September 2010
AdAge: Need a Reservation? That Could Depend On... →
This is probably the tip of the iceberg, and represents a coming brave new world in customer relations. We already know marketers are spending outsized efforts at servicing cranky Twitter complainers, bloggers and prolific review-writers. But what’s coming is a bigger picture of an individual’s media footprint: just how influential (powerful) is this person and how should we treat...
WatchSrsly Guise. Let’s Talk Internet Memes for OVC.
Ellie, Mike, Patrick, and myself were all interviewed ahead of this weekend’s Open Video Conference in NYC. In this excerpt, we talk about internet memes and the intersection of culture, copyright and communication.
Mike and Patrick will be doing a MemeFactory performance there. Eyebeam, blip.tv, JamieDubs, and Tim Shey are all on the...
WatchHost your gay wedding at the Ground Zero Mosque!
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“But forums can be inscrutable to outsiders. And they get far less attention than...”
– The Rise of Reddit: 4chan and Digg Get the Credit While Reddit Booms - The Awl (via rafer)
Traffic is Up, Facebook is Down
ellie: facebook is being wonky
ellie: won't let me post anything
yatta: yeah, fb has been down all afternoon
yatta: check twitter
ellie: oh twitter
ellie: the traffic is insane outside
ellie: am guessing because of the UN
yatta: the traffic is insane b/c facebook is down.
yatta: they have to get home to give status updates in person now.
Traffic Lights should respond to cars, a study... →
via ScienceNews:
Complex-systems scientist Dirk Helbing and his colleague Stefan Lämmer from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany noted that when crowds of people are trying to move through a narrow space, such as through a door connecting two hallways, there’s a natural oscillation: A mass of people from one side will move through the door while the other people wait, then...
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“I love books. They’re like uncompiled movies.”
– my attempt at insulting a novelist friend (jokingly).
“People often think that editors are there to read things and tell people...”
– Real Editors Ship (Ftrain.com)
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Disney, Nielsen use iPad/iPhone microphone in App →
Users who download the app can multi-task between the TV experience and the iPad, which will display polls, trivia and other content timed to be relevant to what is transpiring in the “Generation” storylines. The app will also have a social-media element, enabling sharing, posting to Twitter, as well as “liking” to Facebook, though actual feeds won’t be integrated...
“Why have those viewing numbers not translated to album sales? Well, I have a...”
– Has Weezer’s YouTube Cameos Helped Boost Album Sales?
“It’s much more collaborative here [at SNL]. I really like working with other...”
– The Writer’s Room: A Conversation with SNL Writer John Mulaney
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WatchRonen and I (video version)
