April 2009
31 posts
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“This is one of the innovator’s dilemmas: Blindly following the maxim that...”
– The Innovator’s Dilemma.  I just got this book in the mail and began reading it last night.  I’ll post interesting snippets and thoughts from the book as I progress.
Apr 30th
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“people don’t necessarily want to solve puzzles on their own. They often...”
– wired.com
Apr 28th
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Seed Magazine: Is Google making us smarter? →
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Adem (2)  Roddy Woomble (2)  Adrian Crowley (1)  Flying Lotus (1)  De Rosa (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 27th
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How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here →
Great analysis by Kenneth Lerer of the print journalism industry.  Many of the examples and bits of advice apply more broadly than to only print journalism, and I’ve pulled a few of my favorite bits below: While he didn’t mean this as a compliment, his comment did underscore a too-often ignored truth about Internet news, one that has been proven many times since. Web reporting is not...
Apr 26th
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“Hastings said the future of video watching is not linear channels, it’s “closer...”
– NewTeeVee, paraphrasing Reed Hastings
Apr 24th
http://www.pbs.org/video/ →
Nicely designed and organized site compiling a treasure of video programming from PBS.
Apr 24th
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Firefox Extension: Identify →
Via the website: Identify is a Firefox extension that combines identities across various social network/media sites and provides you with a profile about an individual. Simply navigate to the profile page or a blog of an individual you are interested in and on Windows press Alt i or on the Mac press Ctrl i.
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
How a Google-Powered Set-top Box Could Make a... →
It looks like Google’s search robot will finally be crawling its way to your TV.  According to the chairman of Japan’s Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF), several Android-based set top boxes…
Apr 20th
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“The vibe of Twitter seems to have changed: a surprising number of people now...”
– NYT.com My opinion is that for the next 5 or so years we will continue to focus on acquiring more and more people as “connections” on facebook, twitter, myspace, etc. Then we will realize that we don’t care about 90% of the people to whom we are connected, which will cause us to...
Apr 18th
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“1. The best presentation is no presentation at all. If you can get by with a...”
– Seth’s Blog
Apr 16th
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ListenKera’s Think Podcast, interview of Frederick...
Apr 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-12) →
J. Tillman (3)  Canada (3)  Matt Jones (3)  Chris Bathgate (3)  Deer Tick (3)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 15th
Apr 13th
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“Google is a middleman made of software. It’s a very, very large middleman...”
– Rough Type
Apr 12th
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“the billboard inflicts itself unbidden upon all but the blind or recluse. Is...”
– http://howtolookatbillboards.com/
Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
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“The challenge is to look at the rituals and events in your organization...”
– Seth’s Blog
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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“As one group amasses huge amounts of centralized power the way that Facebook...”
– readwriteweb
Apr 9th
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Listening dominates on Facebook
From Facebook’s statistics page: “More than 100 million users log on to Facebook at least once each day” But “More than 20 million users update their statuses at least once each day” By far most people are logging on to Facebook and then just reading what their friends are up to, instead of telling anyone what they are up to.  Conventional wisdom is that...
Apr 9th
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“sending nude or seminude pictures, a phenomenon known as sexting, is a...”
– cnn.com
Apr 9th
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““the more frequently an individual uploads content the less likely it is...”
– technologyreview.com, study of YouTube video uploads and “success”.
Apr 8th
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is routine the enemy of creativity
begin routine wake up play with baby go for run shower go to work stare at computer eat lunch at desk awkward conversation in hallway go home eat dinner stare at computer watch TV play with baby read go to bed repeat It’s somewhat strange to reduce my life to a list of actions like this, but this is nonetheless my (more or less) routine.    My question is whether or not...
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
Apr 4th
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“I had to give up something and that, for me, was voice mail,” he said. “It’s...”
– quote via NYT.com
Apr 2nd
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“We are actually only in an “age of commodified intelligence” — a “time of...”
– Idea of the day
Apr 2nd
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Quality over quantity on social networks
Social networking sites have been growing and dying for quite a few years.  I don’t think they are going away, even if some of the well known, or over hyped options currently in operation are no longer in existence in a few years.  Why?  Because people have an innate need to communicate, share and keep in touch with other people. But, I do think that many social networking users’...
Apr 1st