeks from today.
Memo to Amazon.com: Open the Kindle | Harvard... →
Quote from David Weinberger = Amazon’s Kindle e-book may turn out to be a textbook. A textbook example, that is, of how the strengths of closed platforms can quickly turn into a weakness.
links for 2007-11-28 →
How your creepy ex-co-workers will kill Facebook | InformationWeek
Cory Doctorow paints a picture of Facebook’s future that looks a lot like social networking’s history. FB fan-boys are sure to meltdown over this one.
(tags: facebook socialnetworks)
Jackson Five ‘could tour in 2008′ | BBC
Quote- “We owe that to the fans.” Observation: Speaking for the fans, let me respond: Really, guys, you...
NYTimes blogger 'happily' blogs Wall Street... →
NYT DealBook’s Jenny Anderson happily reports that Merrill Lynch CEO “happily tells” his employees that the Wall Street Journal issued a correction of a page 1 negative story about the firm.
Google maps goes collaborative →
Okay, it’s already established that I’m a Google Maps “My Maps” fan-boy. For example, here is the first “My Map” I created, a trail map of a Greenway near my home. Today, the Google Maps team announced they’ve added a collaborative feature to My Maps. I’m trying out the new feature on the map embedded below. If you’d like to add something to the map, click here and see what you can do. I believe...
MIT Lecture Browser →
Candidate for coolest thing ever. It searches all lectures for your query, indicates exactly at what point the word occurs in video, then plays it while a transcript appears below. Geez. (via: researchbuzz.org)
The unifying theory of magazines in an online age →
As I maintain dual citizenship in both Magazineland and Internetopolis, I’m often asked what magazines must do to survive in an online era. Jason Tanz, business editor of Wired magazine, has a great answer to that question in this interview on PRWeek.com.
Quote:
“The Internet can do a lot of things really great, so focus your magazine on the things the Internet can’t do really great.”
Tanz...
Jackson Five 'could tour in 2008' | BBC →
Quote- “We owe that to the fans.” Observation: Speaking for the fans, let me respond: Really, guys, you don’t us anything. Honest. Let’s just call it even and ya’ll stay at home. Please. Like forever.
How your creepy ex-co-workers will kill Facebook |... →
Cory Doctorow paints a picture of Facebook’s future that looks a lot like social networking’s history. FB fan-boys are sure to meltdown over this one.
@laughingsquid joined me for breakfast in Nashville. Photo - http://tinyurl.com/34576c
The 17-year-old is eBaying his PS2 & Guitar Hero bundle. He plans to move to XBox 360 w/ proceeds and Xmas wishes http://tinyurl.com/29dua5
Whole Foods launches a customer magazine |... →
Quote - Whole Foods isn’t happy with just being your source of party-friendly cucumber-dill dip and organic vegetables â now they want to be your reading material of choice too.
Why Scott Adams will be blogging less | The... →
Quote - Iâll just do it less often, especially over the holidays. Itâs hard to tell the family I canât spend time with them because I need to create free content on the Internet that will lower our income.
links for 2007-11-27 →
Antismoking Activist Calls Rolling Stone Insert ‘One Great Big Cigarette Ad’ | NYTimes.com
Quote - An insert in Rolling Stone sponsored by Camel is under fire from antismoking activists because, they say, it blurs the line between advertising and editorial content and„,features cartoons.
(tags: magazines advertising advertorials)
David Carr sends love letter to The Week | New York...
News Corp builds online ad network | Reuters →
News Corp’s Internet division plans to launch an online network to sell advertising across Rupert Murdoch’s sprawling empire and even to other media companies as early as the first half of next year.
Fortune.com redesigns; Magazine relaunch imminent... →
Quote - Fortune.com has redesigned its site, emphasizing the magazine and the brand much more than what it was/became under the CNNMoney.com umbrella.
Observation: LinkedIn users think V-card means this http://tinyurl.com/3boo4s , Facebook users think it means http://tinyurl.com/2lcfb8