March 2009
14 posts
“Someone lets TIm Geithner out of his sound-proof box on the weekend, and now...”
– Autos: Simply Vanish vs. Expensively Atrophy (Paul Kedrosky)
Sawickipedia: <sigh> what a mess. At least Tesla has hopes. Why can’t we use the next $23B to fund 10 more Tesla’s instead?
“Only 5 of “top 20″ US Advertisers spent more than the industry average of 8% of...”
– Interesting factoids out of latest Morgan Stanley “Economy and Internet Trends” research report « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog
tedr says: There’s a tidal wave of advertising spending coming to the Internet. It may being held back by recession dangers, but once the dam burst and they give...
“David Axelrod is very politically astute, which is why this comment is such a...”
– Real Clear Politics - News - Elections 2008 - Opinion - Commentary - TIME
Sawickipedia: To be honest, I am amazed at the number of own goals the admin is scoring on itself. As much as I disagree with their policy views, I respected their acumen. Boy is it failing them now.
“Ugh. Now auto suppliers are getting bailout cash, to the tune of $5 billion,...”
– Real Clear Politics - News - Elections 2008 - Opinion - Commentary - TIME
360-degree Music Deals and the Movie Business
rafer:
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Before Napster started shaking up the music business, the industry was alsways disorienting to sell to. Pre-dating all the copyright fights, the problem is that the labels did their budgeting on a CD-by-CD basis. They rarely bought marketing infrastructure at the corporate level. The Internet copyfights changed part of that, and I bet that 360 deals will change more....
“The Bristol scientists cannot talk about their unpublished results until they...”
– Back To The Dinosaur Age For The Oceans
Sawickipedia: As skeptical as I am about man’s ability to model the climate when we can’t even model the stock market - something a gazillion times less complex - this is a compelling argument - acidification of the ocean. Wiping out animal life...
“But it’s also clear from the comments that developers expect something besides...”
– Facebook Developers Getting Antsy Over Verified Apps Program
Sawickipedia: FB Connect is a huge deal - even bigger then the app platform potential. But FB’s Kremlin-esque attitude towards the world and esp. developers could dramatically limit FB Connect support on the web amongst publishers....
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched...”
– Reid Hoffman (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via hiten) (via rafer)
“Ad Recession Brings on the Belly Fat
Sites Stop Fighting Those Ubiquitous...”
– Web Publishers Find It Harder to Say No to ‘Belly Fat’ Ads - Advertising Age - Digital
Sawickipedia: What’s amazing is that brands are creating direct response branded ads. There’s a lot of inventory out there right now for the taking. The Brands that figure out...
“The push comes as big-name publishers struggle against the commoditization of...”
– Top Web Publishers Pledge Bigger Ads
Sawickipedia: Big online publishers have to stop with the myth that the proliferation of ad networks has somehow caused the great decline in ad prices. Ad networks are not the boogie man laying waste to the online ad landscape. What has caused the decline in...
“But in polite Seattle, [New School Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson] is uncommonly...”
– Local News | Make no mistake: Seattle schools chief is decisive, driven, direct | Seattle Times Newspaper
Sawickipedia: Thank goodness someone in this town doesn’t have time for the passive-aggresiveness that makes working here so sometimes maddeningly infuriating. Seriously, it’s ok...
“Mississippi to Ban Red Light, Speed Cameras
By Robert Farago March 5,...”
– Mississippi to Ban Red Light, Speed Cameras | The Truth About Cars
Sawickipedia: Red light and speed cameras violate so many tenets of a principled and free society I can’t believe the populus puts up with them. Security cameras have already put us probably too close to the survelliance...
“What Obama Missed in His Studies of Lincoln
“You cannot bring about prosperity...”
– Obama Missed This In His Studies of Lincoln « MeetKendall.com