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• Rocketboom’s Andrew Baron: Advertising Doesn’t Work “The point I was making is that we are not happy with advertising right now.” - Andrew Baron If anyone was going to figure advertising-on-serial-media out, I was sure Andrew would. Not that I think it makes sense or is even a good idea. From my post on the Ze Frank / RocketBoom geek fight last
• Ze Frank vs. RocketBoom - What Counts? It’s great that Andrew got on my TiVo, great that he’s on phones, getting the traditional media comfortable with alternative distribution methods. Andrew deserves our thanks for going down this road (it’s not one that sounds like fun to me). To his credit, I can’t tell the difference between RocketBoom and the news from local
• 6 O’Rocket News Boom A pretty big storm passed through town last night. Thunder, lightening, complete down pour for hours. Kinda thing that makes you glad to be inside (we weren’t when it started). I flipped on the TV, to get some idea of what we should be expecting. This is the first time I’ve watched the local news in…well…um…years
• Tivo Time Travel to Late 80’s Videoblogs  Some how, early last month, Tivo found a Saturday Night Live from 1989 and obediently recorded it. Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller (does the map behind him remind you of Rocketboom?), Al Franken’s one-man mobile uplink (early video-blogger?). This is the SNL I caught on satellite TV working late as a farmhand. Low budget effects, talent cracking
• Traveling is Funnier with Ze Frank Whether it be petting giant ducks or something otherwise morally ambiguous, Ze Frank’s take on travel icons (like these) is hi-larious. If you’re at work, might I recommend some headphones? Especially in The Show with Ze Frank July 26, 2006.