Links for January 4th through January 5th
Things I’m tracking for January 4th through January 5th:
- Web Advertisers Get More Say in Large, Intrusive Ad Formats - WSJ.com -
- Unilever Gives 'Ugly Betty' a Product-Plug Makeover in China - WSJ.com - A fascinating look at one future of long-form dramatic entertainment on TV… at least in China.
- Disney Pulls Out of Next 'Narnia' Movie - WSJ.com -
- Obama's Digital Campaign Allies Seek to Cash In - WSJ.com -
- Animators Envision 3-D TV at Home - WSJ.com - From HD to 3D… if this happens it will hurt the movie theaters' attempts to create an eventful experience that you can't get at home.
- Internet-Ready TVs Usher Web Into Living Room - WSJ.com -
- Ads to Go Leaner, Meaner in '09 - WSJ.com -
- Essay - Unsafe at Any Read - NYTimes.com - A nice piece by Lee Siegel about the perils of reading– although frankly I think he's wrong about how what we read becomes a part of our consciousness… at least for most of us. Siegel himself seems to have been unduly literary at a frighteningly young age.
- Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies And Web Services - Sharewood Guide Jan 04 09 - Robin Good's Latest News -
- Online Or Bust: Why 2009 May Be The Nail In Newspapers’ Coffins | paidContent:UK -
- Sports: Kobe Bryant Can't Live Without DVR -
- The Future of Media » Blog Archive » $1.3 billion business wants R-e-s-p-e-c-t -
Links for January 3rd through January 4th
Things I’m tracking for January 3rd through January 4th:
- Send cards on Twitter with twtcard | Tweet Crunch -
- 3quarksdaily -
- Walvis, Tjaco H., (2008), "Three Laws of Branding: Neuroscientific Foundations of Effective Brand Building" - A recent study. Joseph Carrabis, what do you think?
- Metals News - Brain Works Like Google, New Study Finds -
- The Definition of a Problem - Martini Shot on KCRW - A 4 minute podcast that deftly describes what I will neologistically call connect-addiction.
Short Post: Personal Transparency & the Mom/CEO rule
Although Facebook, Twitter and other social networks allow me a slide-rule of access privileges and the ability to create lists of who has access to what, I have neither time nor energy for that sort of rule creating and maintenance.
Instead, I have one simple rule: I don’t email, post, blog, status update or tweet anything that I wouldn’t feel comfortable being forwarded to my CEO or to my mother. So, while I talk about my kids I don’t tend to say their names or give many specifics about their schooling or the like in print. Since my wife is an equally public person, I have no issue talking about her. Sure, somebody enterprising can find out a lot about my family, but I don’t make it easy for them.
A lot of folks who talk about how Millenials are a different species when it comes to media talk about how they, ahem, let it all hang out when it comes to sharing intimate details, drunken photos, et cetera, and how recruiters and HR specialists with an internet connection and rudimentary skillss are turning those deets up.
That’s not about media so much as it about being young.
Links for January 2nd
Things I’m tracking for January 2nd:
- Publicis Continues To Bet On Internet Ad Spend, Despite The Risks | paidContent.org -
- A Guide to Arts & Entertainment in 2009 - WSJ.com -
- VentureBeat -
- Nielsen - Press Release: The Nielsen Company Issues Top Ten U.S. Lists for 2008 -
- CPG #1 on Top 10 Lists of Advertisers, Products Sold -
Links for January 2nd
Things I’m tracking for January 2nd:
- The Internet's Cool, But TV Remains Ad King — Online Advertising — InformationWeek -
- Media Predictions 2009: What Won't Happen - BusinessWeek - Nice piece.
- louisgray.com: 10 Predictions for 2009 In the World of Tech - An interesting set of predictions, but one with an impoverished sense of "real time." In this usage, real time simply means "with as little delay as possible," which is different than a synchronous interaction.
- Hollywood starts '09 with little to celebrate - Los Angeles Times - From the front page of today's Los Angeles Times– a long but short-sighted article about Hollywood's economic woes. Blog post about this coming soon.
- Nintendo to launch 'Wii TV' - Telegraph - Watch out, Xbox and Sling… there's a new player.
- Summary of Findings: Internet Overtakes Newspapers As News Source - This is significant– but why doesn't it mean that there's a viable business model of online news?
Links for December 31st through January 1st
Things I’m tracking for December 31st through January 1st:
- YouTube - Greeting Cards -
- Hollywood's Digital Dawdling - BusinessWeek -
- LIFE photo archive hosted by Google -
- This Blog Sits at the: Life at Macy's from Life at Google -
- Bloomberg.com: U.S. -
Beautiful, wacky Batman image from a 1960s LIFE cover…
My friend Grant McCracken posted the other day about LIFE MAGAZINE opening its photography archives via Google, which is wonderful news.
Over the holidays, I received a number of Batman-related goodies (I’m a Batfan) and I have my new DVD of The Dark Knight all ready to watch in the new year, so “Batman” was a natural search to come to my mind.
Here’s what I found– Gorgeous, isn’t it?
If this makes you nostalgic for the series, it is curently being rerun on the American Life Television Network.
This is my last post of the year– which is hardly a surprise on 12/31/08.
Happy New Year!
Links for December 30th through December 31st
Things I’m tracking for December 30th through December 31st:
- J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia … - Google Book Search -
- Michael Chabon on 'writers who can dwell between worlds' | Hero Complex | Los Angeles Times -
- http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/26/news_pf/Perspective/The_endangered_joy_of.shtml -
- stevenberlinjohnson.com: Can We Please Kill This Meme Now -
- Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: The engine of serendipity -
- Mediavorous » Blog Archive » Facebook as serendipity engine - An old post– I'm newly reinterested in serendipity.
- "Colbert," "SpongeBob" may go dark on Time Warner - Yahoo! News -
Links for December 29th through December 30th
Things I’m tracking for December 29th through December 30th:
- Buzz, Balls & Hype : Storytelling in 2008 -
- The Evidence Gap - Genetic Tests Offer Promise of Personalized Medicine - Series - NYTimes.com -
- Itineraries - Internet Use Grows at Meetings, as Do Challenges - NYTimes.com -
- Advertising - Broadcast TV Retains Marketing Dollars in Hard Times - NYTimes.com -
- Hyper-Local Hero | Fast Company -
- Thomas the Tank Engine | Watercress Line -
Links for December 22nd through December 23rd
Things I’m tracking for December 22nd through December 23rd:
- Ad Spending Down 0.6%; Auto Category Skids 10% - Note: these numbers do not include internet or B2B.
- Thunderbirds to be given TV revival | Media | guardian.co.uk - Thunderbirds are GO!
- Seth's Blog: What is viral marketing? -
- Marketers want you to throw a party; Consumers host branded events and get free stuff - December 22, 2008 Monday - ContentAgenda.com -
- Another $100 Million for Palm From Bono & Pals - Why can't I seamlessly transfer my old Palm database to my iPhone or somewhere else? Here's why…