February 2008
WatchNice Marketing Plan Lindsay! I especially liked when you handed the stickers to the cops Looking fwd to MobLogic
WatchBricaBox Launched! Go Create Your Own
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business →
(via andrewparker) Two things that I didnt think about prior to reading this article: 1) The idea of what would happen if electricity were free. 2) The notion that waste sparks change
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24) →
Kaki King
The Dandy Warhols
Animal Collective
Panda Bear
Patty Griffin
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
“After conducting their own tests with Amazon, Walmart.com and others, the major...”
– Random House Audio abandons audiobook DRM via Boing Boing
WatchI was on 43Folders and noticed this Fedex Ad. 43 folders is a productivity blog, who’s readers tend to be procrastinators and love playing addictive games, that have no end. Whoever thought of this ad is a genius. The next time the procrastinator is late sending out a package they will send it out via FedEx! Brilliant! (i realized late last night that i uploaded the wrong video, it is now...
WatchLarry Lessig possibly running for congress. lets get this man a seat http://lessig08.org/
WatchFlight of the Conchords - A Texan Odyssey (via Plasticity) Brett & Jermaine’s Adventure to SXSW
“Thanks to the iPhone, Americans are now realizing they have the Internet in...”
– Chris Sacca If it’s easy, and it works, high usage shouldn’t be a surprise
“Right now—the marketing industry is at war with the people who create useful...”
– David Armano Logic+Emotion: The Application Economy
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-17) →
Elbow
Pearl Jam
Cex
John Vanderslice
Animal Collective
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Twitter is (not) fashionable
“We think you need to get out more.” “You mean give up twittering, don’t you?” I asked. “You don’t need to tell us where you are all the time,” she said gently. via NYTimes Fashion & Style
ZAK FM
i’m listening to zak.fm now and am enjoying zach’s taste in music. More info about zak.fm — I really love the lesson zach learned, albeit 24 hrs isnt enough data, but I think you should run with it. zachklein:My conclusion after 24 hours, both obvious and often forgotten, is that people enjoy the reduction of choice, but only if they continue to derive some value from the...
Geek Spring Break - 2008 SXSW Party Central--... →
(via andrewparker) Another good resource for SXSW events is this Upcoming Group
I'm going to be poor next month
HUNG HUYNH, the hyperactive winner of last season’s “Top Chef,” has a one-month contract as executive chef of the kosher restaurant Solo starting March 2. But, he said by telephone from Ho Chi Minh City, where he is visiting, “Who knows, maybe I’ll fall in love with the place.” The Mediterranean menu of Solo, in the Sony building at 550 Madison Avenue (55th Street), has always had Asian touches....
“What I do is I look at the thing that I’m working on at this moment, and I...”
– Paul Budnitz [source] Who wants to introduce me to Paul Budnitz?
“In short, for many users the Web is becoming a mirror, with users in control,...”
– Esther Dyson via Scott Heiferman THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006 — Page 13
"Euros accepted" signs pop up in New York City. →
this is not good, not not good! rach:Oh hello, economy. Meet your new friend, totally screwed.
union square snowboarding tomorrow →
(via samreich)
I went to this last year. It was pretty cool to watch snowboarding in union square. Be sure to get there early for a spot up close
Watchi havent watched it yet, but this is last nights demo of Aviary at the NY Tech Meetup. Will anazlyze and follow up with longer post. Feel free to comment and tear it apart.
“Let’s be generous and presume that the choice to demonstrate the tool in...”
– Marshall Kirkpatrick Aviary: Flashy Collaborative Media Editing - ReadWriteWeb
sneak peek at some aviary craziness
“Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal...”
– Official Google Blog: Yahoo! and the future of the Internet [wow, there is no way google is going to let this deal go through and they made sure to tell the world via their blog]