Archives for August 2009
Links for August 24th through August 31st
Things I’m tracking for August 24th through August 31st: Publishers Are Killing Web Advertising’s Potential With Misguided Pricing | paidContent – "The web has advantages in providing a platform for advertisers, but the notion that it is some sort of new animal entirely has grown out of a variety of misconceptions that have worked to [...]
Links for August 18th through August 23rd
Things I’m tracking for August 18th through August 23rd: A Manifesto for Slow Communication – WSJ.com – “The ultimate form of progress, however, is learning to decide what is working and what is not; and working at this pace, emailing at this frantic rate, is pleasing very few of us. It is encroaching on parts [...]
Links for August 11th through August 18th
Things I’m tracking for August 11th through August 18th: Digital Advertising: A Display Ad That’s Not a Banner Ad – Advertising Age – Digital – I’m the Intersection of Four Statements – A bit heady at first, but Joseph gets to the good part at the end and the whole thing is well worth the [...]
On the Pleasures of Re-Reading vs. Blogging
On a recent road-trip with my eight-year-old daughter, H, we visited with a favorite former student of mine, Y, who is now a high-test corporate attorney. We met at the Emeryville Barnes & Noble and as we wandered, picking up fresh books for H, Y mentioned that she never re-reads novels, always preferring something new. [...]
Links for July 27th through August 10th
Things I’m tracking for July 27th through August 10th: Local Media in a Postmodern World, Part XCVII, The Order of the Web – The Web disrupts many things, but its biggest cultural influence is that it disrupts hierarchical order. It does so by turning order on its head, for individuals have the power, not institutions. [...]
