November 2009
20 posts
“Until about the middle of the last century, most of the turkeys eaten on...”
– I’m a vegetarian. I’ve also read a lot of articles just like this one. And every time I do, I wonder why there aren’t more people who opt-out of eating meat—or at the very least, the meat that comes from factory farms. In many cases it’s economically prohibitive, which...
“There’s certain days that remind me why I ran for this office. Then there are...”
– President Obama (via jaredgeller and poobah) (via david)
Publishing as a Buiness Model--Seriously.
This week Carolyn Kelly of Jacket Copy discussed Seth Godin’s recent post that holds up publishing’s finance system as a model for other industries. Seth’s post reads, in part:
It works like this: you have an idea, a fledgling business or a new market to enter. You find an amateur investor (a wealthy dentist, a retired executive) and raise the money to bring it to market. And...
The Open Web is Under Attack: What To Do (Part 2)
continuations:
Following up to yesterday’s post, here is what I think folks should do about the threat of platform lock-in at the application/content layer. First, recognize that this is directly related to net neutrality. The ability of existing platforms and content owners to try to force the web back into walled gardens is limited by the ability of entrepreneurs to start open competitors...
Putting the Why in Tumblr
Smart.
debbiestier:
Exactly glecharles:
wordstudio:
“Reblogs plus comments plus reblogs equals intercourse. (Not sexual, just intercourse.) So some days your dashboard really can feel like a bulletin board, with people reblogging each other, back and forth, adding new commentary, all throughout the day. This can be fine or it can be excessive, but for sure it whittles at the notion of the...
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WatchThe Colbert-Miracle Whip feud continues!
From AdFreak:
The war between Stephen Colbert and Miracle Whip reached new heights last night, with the sandwich spread debuting ads calling out Colbert by name, and the Colbert Report host facetiously admitting defeat on his show. The dispute began in October, when Colbert defended mayonnaise against Miracle Whip’s new ad campaign from...
“San Francisco? I asked you to find an actor from Middle America, a real person....”
– Jack Donaghy (via 30rockquotes)
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Publishing 2.0
It’s hard for me to believe but today I’m celebrating two years at DailyLit. I’ve learned a ton and feel fortunate to be working for a forward-thinking company (thanks to our forward-thinking founder, Susan Danziger).
It’s a great time to be working in publishing. On my own blog and elsewhere there have been a lot of recent posts that are optimistic and excited about the...