A Wall St. Journal look at how the Long Tail is holding up.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The man with the sound
Neat piece from Rotten Tomatoes about Ben Burtt, the former Lucasfilm and now Pixar sound genius (and voice of Wall-E).
Wicked Pissah in Boston
When I arrived in Boston for college I learned right away that something wicked was good, and that something "wicked pissah" was THE stuff. A fun listen in on the world of Boston-area accents.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Yet another way to discover music
I tried StumbleAudio, and after a few clicks found myself liking this album from pianist Mike Longo.
Building your online brand
Some solid sounding advice from Chris Brogan.
Writing guest blog posts is sure one way, because the above-linked post made me want to subscribe to Chris's newsletter.
How to Be Interesting
Good ideas on how to engage people from Copyblogger.
For example, I like "metaphors are the paths we create to lead our readers to our ideas. Create one strong enough, and it will become a highway of attention, leading readers to your blog more quickly than any other technique..."
Online Alarm Clock
Nice and simple Online Alarm Clock.
Will work even if you're not connected to the Internet, or so they say.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
now being outside the 18-49 demo? Friday, June 13, 2008
Nintendo has another HUGE month
The May sales numbers are out for the video game industry, and no surprise that GTA IV was the #1 software title. But Mario seemed to clean up everywhere else.
Nintendo on the hardware side:
Nintendo on the hardware side:
"...the company has once again destroyed the competition. This is the fourth consecutive month that the Wii and DS have captured the top two hardware sales spots, and they have an iron grip on their locations. The Nintendo Wii sold 675,100 units in May, while the Nintendo DS has sold 452,600. To put that in perspective, the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox 360 sold 577,600 units combined."
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
More TV coming to a Blog Near You
CBS has announced that their video player will soon let you embed a show in to your blog, like this:
More and more TV will be seen on something that's not a TV...
"Why does embedding matter? Because it reflects the increasingly distributed nature of network television."
Sunday, May 25, 2008
So MUCH has changed in the last 10 years
Good stats from the Harvard Business Review on what the last 10, even the last few, years have brought.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Have you seen the new Micheal Jordan commercial?
Wow, so compelling. We'll pay attention when something is done this well:
The Nintendo Channel launches on the Wii
Poof! Out of nowhere it's the Nintendo Channel. I downloaded it this morning. The menus are slick and the videos load fast.
GTA 4 scores $ Half-BILLION (!) first week sales
Just flat-out HUGE numbers. Even Captain Jack's 3rd movie got whacked by Niko Bellic:
"Grand Theft Auto IV" has surged past "Halo 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product. - Variety
But Mario Kart Wii rules at our house, waiting for Nintendo's big numbers to shine too.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
More is not better when it comes to text on a web page
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen says you better not have much text on a web page if you want to communicate with your readers.
"On the average Web page, users have time to read at most 28% of the words during an average visit; 20% is more likely."
Monday, April 28, 2008
Video Game Sales again up BIG, Nintendo upping Wii production
"Nintendo announced late last week that it would increase its monthly production of Wii video game consoles to 2.4 million, from 1.8 million."
Lots of strong video game industry numbers on the eve of GTA IV:
Software sales were up 63 percent in March compared with March 2007, according to NPD Group, which tracks sales. Equipment sales were up 46 percent over the same period.
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