July 2008
44 posts
Off to Portland for work.
watching An American in Paris
Creativity vs. Co-optivity →
This is a larger topic than this post has room to do justice to. The question I raise is not a new question in the arenas of art, popular culture and commerce. When artists, and I’ll use this term…
“If you want to live like a billionaire, buy a $12,000 bed,” You can’t park a...”
– Atlantic Monthly
“We have a challenge before us in figuring out how to keep the distractions of...”
– clay shirky on britannica blog
“One of the many ironies and contradictions about Apple is that while the company...”
– Real Dan Lyons Web Site
inverse relationship →
I have a theory. I’m not sure whether it matters, but I find it a bit funny and potentially true. Tom’s theory: companies that are hiring ad agencies to help them “innovate”, or become more…
“If Roku, as promised, can pump more than Netflix movies through the box (which...”
– portfolio.com
In Vegas for work.
Apparently my cat likes chocolate gelato.
“Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg acknowledged Tuesday that broadband coverage isn’t...”
– From Fortune. What a joke. We are so not the drivers of innovation in wireless.
Watchnew Internet sitcom (new to me at least). Break a Leg
an employee bill of rights
freedom to leave work whenever for whatever reason
freedom to talk with other companies (beyond the for which you work) without being seen as a trader
freedom to question the actions of management
freedom from feeling guilty for not staying at work longer than your boss
Collateral Damage →
Let’s make a list of things that have been ruined forever by advertising, shall we? Talking animals; Countless pieces of great music, from pop to classical, most recently, Daydream Believer; …
Precious by Esperanza Spalding
“The next evolution of the automobile will be plug-in hybrids that get their...”
– Wired
“7 reasons why a startup (Monitor110) failed:
1. The lack of a single,...”
– Information Arbitrage
The hills in the bay area make for killer cycling.
An hour flight from home. Very excited to relax after a grueling week on the road.
hotels make me angry
they aren’t very comfortable nor accommodating.
i still find that only 1 in 10 has a good Internet connection, and most make you pay.
in-room dining is always bad. i’ve never had a good meal. i think i’m going to start bringing my own food.
the excercise rooms are terrible and haven’t been updated since the 90s.
the beds are typically ok, but the bedspreads are...
Off to Baltimore, then St. Louis. Living the dream.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13) →
Sufjan Stevens
My Morning Jacket
Bon Iver
Vampire Weekend
NPR
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
At the beach in Santa Cruz. People laying out, walking, kayaking, sailing, playing volleyball. Lots of action.
Irony: just saw a rat in Los Gatos.
“This fall, San Francisco will test 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces in...”
– NYT
Re: Stacks by Bon Iver on For Emma, Forever Ago...
Just found a place that serves Chicago style pizza in Santa Clara.
Do something good, jerks! →
Most days we sell crap to people who don’t need it. Every now and then we do something good for humanity. These isolated cases we praise in our industry publications and awards shows. We then get…
27 Dresses made me dumberer.
“tweaking the way the Internet works based on a commercial relationship —...”
– alleyinsider
“Advertising per se is not the evil here,” Ms. Harris said in a conference call...”
– New York Time’s Blog on Ad Targeting technology on the Internet
Highly Suspicious by My Morning Jacket on their...
The only thing to do in 100 degree weather is go swimming.
less and more →
—choice is good, but leads to more, which creates complexity —simplicity is good, but can limit choice, which is undesirable i suggest choice and simplicity as the model. the tension…
In Santa Cruz for two day company meeting.
In praise of the Dos Equis radio campaign →
I’ve praised the Dos Equis “Most interesting man in the world” radio campaign previously. (The TV extension of this campaign is okay, but the radio campaign is the gem.) But I feel compelled to…
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or...”
– First Amendment
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6) →
Radiohead
Don Caballero
Sublime
Modest Mouse
The Format
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Qualitative observation: there seems to be less fireworks this year than in years past in Michigan.
Open source oops: Timing is everything →
A while back, I wrote about open source advertising. While I had the idea for more than a month (two, actually), I sat on it, because I had other topics that I wanted to write about. But I finally…
Power being out makes some things a little more fun and at the same time other things a little more annoying.