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I am extremely jealous of the miniature building collections...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:48:39 -0400

I am extremely jealous of the miniature building collections featured in this great article. I have probably 3 dozen — I started collecting when I lived in Florence in second grade. Initially the rule was that I had to climb the building to get one; I still try to uphold that rule whenever possible. I’ve never tried to buy any on EBay, though.

First acquisition: Giotto’s Campanile in Florence, Italy.

Most recent acquisitions: Pena National Palace in Sintra and Clerigos Tower in Porto, Portugal.

A Tycoon of Miniatures — Page One — WSJ.com

The Pogue class sounds potentially awesome...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:44:08 -0400

The Pogue class sounds potentially awesome …

upwardstrategy:

Columbia, in New York, offers four Internet marketing courses. Two of them, “Social Media,” taught by Rachel Sterne, chief executive officer of GroundReport.com, a global citizen news platform, and “Media and Technology,” taught by New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, will be offered for the first time next spring, according to professor Rajeev Kohli, chair of the Columbia marketing division.

- “B-Schools All A-Twitter Over Social Media,” Bloomberg BusinessWeek

evangotlib:bestrooftalkever:thedailywhat: [tnw.]

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:54:35 -0400

evangotlib:bestrooftalkever:thedailywhat: [tnw.]

Seeing Inception is good for the future of Hollywood

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:48:00 -0400

Seeing Inception is good for the future of Hollywood:

Nicely summed up: “I think everybody is looking to this movie as proof of concept that new franchises can succeed and you don’t just have to re-tread old material.” — Stephen Prough, Salem Partners

Also, Iron Man 2 was not good.

NYC Reflection, featuring the Hearst Tower

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:25:16 -0400

NYC Reflection, featuring the Hearst Tower

“The AR Drone has a pair of cameras to relay video to...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:09:00 -0400

“The AR Drone has a pair of cameras to relay video to iPhones or iPads, which function as the remote control. The device also recognizes certain objects, such as other AR Drones, and can add graphics to the video feed, creating a videogame played out in the real world.”

Reality Gets a Makeover — Tech Journal

Mark Coatney

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:51:23 -0400

Congratulations Mark! Look forward to seeing you build lots of bridges between media entities and Tumblr (and maybe other platforms, too).

staff:

After spending the last year showing us the unique role Tumblr can play in connecting journalists and readers, we are so proud to have Mark joining our team. He is truly one of the clearest and most creative thinkers around Tumblr. I don’t think we can sum up our excitement better than he has:

Always lead with the news: I’ve decided to leave my position at Newsweek and accept a job at Tumblr. Though this is cliche, it is indeed true that this has been a difficult decision for me. I have been and continue to be a loud and persistent defender of Newsweek, and this is not (mostly, anyway!) simply because they sign my checks; I very much believe in the people and publication, and think they’ll be doing really great work for many years to come.

But this decision isn’t about the future of Newsweek; it’s about the future of Tumblr, and what I believe is a really interesting and great opportunity to help shape and grow a community, and to guide publishers into a new and better way of connecting with their readers. One of the reasons I’ve long been interested in online journalism is in the ways it can be, in a way no other medium can, a two-way communication between writer and reader; Tumblr is one of the best ways I’ve seen to accomplish that.

My new job, basically, will be to take the lessons I’ve learned at Newsweek and bring them to other media outlets. The mission is to show how this platform can be key to connecting journalists and readers, making the process more engaging and conversational. The approach will be the same that I’ve taken in creating the Newsweek Tumblr: That the most important thing for any publisher is to first be a full, participating member of the community, and that the main focus should be on meeting the needs of that community, not self-promotion.

And it’s that community to which I owe a tremendous debt. I’m so thankful for every one of Newsweek’s Tumblr followers. To Justine, an early champion and reader of Newsweek’s Tumblr that I have never properly thanked—your encouragement really meant something to me. To Meaghan, who emailed me the same day I started the Newsweek Tumblr with offers of help (and our beautiful theme, from Peter); to David, who has been smart and great; to John, who made this all happen; thank you all, and I’m ready to get to work.

See you next week!

NED PLS THX BAI via footballonline.maakjestart.nl

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:45:55 -0400

NED PLS THX BAI

via footballonline.maakjestart.nl

A Boulder Wedding

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:49:35 -0400

A Boulder Wedding

"I was gonna go anyway. Just because — Red Bulls."

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:35:00 -0400

“I was gonna go anyway. Just because — Red Bulls.”

- The Laser Show aka Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia

Red-hot Pedroia puts on a show — Boston Globe

"The [FT] expects this year that direct payments for its journalism will exceed print advertising..."

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:27:00 -0400

“The [FT] expects this year that direct payments for its journalism will exceed print advertising revenue, that wheezing engine that still sustains almost every other newspaper. While other publishers have struggled to make 10% of their revenue online, the Financial Times projects that its digital work will create one-third of its revenue by 2012.”

- Financial Times charges into future — LATimes.com

Note also the strong luxury events business.

Recent learning: maintaining and carefully extending a well-defined, trusted journalism brand is strategically crucial — in this climate and always.

(Thanks Elissa.)

My first word was “cookie.” I think that explains a...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:28:29 -0400

My first word was “cookie.” I think that explains a lot.

"Besides, who are we in the U.S. to complain about vuvuzelas? We gave the world Twitter and Ke$ha."

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:40:15 -0400

“Besides, who are we in the U.S. to complain about vuvuzelas? We gave the world Twitter and Ke$ha.”

- Should This Horn Be Banned? — The Couch — WSJ.com

I’m coming for you, WSJ Lunch Box badge. foursquare: We’re super psyched about the new “Add...

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:35:39 -0400

I’m coming for you, WSJ Lunch Box badge.

foursquare:

We’re super psyched about the new “Add to foursquare” button that The Wall Street Journal is rolling out today! Now, when you’re reading a restaurant review or other cultural coverage on WSJ.com, you’ll be able to click a button to add the venue(s) mentioned in the article to your foursquare to-do list, along with a tip written by a WSJ editor and a link back to the original article.

The Wall Street Journal is our first partner to experiment with the “Add to foursquare” button, but we hope to start rolling out this feature for other partners soon. Stay tuned!

Paramount to make ‘Les Grossman’ pic for Cruise...

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:36:42 -0400

Paramount to make ‘Les Grossman’ pic for Cruise — Variety.com

Thank you, cinema deities.

An eloquent articulation of how the web’s parsing of...

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:00:00 -0400

An eloquent articulation of how the web’s parsing of content and distribution vs. traditional media has played out, from Forrester Analyst James McQuivey.

Business implication? “Bottom line, if you want to win, help people get access to content, and charge them for it.”

How To Get People To Pay For Content | contentSutra

"We’re certainly witnessing the slow decline of Popular Culture’s influence in our lives—particularly..."

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:46:00 -0400

“We’re certainly witnessing the slow decline of Popular Culture’s influence in our lives—particularly if you are young and well off. And like any good meme, Internet Culture will continue to gain influence over more and more groups of people.”

- Ben Huh, CEO, Cheezburger Network

I think this is overstated. I like LOLcats as much as the next guy (ok, maybe not quite as much), but the only time I spend consuming it is when it pops up on my Tumblr dashboard.

Similarly, as I was discussing with my former colleague and web series pro Wilson Cleveland yesterday: I’m all for homegrown “Internet Culture” shows like The Webventures of Justin & Alden — but I just don’t consume them very often. And I don’t think it’s a generational thing, because I’m typing this while streaming the Red Sox game and watching “popular TV” haltingly delivered by TW Cable.

That said, I probably spend as much time discussing news/memes generated and/or distributed digitally as I do talking about “popular” movies or TV shows. So maybe it’s a quality thing when it comes to entertainment — I prefer the higher budget TV stuff.

Or maybe discovery is my problem, and I need to spend more time poking around Blip.TV and scouring YouTube to see what’s out there instead of waiting for Season 3 of True Blood and the return of Mad Men.

Maybe.

A Guide To The Cultural Battle That Is Reshaping The Media Business | paidContent

Data Shows Where Locals, Tourists Snap Shots of NYC —...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:00:11 -0400

Data Shows Where Locals, Tourists Snap Shots of NYC — Metropolis — WSJ.com

Cool data adaptation. Love taking photos along the Hudson, too.

Helpful primer, though perhaps a little one-sided. WTF Is...

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:27:43 -0400

Helpful primer, though perhaps a little one-sided.

WTF Is HTML5

Click through for the full-size infographic.

(via: soupsoup:ohryankelley)

"Marcus Scutaro hit three doubles and scored twice as the Red Sox improved to 9-2 on the road since..."

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:53:36 -0400

“Marcus Scutaro hit three doubles and scored twice as the Red Sox improved to 9-2 on the road since May 18.”

- Marcus? Who’s Marcus?

Obviously the AP has a baseball beat reporter on this one … not.

Boston Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians - Recap - June 07, 2010 - ESPN