Archives for the 'TV & Movies' Category
And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth, or Why to See “The Social Network”
[Cross posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] This isn’t a movie review, although I will talk about the movie “The Social Network” that came out last weekend. Instead, in this short post I argue that everybody reading this post – and just about everybody who works in the interactive media and technology industries – ought [...]
Do All Business Strategy Books Suck?
What explicit business strategy books have you read lately (or ever) that were worthwhile and why were they worthwhile?
Child Endangerment Porn, or, my problems with “Slumdog” and “Dollhouse”
A friend with a good track record of Oscar predictions thinks “Slumdog Millionaire” will win best picture, best director and best screenplay. My wife and I left the theater an hour into the movie. We walked out at the moment (mild spoiler alert) when the Fagin-like beggar king and his cronies were about to maim [...]
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 [...]
“TiVo Guilt” conversation continues
A lot of people have picked up on CNN’s TiVo Guilt pieces that featured an interview with me: http://scatter.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/infinity-not-quite-as-big-as-it-used-to-be/ http://www.oopstime.com/news/health/22008/yes-i-am-afflicted-with-tivo-guilt.html http://dailydish.honadvblogs.com/2008/12/03/got-tivo-guilt/ http://www.fresnobeehive.com/archives/2008/12/what_tv_shows_g.html http://www.gizmolovers.com/2008/12/03/tivo-guilt-dont-they-have-a-pill-for-that/ http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/atlarge/2008/12/new_i_refuse_to_believe_1.html http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/02/yes-i-am-afflicted-with-tivo-guilt/ http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDU3MjBiMDNkNjM2N2FmM2RiMThiMGRlNDBmNGIzN2I= http://blogs.kxly.com/blog/2008/12/02/tivo-guilt/ http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1266561/tivo_guilt_too_much_of_a_good_tivo.html?cat=15 http://truemors.nowpublic.com/?p=34622 http://economics.com.au/?p=1897 http://www.tcpalm.com/blogs/thewatercooler/2008/dec/03/tivo_guilt/ http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/12/question_of_the_day_how_far_back_do_your_tivo_shows_go-2.html Some are taking it seriously and some are making fun, but golly that’s a lot of people! The sentence most often quoted is [...]
