Archive for May 2008

See you in LA

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing, Publishing on 28 May 2008 with 1 comment

I’ll be on a panel at Book Expo America tomorrow. Here’s the skinny.
Scaling the New Economies: In Search of Book Publishing’s 2.0 Business Model
As consumers grow increasingly used to consuming an enormous amount of information from countless websites and blogs, for free, what’s the business model for traditional publishers? And how do we compete [...]

Not Just One Thing

In Life on 21 May 2008 with 12 comments

Michael Craig gets it.
The reason for my interest has not been due to some gloriously fabricated business facade, but because they have been so downright authentic in sharing themselves and their humanity.
Michael hit on something I’ve long thought about but never written about here. It’s hard to put into words, but it goes something [...]

About The Hair

In 90-Second Stories on 21 May 2008 with 8 comments

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Coming Up: Vidfest!

In Conferences, Crowdsourcing on 18 May 2008 with 1 comment

I’ll be in Vancouver later this week for my first Vidfest! That’s the Vancouver International Digital Festival, where I’ll be on this panel.

Crowd Pleasers: Achieving your crowdsourcing strategy
Thinking of jumping on the crowd-sourcing bandwagon? Meet the folks that have pioneered this new way of harnessing user content across platforms with great success. This session is [...]

links for 2008-05-16

In Links on 16 May 2008 with Comments Off

Heather Gold: Free at last
“Openness is good. Closet is bad.”
(tags: justice video)

35

In 35 on 16 May 2008 with 64 comments

Today I turn 35 and here’s what I’m thinking abut.
I’m thinking about depression. I’ve been severely depressed several times in my life. When depression is a well you visit with some regularity, you get to know the scenery.
Lately I’ve been turning to all the things that used to break my funks and none of [...]

Growth

In Gardening on 14 May 2008 with 6 comments

When we moved from our old place, I had to chop down this Fred because it was so huge it couldn’t be moved. So I went totally Paul Bunyan and chopped it down to its base. Now, life begins again.

links for 2008-05-13

In Links on 13 May 2008 with Comments Off

(RE)VELATION :: Remix The 613
“We are collecting text and audio ‘remixes’ of the 613 mitzvot for an art piece which will debut at DAWN, a special event at grand opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.” Awesome.

(tags: jewish art)

dublit.com
Fun new site for audio stories. Search for “Fray” to find some Busted audio storytelling.
(tags: [...]

New in Fray: Hosing Down the Prostitutes

In Fray on 12 May 2008 with Comments Off

We posted another fantastic story from Fray issue 1: Busted! tonight. Check it out – this one’s a doozy.
There was very little for teenagers to do in Vegas in ’82. Sure, you could go to a movie, play video poker at the Mexican restaurant, or sneak into the Caesar’s Palace Jacuzzi. But all that got [...]

iPhone 2.0 Wishlist

In Apple, iPhone on 8 May 2008 with 48 comments

I loves me some iPhone. I got mine on day one and have used it every day since. Now the gadget blogs are atwitter about the next generation coming out in June or July. So, for whatever it’s worth, here’s what I hope to see.
The Likelies

Thinner, lighter, faster, more storage. Can you name an Apple [...]