March 2010
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Only two in five American communities are... →
CNT has updated our Housing + Transportation Affordability website to now cover over 330 metros in the U.S. with expanded and improved data. And our analysis shows that only two in five American communities—or 39 percent—are affordable for typical households when their transportation costs are considered along with housing costs.
The Index for the first time examines 337 metro areas across the...
Bob Stein on the iPad and the Future of... →
Too much good stuff from the guy who founded the Criterion Collection to find a single pull quote.
Simply moving printed texts to the tablets (as they have with the Kindle) will be of value, but within five to ten years the most successful publishers will have enthusiastically embraced new multimedia-based forms. More importantly, they will have figured out how to structure these works as vibrant...
CollaborativeFutures (en) →
In 1980 MIT researcher Richard Stallman was trying out one of the first laser printers, and decided that because it took so long to print, he would modify the printer driver so that it sent a notice to the user when their print job was finished. Except this software only came in its compiled version, without source code. Stallman got upset – Xerox would not let him have the source code. He...
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Wow, when 4chan is making more sense than an... →
(via mikehudack:spytap)
WatchFour Scenarios for the 21st century by Michael Cartier
“We are not living through an economic recession, but a reorganisation of our society.” A translation of the work of Michael Cartier. The infographics are pretty but the numbers don’t add up. I’ll have to read this for more.
via:tw
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“Someone I recently met at the TED conference told me “part of the magic of youth...”
– One on One: Christopher Poole, Founder of 4chan - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
SXSW Interactive Is Dead →
nickdouglas:
I wrote a little essay for SF Weekly’s culture blog. It’s about how VIP sections ruined SXSWi.
This is why Tim and I throw our Rocketboom + Next New Networks SXSW nonparty as a last minute announcement. Sure, it doesn’t get us any PR but we get people there and we have a good time. No lines, no VIP sections, no problem.
WatchZadi Diaz Interviews Kenyatta Cheese - PepsiCo Podcast Playground at SxSW 2010
We talk about Rocketboom, Know Your Meme, and my old pre-videoblogging public access show, BrowseTV.
15 memorable quotes from the Pirate Bay's Peter... →
From Elizabeth Stark’s SXSW conversation with Peter. Great pull quotes.
On needing approval for what we create, and losing... →
I am not a futurist, but at the end of it all, I’m pretty disappointed by where things seem to be heading. I spend a lot of effort on making things, and trying to get others to make things, and having someone in charge of what I make, and how I distribute it is incredibly grating. And the fact that they’re having this much success with it is saddening.
via benfry.com
Insightful piece by Ben...
shey.net reblog: The Rise of Antisocial Media →
In our age of oversharing on the Internet, it was only a matter of time before people started looking to the same kinds of tools they use to connect with each other people to try to find ways to disconnect when those same people get to be a little… much. I couldn’t help noticing two of those tools…
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braintag: Storm the Celebrity Studio and retake... →
Here are my primary notes from my #sxsw talk. I’m going to get up and edit them in the morning with all 40 slides.
note 3.15.2010: more slides added. Thanks for all of the Tumblr reblogs and likes.
3.18.2010: Thanks to Chris for posting video of the session despite the room’s poor acoustics.
Hello, everyone, my name is kenyatta cheese. I’m from Know Your Meme which is a...
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“Any trace of spontaneity from the public in official broadcasting is controlled...”
– Frankfurt School: Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer (1944): The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception
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Is it really hip to be glum? →
“Overwhelmingly, models advertising pricier brands were judged to look glummer. This is probably down to signalling, noted researcher Timothy Ketelaar: smiling indicates eagerness to please, suggesting low status. If a Prada model isn’t smiling, she clearly doesn’t need to, implying high status. Brands that target less wealthy customers use smiling models, suggesting...
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“Uranian Willy the heavy metal Kid, also known as Willy the rat - He wised up the...”
– William S. Burroughs: The soft machine
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“Think how painful it is every time you hear something about Twitter on the...”
– Life Without Cable (Part IV) by The Modern Day Pirates
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