Kottke's version of BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com is monetized via small display ads from companies like Rackspace, Shutterstock, Emma and GoodBarry. His content is also user-submitted. The original, written by a Wired editor, is monetized via a book strategy. …
Internet Famous -> Internet Rich
According to ValleyWag, if you write about Kevin Rose of Digg, "traffic to your magazine's website will soar." AdPulp doesn't have a magazine, but what the hell, we'll give it a try, for we want to snare the almighty ad dollar just as much as anyone else. Bonus link: Inc. cover story on Kevin Rose, the man who drives traffic to magazine's websites and maybe a blog or two. …
Web Architects, Like Real Architects, Build For The Long Haul
Alexander H. Williams "teaches people how to break the rules and create vibrant online community networks with blogs, podcasts and magic bus rides." He also shoots video and makes podcasts and stuff. In one of his recent efforts, Franz Maruna, CEO at concrete5, opens up about the web development process and how traditional agencies are ill equipped to handle the work. why agencies suck so bad at making web sites …
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Union Square Ventures Gets Times Treatment
The New York Times ran a feature piece on Fred Wilson's venture capital firm in yesterday's edition. On his blog, Wilson says, "The last thing we needed was a puff piece saying we were the best VC out there or something. I've had that story written before and when it turned out not to be true, I've had it rubbed in my face." I don't think Fred has much to worry about this time around. The Times points out that three …
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Arghhhhhhhh
The Pirate’s Dilemma by Matt Mason tells the story of how youth culture drives innovation and is changing the way the world works. According to the author, it offers understanding and insight for a time when piracy is just another business model, the remix is our most powerful marketing tool and anyone with a computer is capable of reaching more people than a multi-national corporation. The book is available for …
Goodness
Joi Ito, an activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist, spoke at Fortune's Brainstorm event in Half Moon Bay last week. Rebecca MacKinnon, frustrated with the blind optimism found in Silicon Valley, wrote about it. Joi warned that not all kinds of capitalism lead to greater freedom or spread wealth and opportunities to everybody. "The capitalists aren't really that helpful, generally," he said. It depends on the …
Silicon Man
Reid Hoffman is an interesting guy. He's head honcho at LinkedIn, and an investor in Facebook, Digg, Flickr and Six Apart. According to Los Angeles Times, he's also an Oxford-trained philosopher who peppers his conversations with lively references to literature and film. Hoffman became self-reliant at an early age, persuading his father to send him to boarding school in Vermont, where, in addition to classwork, he …
What Do You Do For A Living? I Create Cultural Movements.
Scott Goodson, Founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of StrawberryFrog, is not content making ads. Far from it. For Goodson and his fellow amphibians, it's all about inspiring "Cultural Movements." Cultural Movements is the StrawberryFrog way. It is our process to come up with innovative strategies for our clients. Cultural Movements is the StrawberryFrog competitive edge, our DNA. It sets the course for all the …
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