April 2012
“Dear Super Paclettes,
This newsletter is for college-aged Colbert Super PAC...”
– Colbert Super PAC | Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow | ColbertSuperPac.com
March 2012
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“Brands struggle to see themselves as both content creators and content...”
– The Curation Wunderkind | Digiday
Good article about Noah and Percolate today
“Groupon reported in February an unexpected net loss of $37 million on revenue...”
– Groupon Restating Financial Results - WSJ.com
“Unexpected????” Who were these people that ever expected Groupon to post a profit?
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“More than that, I’m vaguely amazed that after our financial meltdown, amidst our...”
– JOBS Act Jitters | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
This week I come out with the vaguely unpopular opinion in tech that the JOBS Act might not be the best thing in the world.
“Facebook’s lawyers obtained 200 emails from Harvard University’s...”
– Facebook Unearths 200 Emails in Motion to Dismiss Ceglia’s Suit - WSJ.com
Can’t say I’m surprised by this, but… Wow. What a weird dude. Did he really think this was going to work? No, right? He just hoped he could get bought off for a couple million because it wasn’t...
Bustr Bensn: Broadcasting location is good. →
bustr:
When I was born, people would call each other on their home phones and pre-arrange meetings out in the world, and hope that nothing changed between now and then. Except things often did change, and you had to waste hours as a result.
When I was a kid, people got big clunky phones in their car…
I think of location services in terms of my personal assistant (if I were lucky enough...
“I’ve owned a home. A couple of times. I bought a home once after I sold a...”
– Why Entrepreneurs Should NOT Buy Homes | TechCrunch
THANK YOU.
My reasons for not buying a home are slightly different, but I share his sentiment. First, years ago, during the housing boom, I read an economic analysis of ownership vs. renting in The Economist that laid out home ownership was not...
Weekend Report: 'The Hunger Games' Devours $155... →
Well, this sure makes this article seem dumb:
AdAge: Why ‘The Hunger Games’ Won’t Make $100 Million Its Opening Weekend
I have kept that window open in my browser for a week because I knew it was going to be wrong, and I wanted to call him on it.
Its author says:
But I think they’re getting ahead of themselves. I predict that “The Hunger Games” will come...
“It seems as though Mad Men’s writers are defining Don’s talents as a...”
– Why Does Everyone on ‘Mad Men’ Call Don Draper a Creative Genius? - Kevin Craft - Entertainment - The Atlantic
They kind of buried the lede on this one, but they got to it, right here. It’s not just the Mad Men writers who are defining Don as a genius creative director because of...
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jargiello.com: Lawyering up for the JOBS Act . . . →
jargiello:
The JOBS Act variously tinkers with and takes a hammer to two pillars of the New Deal – the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act. Most of the tinkering – such as the IPO On-Ramp and the proposal to exclude employees from the 500-Shareholder Rule – represents thoughtful, intelligent adjustment of the regulatory framework to emerging company business reality. By contrast,...
“Can you confidently say that you have never in your life said the words “It’s...”
– There’s Basically Nothing You Can Say That Isn’t Trademarked - Businessweek
One of my finer contributions to the business arts, trademarking “It’s gonna be awesome.” I still say it. I should buy a license from TBG so I can keep saying it.
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Watchmeredithmo:
ifc:
Here’s a quick little promo for BUNK. It’s the silliest, weirdest show I’ve ever seen. Check it out June 8, along with Comedy Bang! Bang!
Yaaaaay, it’s BUNK!
With any luck, Emma and I will be appearing on this show in a certain audience segment. That’s gonna be funny.
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“Alright, it’s not bomb disposal. But in it’s own way it’s dangerous and...”
– A Short Lesson in Perspective - The San Francisco Egotist
Via Madeline Pascal. She was right. Read this.
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Winter And The Wall
parislemon:
In response to my PandoDaily post about Game of Thrones earlier, Trevor Gilbert tries his hand at parody. Not all bad, but a few quick problems:
1) You can buy an unlocked iPhone.
2) Even if you stole the iPhone, you wouldn’t actually be able to use it on a carrier’s network without paying them.
3) Pretty much everything else.
But Gilbert knows this, I have to assume. From the...
“It’s just very difficult to end a series. For example, ‘Seinfeld,’ they ended it...”
– David Chase on the resolution of The Sopranos vs. Seinfeld, in a great quote that got buried in a NYT Mad Men piece a few weeks ago. Actually perfect. (via judyxberman)
My favorite series ending was Crime Story where they just freakin’ Nuked everyone in one of the nuclear bomb tests in the...
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hugel replied to your quote: The creative minds on the precipice of joining the…
Does that mean McCormacks is on the agenda for tonight?
If I recall correctly from previous years, Board dinner tonight, with light drinking afterwards at the Jefferson hotel. Tomorrow is the proper board meeting, which is usually followed by a night of serious drinking at somewhere nearby like Popkins, with...
“In America HBO is a premium network, meaning people must pay an additional $15 a...”
– HBO and the future of pay-TV: The winning streak | The Economist
Three things here. First,in an age when we sit here and decry Facebook and others for selling us to advertisers, it’s important to note that that is exactly what other television stations do and HBO does not. Granted, they know...
“HBO is reported to be considering stepping outside of existing cable packages...”
– HBO To De-Bundle, Go Online? | Techland | TIME.com
These are not the words of a “hollywood” company that “just doesn’t get it.” They understand very much where things are going. HBO was the first cable network. It was the first network to offer on demand. it was the...
“Consider this a quiet declaration of war. Talking at the VideoSchmooze NYC event...”
– HBO Boss to Netflix: You’ll Never Get Our Shows | Techland | TIME.com
Netflix dug its own grave on HBO licensing when it competed against them to win David Fincher’s new series House of Cards. Why on earth would HBO license its content to them now, when they have become competitors? It has...
“In future HBO Go could allow the network to bypass the entire pay-TV system. For...”
– HBO and the future of pay-TV: The winning streak | The Economist
The finances of HBO’s licensing decisions are only partially in control. Doing a bit of research today, I learned that they split their $15 ish subscription fee with the cable providers. In return, cable providers provide them...
“The creative minds on the precipice of joining the industry like the sound of...”
– New Wave of Advertisers Consider Consumers the New Medium - The Daily Beast
Super psyched to be heading down for this year’s board meeting - on a lovely Amtrak regional, heading through the fog to Richmond this morning.
“Again, I’d gladly pay for it. But I have no way to do so, outside of forking...”
– Help! I’m Being Forced To Pirate Game Of Thrones Against My Will! | PandoDaily
I’d gladly pay for it. Just I don’t want to pay for it. Gah. Come on.
Pay or wait. It’s not that hard. Or go to a friend’s house. If you’d gladly pay for it, you would. Your hand is not...
“I was sitting at Crif Dogs. The one in Williamsburg. It was sometime around...”
– Why Maturing Sites Should Go All Gladwell in Their Marketing | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
It gets to a point, I promise. My column this week for Betabeat.
Watch2012 DP Reel (by Mike Prevette)
If you’re looking for a director of photography for your video in New York, you can do a lot worse than my friend Mike. He’s awesome!
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Jobs || Percolate →
domgoodrum:
Designers. Percolate wants to hire you.
“Overall, the tech sector had nearly a third of the cash of all nonfinancial U.S....”
– Apple to Pay Dividend, Plans $10 Billion Buyback - WSJ.com
Wow.
Jill Simonsen, one year later
Not lost in the mayhem of SXSW was the fact that it was one year ago on Sunday last that my friend Jill passed away. SXSW was crazy, as always, and I didn’t have time to sit down and write about it, but the thought did not escape me. And, like one year ago Sunday, I did my panel at SXSW. It was nice to do it a year later and not be in total shock, misery and awe. Still, of course it colored...
