Archive for November, 2007
Rapid Fire - Monday, November 12
Perfectly Timed Photos
Wow, some fantastic photos caught at JUST the right moment!
Tags: photography, dailylinks, humor
Andy Sernovitz’s Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That!: Whole Foods: Missing the point
Andy correctly argues that Whole Foods is getting it wrong, and could solve their problems by doing something pretty simple: “Train your employees to participate the right way.”
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Will you be at WOMMA?
The WOMMA Summit is coming up, and I’ll there! I’ve been invited to live blog the event, and I’m working up some ideas for something fresh and fun. We’ll see.
Are you going to be there? Let me know via comments below or email. I’d love to meet up for beers and Vegas Strip Fun!
Rapid Fire - Friday, November 09
John Dvorak: Dvorak on the Googlephone, the 100-word version
John Dvorak is an idiot. Here he is on video explaining clearly how he’d purposely write stupid ass content simply to drive traffic.
Tags: idiocy, dailylinks, video
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Writer’s strike hits Daily Show and Colbert Report
I just got this email (from yesterday) from the iTunes Store:
Dear Jacob,
As you may have heard, the Writers Guild of America, the union representing TV and movie writers, has gone on strike. Most TV shows won’t be immediately affected. However, some shows produced daily, such as ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show with [...]
What’s your kink?: Case Study
I’m at BlogWorld Expo and was chatting with someone in the hall about the LEGO Fans. Here’s the brief, paraphrased version of the conversation:
Him: “Wow, I can’t believe how much some LEGO fans spend every year; it’s crazy to spend that kind of money on their hobby!”
Me: “How much was your iPhone?”
Eisner: Writers strike is stupid
Earlier this week I ventured that supporting digital culture means supporting the writers. I’ve received a number of emails from people in many industries backing up my core point.
But what’s been interesting is to follow the side of the entertainment industry calling the strike “stupid”. One of those voices is none other than Michael [...]
Rapid Fire - Tuesday, November 06
Bacon Salt
Bacon + Salt = Mmmmmmm.
Tags: food, dailylinks
Google Launches Mobile Phone Platform, Android: What it Means, What Experts Think « GigaOM
Ring ring ring ring ring… GooglePhone!
Tags: google, dailylinks
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Funniest thing I’ve read all month
Granted, we’re only a couple of days into the month, but I’m confident that title will hold out. From Jeremy Pepper in reference to a blog we both frequent:
just read your comment. i love you, jake mckee (in a straight, hetero way)
Thanks man, I love you too. You hope in a straight, hetero way.
Rapid Fire - Monday, November 05
PC World’s Techlog Building a Better Browser: Flock Has Landed
PC World has some really nice things to say about the newest Flock. I’ve played with the beta and was pretty impressed. Unfortunately it was slow as molasses, which was largely unacceptable for a RC3 beta. Hopefully this gets fixed before launching v1.0… I’d like to [...]
Supporting digital culture means supporting the writers
You may not have been following the writers strike in Hollywood, but to listen to the media reports it’s simply an issue of having to watch re-runs for a while. This is radically undervaluing the issue - to me this is an issue that will determine the future of the digital culture.
Before we get to [...]
