Our fearless leader, David Burn, was born on this day in...well, sometime in the last century. Happy Birthday, big man. …
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Rafat Ali Discusses “The Economics of Content”
Paid Content's Rafat Ali is profiled in Media Bistro. The piece looks at his background, exploring his moves from journalist to blogger to a business owner backed by venture capital. Here are a few of the highlights: Q. Obviously you've always wanted to be an entrepreneur… A. No, I did not. In 2000 and 2001, I came out of school (Ali has a Masters in Journalism from Indiana University), and like everybody, I wanted …
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Success Is Overrated
Clay Parker Jones has an interesting "lo-fi blog" series going on his exitcreative site. Here's an example of his pen-to-paper approach: …
So Fucking Lame
Kathy Sierra is receiving death threats and is scared out of her mind. I just read her post about it. It's sickening. [UPDATE] Kevin Lawver gets to the heart of the matter with this insightful comment at Micropersuasion: "The dehumanization of relative anonymity empowers people who would otherwise keep their fetishes and rage to themselves." …
He Blogs. He Scores.
True Hoop is a pro basketball blog written by Henry Abbott. Abbott is a journalist with more than a dozen cover stories and one hundred plus feature articles to his credit. His work has appeared in HOOP, Inside Stuff, Men’s Journal, the official NBA Finals program and on CBS’s national radio network. He's making bloatospheric news this week because he sold his media property to ESPN. Steve Rubel ponders which blog …
Brand Stewards Start To Listen
Media Post reported a few weeks ago on the relationship between Technorati and Ogilvy. In an effort to help clients better understand the blogosphere, Ogilvy North America has enlisted the services of blog-tracking company Technorati. "We believe the blogosphere can have a considerable impact on brand health," Carla Hendra, co-CEO of Ogilvy North America, a WPP Group agency. She said that Technorati will aggregate …
Delete The Crap
Venture capitalist and blogger, Guy Kawasaki, schools us on closed system commenting. “Moderated comments” is an oxymoron. If your company is trying to be a hip, myth-busting, hypocrisy-outing joint, then it should let anyone comment. The concept that people have to be invited to post comments is pathetic—if you hold yourself out as a big cojones company, then act like it. Even the concept that one has to register to …
Tits And Ass! Hurry! Tits And Ass!
Ariel Waldman's blog has been taken over (for a few days) by Steve Hall. I'm rendered speechless, so I'll let Jetpacks do the talking for me. "This is akin to the cast of The Simpsons showing up in guest roles on 24." …
