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« Saturday « January 31, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01312009}
  2. {11:59:00 PM}
  content
  1. Hollywood urged to look toward Web in China
    
    (Hollywood Reporter)
  2. "Rather than agonize about ways to get the Chinese government to enforce Western copyrights, China should really be considered a test lab for new media models. The West can learn a great deal from the way the Chinese media players make money."
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  2. 11:59:00 PM
  3. "Rather than agonize about ways to get the Chinese government to enforce Western copyrights, China should really be considered a test lab for new media models. The West can learn a great deal from the way the Chinese media players make money."..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. business
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01312009}
  2. {11:50:17 PM}
  content
  1. Be like MacGyver
    
    (johnaugust.com blog)
  2. We call this film school, but really, that's only for lack of a better term. You don't really shoot much film. You don't dip it in chemicals. You rarely touch it. Rather, what you do in a school like this is learn how to tell stories with words, pictures and sound. And quite luckily, that's what the world needs. Two examples...
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  2. 11:50:17 PM
  3. We call this film school, but really, that's only for lack of a better term. You don't really shoot much film. You don't dip it in chemicals. You rarely touch it. Rather, what you do in a school like this is learn how to tell stories with words,..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. movies and films
  3. writers
  type
« Wednesday « January 28, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01282009}
  2. {11:14:58 PM}
  content
  1. The Social Brain Hypothesis or 150 meaningful relationships are enough
    
    (Tobias Escher at the OII blog)
  2. Or to put it simply: Your brain can just deal with about 150 meaningful relationships. While the number has caught on, it is more a statement about how much social complexity the brain can deal with.
    
    I'm seeing lots of blog posts and tweets about how to get more followers on Twitter. Suddenly, the most important thing is: how many followers do you have? Size matters, it seems. I think the question should be: how many people can you realistically interact with in a meaningful way, in a way that's not cartoonish? When Shaq announced he was on Twitter as @THE_REAL_SHAQ, I was one of his first 5,000 followers, or so. I sent him a couple of messages; the chances of him reading and responding to my two messages, out of 5,000+ followers, were slim to none from the start, plus I ripped him for tweeting too much about where he was eating and not working out, so he wouldn't have wanted to read mine anyway. ;). Today, Shaq has over 37,000 followers. Yeah, just what I was thinking: you're no closer to Shaq on Twitter than you are in the US Airways Center (where Shaq's Phoenix Suns play), which only holds about 18,000 spectators. Your chance of reaching Shaq on Twitter are far, far less likely. So are you interested in communicating and sharing ideas and content with interesting people, or do you just want to build (or join) a fan club for free?
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  2. 11:14:58 PM
  3. Or to put it simply: Your brain can just deal with about 150 meaningful relationships. While the number has caught on, it is more a statement about how much social complexity the brain can deal with...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. cyberculture
  3. internet
  4. tags:
  5. twitter
  6. web2.0
  7. social
  8. media
  type
« Saturday « January 24, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01242009}
  2. {12:29:03 AM}
  content
  1. Learning to Think Like A Programmer
    
    (Infovore blog)
  2. [For non-programmers:] What's really important is to not understand how to do magical things with code, but to learn what magical things are possible, what the necessary inputs for that magic are, and who to ask to do it.
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  2. 12:29:03 AM
  3. [For non-programmers:] What's really important is to not understand how to do magical things with code, but to learn what magical things are possible, what the necessary inputs for that magic are, and who to ask to do it...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. psychology
  3. computers
  type
« Wednesday « January 21, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01212009}
  2. {06:06:16 PM}
  content
  1. Study: Ad Agencies Exhibit 'Pervasive Racial Discrimination' (Advertising Age)
    
    (Advertising Age)
  2. The ad industry doesn't simply have a diversity problem. According to Cyrus Mehri's Madison Avenue Project, it is guilty of "pervasive racial discrimination" that not only underhires and segregates African-Americans but pays them 80 cents for every dollar it pays comparable white employees.
    
    But? Change?
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  2. 06:06:16 PM
  3. The ad industry doesn't simply have a diversity problem. According to Cyrus Mehri's Madison Avenue Project, it is guilty of "pervasive racial discrimination" that not only underhires and segregates African-Americans but pays them 80 cents for every dollar..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. racism
  3. business
  type
« Monday « January 19, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01192009}
  2. {10:53:14 AM}
  content
  1. Wall Street Voodoo
    
    (NYTimes.com)
  2. Krugman: To explain the issue, let me describe the position of a hypothetical bank that I'll call Gothamgroup, or Gotham for short.
    
    On paper, Gotham has $2 trillion in assets and $1.9 trillion in liabilities, so that it has a net worth of $100 billion. But a substantial fraction of its assets-say, $400 billion worth-are mortgage-backed securities and other toxic waste. If the bank tried to sell these assets, it would get no more than $200 billion.
    
    So Gotham is a zombie bank: it's still operating, but the reality is that it has already gone bust. Its stock isn't totally worthless-it still has a market capitalization of $20 billion-but that value is entirely based on the hope that shareholders will be rescued by a government bailout.
    
    Behold, "Zombie Economics." Cool!
    
    b/w: @davewiner
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  2. 10:53:14 AM
  3. Krugman: To explain the issue, let me describe the position of a hypothetical bank that I'll call Gothamgroup, or Gotham for short.
    
    On paper, Gotham has $2 trillion in assets and $1.9 trillion in liabilities, so that it has a net worth of $1..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. economics
  3. economy
  type
« Sunday « January 18, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01182009}
  2. {10:54:22 AM}
  content
  1. Writing in the Age of Distraction
    
    (Locus Online)
  2. Cory Doctorow: “I think I've managed to balance things out through a few simple techniques that I've been refining for years. I still sometimes feel frazzled and info-whelmed, but that's rare. Most of the time, I'm on top of my workload and my muse. Here's how I do it...”
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  2. 10:54:22 AM
  3. Cory Doctorow: “I think I've managed to balance things out through a few simple techniques that I've been refining for years. I still sometimes feel frazzled and info-whelmed, but that's rare. Most of the time, I'm on top of my workload and my muse...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. writers
  3. writers
  type
« Saturday « January 17, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01172009}
  2. {08:39:04 AM}
  content
  1. The Diet Problem
  2. The goal of the diet problem is to find the cheapest combination of foods that will satisfy all the daily nutritional requirements of a person.
    
    I'm looking for a personally relevant to woodshed with Flex, and I've put on about 10 pounds in the last year, so this may be the ticket.
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  2. 08:39:04 AM
  3. The goal of the diet problem is to find the cheapest combination of foods that will satisfy all the daily nutritional requirements of a person...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. computing
  3. health
  4. tags:
  5. diet
  6. flex3
  type
« Sunday « January 11, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01112009}
  2. {09:22:12 AM}
  content
  1. Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles
    
    (O'Reilly Radar)
  2. You should regard money as fuel for what you really want to do, not as a goal in and of itself. Money is like gas in the car -- you need to pay attention or you'll end up on the side of the road -- but a well-lived life is not a tour of gas stations!
    
    My take: If you're going to change your world, you first have to change the way you think.
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  2. 09:22:12 AM
  3. You should regard money as fuel for what you really want to do, not as a goal in and of itself. Money is like gas in the car — you need to pay attention or you'll end up on the side of the road — but a well-lived life is not a tour of gas statio..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. psychology
  3. society
  type
« Wednesday « January 7, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01072009}
  2. {05:29:15 AM}
  content
  1. 9 Things Every Writer Needs To Do Every Day (OpenZine) Simple tips.
    05:29:15 AM
  type
« Tuesday « January 6, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01062009}
  2. {10:04:03 PM}
  content
  1. How the city hurts your brain
    
    (Boston.com)
  2. [S]cientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are chastening. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs our basic mental processes.
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  2. 10:04:03 PM
  3. [S]cientists have begun to examine how the city affects the brain, and the results are chastening. Just being in an urban environment, they have found, impairs our basic mental processes...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. psychology
  3. education
  4. tags:
  5. learning
  6. city+life
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01062009}
  2. {03:56:45 PM}
  content
  1. Gaza medics: Israeli shells kill 42 at U.N. school
  2. Israeli shelling killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt a Gaza offensive.
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  2. 03:56:45 PM
  3. Israeli shelling killed more than 40 Palestinians on Tuesday at a U.N. school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said, in carnage likely to boost international pressure on Israel to halt a Gaza offensive...."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. military
  3. government
  4. tags:
  5. gaza
  6. war
  7. isreal
  8. hamas
  9. middle+east
  type
« Saturday « January 3, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01032009}
  2. {01:13:25 PM}
  content
  1. As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.
    
    (Wall Street Journal)
  2. [M]ass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces -- with Alaska reverting to Russian control.
    
    Yes, things are bad, and gettng worse, but this reads more like science fiction than anything. I'm more concerned about the kind of American (and global) future that Kunstler imagines in The Long Emergency. It's much more chilling and realistic because you can actually seeing the pieces of his grim puzzle already falling into place, if not ahead of schedule.
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  2. 01:13:25 PM
  3. [M]ass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces — with Alaska reverting to Russian..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. culture
  3. society
  4. tags:
  5. peak+oil
  6. civil+unrest
  7. global+economy
  8. propaganda
  type
« Friday « January 2, 2009
1. datetime
  1. {01022009}
  2. {08:25:24 AM}
  content
  1. The Era of Good Work (Epigonic blog) [2008] was the year where the bill came due for two, maybe three, decades of steady cultural and political rot.
    08:25:24 AM
  type
2. datetime
  1. {01022009}
  2. {06:47:04 AM}
  content
  1. What Carriers Aren't Eager to Tell You About Texting
    
    (NYTimes.com)
  2. Customers with unlimited plans, like diners bringing a healthy appetite to an all-you-can-eat cafeteria, might think they're getting the best out of the arrangement. But the carriers, unlike the cafeteria owners, can provide unlimited quantities of 'food' at virtually no cost to themselves- so long as it is served in bite-sized portions.
    
    We love the convenience and immediacy of texting, but it's perhaps the most-expensive rip-off of all our monthly bills. And since it's so profitable to telecom carriers, don't expect it to change...ever!
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  2. 06:47:04 AM
  3. Customers with unlimited plans, like diners bringing a healthy appetite to an all-you-can-eat cafeteria, might think they're getting the best out of the arrangement. But the carriers, unlike the cafeteria owners, can provide unlimited quantities of 'food'..."
  categories
  1. keywords:
  2. telecommunications
  3. technology
  4. tags:
  5. texting
  type
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« Saturday « January 31, 2009

(Hollywood Reporter)

(johnaugust.com blog)

« Wednesday « January 28, 2009

(Tobias Escher at the OII blog)

« Saturday « January 24, 2009

(Infovore blog)

« Wednesday « January 21, 2009

(Advertising Age)

« Monday « January 19, 2009

(NYTimes.com)

« Sunday « January 18, 2009

(Locus Online)

« Saturday « January 17, 2009

« Sunday « January 11, 2009

(O'Reilly Radar)

« Wednesday « January 7, 2009

« Tuesday « January 6, 2009

(Boston.com)

« Saturday « January 3, 2009

(Wall Street Journal)

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