Archive for the ‘Scribefire’ Category
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
I'm not going to tackle the entire arts and entertainment section at once because I'm less familiar with this section than I am with the others.
That realization has been a strange for me since John and I wrote a book about video games, have a quarter-finished book about anime and ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
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Everything I've ever learned about technology started with reading Steven Levy.
Sometimes, though, I wish I hadn't learned so much because now I expect everyone to get technology the way he did -- and does.
I'm oftentimes energized by reading smart people discussing the future of media even when I'm ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
A new research study found that people who watch reality television are more likely to be involved with "promiscuous friending" and online identity creation.
The study, which will be presented in June, found that people who watched these programs -- and participated in these social networks -- were less likely to ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
I'm always tickled when people roll out metrics online as a measure of how well a site is doing. At the end of the day, there's really only one metric that matters: revenues.
There are levers that you can adjust: inventory rates and pricing (although if you ask most site producers ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
My friend Chris just posted this Washington Post article to Twitter, and I thought I'd blog a bit about it before I left.
The piece -- Friends Indeed? -- looks at the social networking from a different perspective than those of us who are steeped in it normally discuss: the downsides ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
I'm about to commit heresy. I'm going to be accused of breaking down the Church-State wall that has "existed" in journalism since the dawn of time. I'm going to anger old-school journalists (which is funny, since most people think I'm old school in terms of my reporting -- and attitude).
The ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Just because I think this is the coolest thing out there and I want one. Microsoft's table-top computer, brought to you by the Silicon Valley Insider.Check it out here.
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
CBS Interactive announced that it would reorganize its management structure on April 17 in order to build a better interactive experience for its users.One of the more telling moves, I think, is that Byron Rubin -- who worked in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) -- moves from CBS corporate to CBS ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
I forgot to include this scathing report from Alexander Vanelsas about social media, which mirrors -- and informs -- my little rant about the problem with technology overload.Read: The Noise in Web 2.0 is Mainly a Tech Elite's Problem.
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Last week was the most self-reflective I've seen the Web in some time. Apparently, the Web 2.0/social media phenomenon started to get to people.
The growth of mobile messaging groups, lifestreaming applications, Air desktop applications, audio and video services, aggregators, readers -- you get the idea -- has started to overwhelm ...
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