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  • 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!

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 22nd through December 23rd

    Things worth reading for December 22nd through December 23rd: Hits and Misses From Madison Avenue – WSJ.com – Nice year-end review by Suzanne. IPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy – WSJ.com – And people wonder why customers don’t trust big internet? “An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and…

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 21st through December 22nd

    Things worth reading for December 21st through December 22nd: I m a g i n e >>>> t o m o r r o w: Driving behavior with game dynamics – Very useful piece by David De Boer (who I’m now tracking) on game dynamics. Didn’t hurt that he cites @christydena. New Poll: Americans Say…

  • Interesting Tidbits for December 20th to December 21st

    Today’s Top Story? *definitely* Net Neutrality… with other goodies included: Net Neutrality Rules Are Imminent From the F.C.C. – NYTimes.com – New York Times has a dimmer view of today’s FCC act: “But a wide swath of public interest groups have lambasted the proposal as “fake net neutrality” and said it was rife with loopholes.…