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  • Interesting Tidbits for January 10th

    Things worth reading for January 8th through January 10th: 10 Rules for modern collaboration | Creativity_Unbound – Surfaced by Nancy Duarte on Twitter… a useful article for any business where innovation is key. The Year Ahead in Media: Digital or Die – WSJ.com – VERY useful set of trends-spotted… Guest Blog: Glia: The new frontier…

  • Interesting Tidbits for January 7th

    Things worth reading for January 4th through January 7th: Amazon Must Fast-Forward Video Plans – WSJ.com – “How important is it for Amazon to remain strong in video? After all, it now sells everything from refrigerators to paper towels as well as books. Media accounted for only 45% of net sales for the first nine…

  • Interesting Tidbits for January 4th

    Things worth reading for January 4th: How Aha! Really Happens – Fascinating article and well worth the time it takes to read. If you’re accustomed to talking left brain vs. right brain, it’s time to rethink that dichotomy: “Over the past decade, neuroscientists have come a long way in figuring out how ideas form in…

  • Interesting Tidbits for January 3rd

    Things worth reading for January 3rd: Ad Execs Gaze Into 2011 Crystal Ball – WSJ.com – Another round of predictions… Google Digital Newsstand Aims to Muscle In on Apple – WSJ.com – I’d love to get Doug Weaver’s take on this.  “Google Inc. and Apple Inc. have stepped up their battle to win over publishers,…

  • Interesting Tidbits New Year’s Day Edition!

    Things worth reading for December 31st through January 1st: Flipboard’s Mike McCue: Web format has ‘contaminated’ online journalism | Technology | Los Angeles Times – “It’s generally agreed that the Web isn’t a very good place to read. With constantly changing, amorphous formatting and an invariably ad-choked feel, the Web has never been able to…

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 31st

    Things worth reading for December 31st: Google destroys its brand difference :: CultureBy – Grant McCracken – Grant’s ability to put his finger directly onto a problem consistently impresses me. Argentina’s Dancing with the Stars Is Pretty Much Straight Up Porn – To say this is “NSFW” is to make the understatement of the century……

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 30th

    Things worth reading for December 30th: MapQuest, Yelp and Other Websites Ally Against Google to Sell Local-Business Ads – WSJ.com – “A band of Internet rivals is joining together in hopes of jump-starting sales of online ads to local businesses, and of defending their turf in the emerging local market from Google Inc. “Using technology…

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 28th through December 29th

    Things worth reading for December 28th through December 29th: “The Future of Privacy: How Privacy Norms Can Inform Regulation” – Important October 2010 talk by Danah Boyd: “I’m not going to solve the definitional debate, but I do need to give you a sense of how I conceptualize privacy so that you can understand where…

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 23rd through December 27th

    Things worth reading for December 23rd through December 27th: JWT: 100 Things to Watch in 2011 – Terrific deck.  Well worth the time. Jon Stewart’s Advocacy Role in 9/11 Bill Passage – NYTimes.com – “Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the…

  • The Best Compliment Ever

    This morning my 5 year old son had a haircut, and upon sitting down in the chair he turned to Eddie — who also cuts my hair — and said, “I want to look just like Daddy.” Here’s an image that Kathi took at the time. Talk about a holiday present!