iLIke was purchased by MySpace this week for $20 million. Hearing this annoucement, i couldn’t help think that something was off. Something just doesn’t make sense. Some facts: iLike has 50 million registered users. That’s a huge number. They are definitely one of the most popular applications on Facebook and one of the best applications [...]
I’ve heard a lot of talk about the decline of print media these days. There were great speeches by Clay Shirky and Steven Johnson at SXSW. Recently there was news of Conde Nast’s Portfolio magazine shutting down after plowing through $100 million in two years. Some people have used this as an indication of the [...]
I heard a great podcast yesterday on NPR about the iconic Obama poster (seen above). The poster is done by a fascinating artist named Shepherd Fairey. It’s a little known fact that Fairey is also responsible for the Andre The Giant “OBEY” sketches that i remember from the 90′s. He really gets around. In this [...]
Toby and i have been debating and discussing what new media will look like. His post today inspired me to lay down some of my thoughts. A lot of my thinking stems from this article in The Atlantic and Fred’s Post about his reading habits. The Atlantic post described how the NY Times is dead. [...]
Image by Michi1308 via Flickr This is a great little post about how Porshe made over 7 billion Euros through it’s manangement (and manipulation) of VW’s stock. It’s quite clever. Related articles: Porsche Takes Majority Of Volkswagen German billionaire kills himself
Michael Lewis who wrote Liar’s Poker revisits in an article his time on Wall Street and does some digging into what happened and interviews some people who actually predicted the crisis. In fact, reading this article you (a) wonder why more people didn’t see the financial collapse coming and (b) feel a sense of happiness [...]
Joaquin Phoenix, the star of the Johhny Cash film Walk The Line just announced that he’s leaving the movie business and going into music full-time. Sounds like a bad idea to me. Russell Crowe, Keifer Sutherland, Keanu Reeves, Billy Bob Thorton, and others have tried this and failed spectucularly. However, i also know that Jason [...]
During my trip to Maui, i brought along the book “The Post-American World” by Fareed Zakaria. It’s a good read (not done yet). One part i really liked at the begging was when he was talking about how war and organized violence have declined substantially over the past 60 years – and dramatically over the [...]
Sell your stock in Starbucks everyone – here’s an article in Wired about a new drug that removes sleepiness. You snort a brain chemical and it removes the effects of lack of sleep. It’s working in monkeys but may not be on the shelves in the US for another decade. I can’t wait! The [...]
I get way too many magazines sent to my place, but one that i read every week is The Week. It’s a great mix of all news and i recommend it for anyone. There was also a great little article in the New York Times about how it got started and why it is different [...]
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