November 2008
WatchPapervision - Augmented Reality (extended) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“Many people have a narrative about their holiday rituals: the worship, the...”
– The Holidays Downsized - Unemployment Limits Holiday Plans - NYTimes.com
“Intel is re-evaluating the Netbook market as possibly not The Next Big Thing....”
– Intel rethinks Netbooks: ‘Fine for an hour’ but… | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News
“Most of the items sold by the street grafters were small everyday things priced...”
– The Gentleman Grafter: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com
Warren Buffett's 10 Ways To Get Rich →
Long on WalMart, Apple, WSJ, Microsoft, Honda, & (oddly) Yahoo!
“One of the things that I’m going to have to work through is how to break...”
– Barack Obama
“For some reason, the French military—like everyone else, really—thinks that it...”
– Jesus Diaz, whom is now a Pulitzer contender with a line like that. Missiles: France Gets New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, World Exclaims “Merde!”
Why all those Great Depression analogies are... →
Some comforting context.
YellowPagesGoesGreen.Org →
Opt out of Yellow Pages and say no to reams of dead trees.
“The short version: Facebook offered stock, Twitter wanted cash. Facebook wanted...”
– Evan Williams: Why Twitter’s CEO turned down Facebook’s $500 million
“Believe me, I’m trying not to join in the vast, heaving O-phoria now sweeping...”
– David Brooks. Op-Ed Columnist - The Insider’s Crusade - NYTimes.com
Boston College Will Stop Offering New Students... →
Recognizing their students already have digital identities on arrival, Boston College is offing mail forwarding instead of full email services. Smart move.
Official Google Blog: Lively no more →
That was quick. Let’s hope current economic conditions encourage them to keep focus and not turn into Yahoo! Recommended for the chopping block: knol.
“Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Let Detroit Go Bankrupt - NYTimes.com
Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for... →
Figures. I also like how they flew separately.
Electronic Arts shuts down Blueprint, making Boom... →
That was quick. So much for the stealth division that launched with a PR release.
Watchdead space, gravity boots, diy — Dead Space: We Built Gravity Boots — Systm — Revision3
“American automakers have been building cars that nobody wants, this has been the...”
– Comment. Should Congress bail out automakers? : West Watch
Yang Steps Down As Yahoo CEO, Search For Successor... →
“What in heaven’s name made you think you could monetize the real estate in...”
– Ted McConnel, P&G Marketing.
Makers Of Media, Please Stand And Identify Yourselves - AdPulp
“So the shipping news—at least as measured by the BDI—is largely good. Even...”
– Why you should care about the Baltic Dry Index. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine
When Will Hulu Catch YouTube? It Already Has →
“And here is the nub. Iceland’s banks borrowed more than $250,000 for every man,...”
– FT.com / Weekend / Reportage - Letter from Iceland
“I hate to tell you Boomers, but putting a yellow ribbon on the back of your...”
– I think this might be the first time “shallow” has led me not to Gen Y, but to Boomers. Well done.
THE SHALLOWEST GENERATION | The Big Picture
Why Circuit City Busted, While Best Buy Boomed -... →
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“Today, President-elect Obama will record the weekly Democratic address not just...”
– The YouTube Presidency | 44 | washingtonpost.com
In the middle of economic storm, U.S. video game... →