It’s pushing midnight. I’m reading Tom Peters’ Re-Imagine and listening to ‘Above the Law’ by N.W.A. and Limp Bizkit’s cover of ‘Faith’. Here’s to tomorrow.
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Demanding Markets in Absolutely Everything
“The next logical step, then, would be to make this all personally competitive. The rise of the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports industry — where people bet, or simply compete for bragging rights, by predicting and tracking statistics in everything from baseball and football, to supreme court decisions and Congressional voting — demonstrates how eager people …
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Keeping Success at Bay
“In short, this is not a strategy to win, but one designed to keep not losing and basically pass this problem on to the next administration.” – Thomas P.M. Barnett
‘Surrender’ Has Such a Negative Connotation
“What is killing newspapers, as I’ve written before, is…their antiquated distribution system…Dropping newspapers on driveways and putting them in corner boxes is cumbersome, compared with internet distribution.” – Shel Israel Not to mention theft-prone: “I didn’t want to cancel the paper because that would mean a complete surrender to the Internet and admittance of the …
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House: Nothing’s Changed
They finally ended the ridiculous series-killing storyline (House v. Detective). This puts Hose back where I prefer it: bizarre medical mysteries and a predictable – even Encyclopedia Brown-esque – routine with snarky dialogue. Just the way I like it.
Apple iPhone: The Mobile Widget Web Calls
1. It’s not extensible by third parties, only Apple. The means at the moment no RSS readers, no Slingplayers. – Michael Gartenberg Seems to directly conflict Apple’s own messaging…especially the notion that OS X / Safari widgets can be used on the phone. RSS or otherwise. “That it’s a cell-phone, so what?” – Rex Hammock …
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Apple TV is for You and YouTube
Like complaining about the lack of a display on the iPod Shuffle, or the lack of an FM tuner on the iPod, complaining that the first version of Apple TV is only 720p is a non-starter. HD is not the point. Home movies aren’t yet shot in HD. Simplifying the experience of getting internet video …
WSJ – Take Our Print Edition, Please
“That I still receive the print edition of the WSJ is a farce — when I called to renew my subscription, I was told that it was actually cheaper to get both the print and online editions than the online edition alone — and then I suddenly started receiving the print edition at home as …
Digging Out
“No one knows you [at Digg.com] so you have to write in a way that is completely void of who you are and what you’re about. That sucks. I’d rather just opt out of the popularity contest…” – Ryan Tomayko There’s value in keeping comments within a small, private, group of people. If only so …
Internet-to-TV: How to Beat TiVo
“Sling Media’s entertainment division, told B&C that through SlingCatcher, users will be able to…bring online video content to the TV.” [via Fimoculous] The idea of getting any internet-delivered video presented on a television is something I’ve talked about here and here. ELSEWHERE “the SlingCatcher is different from other digital media servers because it just relays …