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Archive for April, 2008

Rapid Fire - Sunday, April 20

Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden’s blog: How to Think
Managing brain resources in an age of complexity.
Tags: planning, technology, dailylinks
On the Internet, Everyone Can Hear You Complain - New York Times
“Get Satisfaction allows people to post feedback about their experiences with any company they choose, and it encourages companies to visit its site, www.getsatisfaction.com, to respond [...]


Common Craft Store Launches

Lee and Sachi at Common Craft have launched a very cool concept: The Common Craft Store where you can buy licensed versions of their amazing video content. Here’s their story on why they launched it:

Why have you created the Store? I thought your business was making videos for companies?
We often hear from individuals who know [...]


Rapid Fire - Tuesday, April 15

10 Cool Uses of Twitter | Geekpreneur
Great list of “things you can do with Twitter”. There’s lots of tools out there, but this a collection of cool new stuff.
Tags: twitter, api, dailylinks
The Branding of America: Lessons From John Adams
My friend and former co-worker has been building a great blog and e-newsletter, which is where [...]


Rapid Fire - Monday, April 14

Early-Bird Buzz Mounts for Whedon’s Dollhouse | The Underwire from Wired.com
“Fans are buzzing online over Joss Whedon’s dystopian sci-fi series Dollhouse. They create fan art, excitedly trade plot spoilers and speculate on the future of the show.”
Tags: fandom, fans, television, entertainment, dailylinks
Rocketboom creator selling Twitter account on eBay | Geek Gestalt - A blog by [...]


MySpace security makes me twitch

Long ago I grew tired (and mostly annoyed) with MySpace and haven’t been back in some time. Mostly I’ve stayed away because of the site’s horrendous UI, purposely poor design (to drive additional page views), band spam, and the fact that my friends have migrated to twitter and/or Facebook.
But there was also a [...]


Rapid Fire - Friday, April 11

MediaPost Publications - Kodak Names Jennifer Cisney Chief Blogger - 04/03/2008
It’s good to hear news like this… “Kodak Names Jennifer Cisney Chief Blogger”
Tags: jobs, blogging, corporateblog, dailylinks
passive-aggressive (and just plain aggressive) notes
Like PostSecret, but not quite so endearingly sad.
Tags: storytelling, humor, dailylinks
Adobe TV
Adobe launches a new site that collects a bunch of video how-to [...]


Universal McCann’s senior VP-director of forecasting, veteran Robert Coen:
“I can’t deny it anymore,” Mr. Coen said. “Things are pretty bad.”
Sorry I must have missed it…. was this the state of creativity in the advertising industry or just overall
ad sales? Oh wait, there’s not much difference between the two.


Rapid Fire - Thursday, April 10

1981 DeLorean DMC-12 - Ask Me About My Flux Capacitor
“Having a DeLorean is like 5 percent being a rock star,” said Lauren J. Reilly, a bubbly 31-year-old producer at the Deutsch advertising agency who owns a 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 — the only model DeLorean built (and for just two years).
Tags: cars, collectibles, dailylinks
Apple - Seminars [...]


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