The New York Times is running a series called "Age of Riches." Today's installment looks at a weird strain of Silicon Valley youth culture. Max Levchin, who is now 32, is typical of a new generation of junior titans in Silicon Valley who might be called the prematurely rich — techies worth tens of millions of dollars, sometimes more, at an age when many others are just starting to figure out what to do with their …
The Big Three Are Invisible To Young Buyers
Having lived in both the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt in the last few years, it became very obvious to me that, outside a small sliver of the Midwest, no one has any affinity at all for cars from GM, Ford or Chrysler. Of all the troubles the Big 3 face, perception is the biggest one. Because there's nobody under the age of 30 who can associate domestic automakers with excellence. They simply don't remember a time when …
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Scary Good
We have a saying where I work, "It's our job to surprise and delight." It's something I've come to believe in. Much more so than the tired old, "I wonder if this will get me into CA" bullshit I used to run on. While this has nothing to do with solving marketing problems for clients, I was surprised and delighted to see this latest creation from Fusebox in Lincoln, Nebraska. For more on Fusebox, see …
Baby On The Offensive
JWT France has people excited about Wilkinson shaving products. The reason is Fight for Kisses, a strangely Freudian video with a microsite and gaming element. [via Gavin Heaton and Craphammer] …
The Bloatosphere Is Ripe for Acquisition
Standard & Poors' investing newsletter The Outlook says blogs are "dazzling the eyes of major media publishers as the next takeover targets." Blogs--especially the big-name brands such as TechCrunch, Gawker, GigaOm, Boing Boing, and the Huffington Post--appear to have attractive business models. This is good news for traditional media companies that are being marginalized online and off, and are hoping to catch up …
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Facebook Starts To Twitter
According to Ad Age, Facebook Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz said his company is offering new mobile software for use on the BlackBerry Curve smartphone. Facebook mobile users can push photos, posts or other comments to friends also using the devices. T-Mobile USA is the first wireless carrier to offer the new Facebook for BlackBerry application, which is free to subscribers. "Mobile is the next frontier," Moskovitz …
Google Screws With Our Heads
Google pissed a bunch of content producers off this week by adjusting their Page Rank algorithm. Apparently, the G men don't appreciate sidebar links, a.k.a. blogrolls. You'll note the blogroll here is quite extensive. Accordingly, AdPulp's Page Rank was lowered. Technosailor has a good response to the negative adjustments. For bloggers who are not sure what to make of this whole thing, I’d say ignore it. Don’t worry …
