February 2012
2 posts
Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
parislemon:
This morning, I woke up and read Nick Bilton’s weekly New York Times’ column. Nick is a friend and one of the best bloggers/writers/journalists out there. But with today’s column, he was way off base.
Having already said what I wanted to say about the Path situation, I debated if I should weigh in again. Then I read Nick’s column again. There’s a way to say what he wants to say,...
The Rise of Internet Media: Clean Dictionary →
This was done by A student in my NYU class: The Rise of Internet Media.
nethistory2012:
I thought I’d start our class tumblr off with a project that my partner Charles and I just launched in beta today: cleandictionary.com
Clean Dictionary was already well on its way to completion by last Tuesday’s class, but some of the ideas we discussed helped influence and sharpen…
January 2012
5 posts
The 2011-12 NBA season has been entertaining, but... →
“I don’t think nostalgia is a healthy modality. But nostalgia and a sense...”
– William Gibson in TheVerge
Mike and the Mad Dog Afficonadoes Rejoice
From Bill Simmons’ weekend mailbag:
Q: I was watching a shortened Mike Francesa show on YES today. Giants fans only wanted to talk about the blown call on Greg Jennings’ fumble. Mike went on to use the phrase “under the hood” a ridiculous amount of times over the next hour to describe the action of the ref looking at the replay. I finished watching the show but it was...
amazing infographic on facebook
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December 2011
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November 2011
3 posts
An Aaron Dispatch
I’m having a day where my mind can’t keep up with my typing. I need to bullet point it out.
@eisenberg’s this am I listened to an NPR podcast about a woman in Wheaton, IL who lost a good 75k enviromental mgmt job and now works at Target for minimum wage. She’s 45 and doesn’t know what to do and sounded smart.
#Occupy has all kinds of challengers and supporters....
How I'm working on my film
I’m getting ready to launch my Kickstarter campaign for the Aaron Cohens. This morning, I realized I spend very little time sharing what has influenced me during the writing and production process. So here are a handful of creative products that are influencing me.
Before I was 20, 4 films had a huge influence on how my sense of humor developed. You should check them all out: Annie...
October 2011
2 posts
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
The Jeffersonian Steve Jobs
18 Months ago, I bought an IPAD at the Apple store on 14th and 9th and raced to catch an Amtrak to DC. Acela’s wifi was acceptable and I managed to download a few goodies onto my new device as well as play with Ibooks and other native applications.
By the time I arrived at my mother’s hospital room, I had already made my first purchase —Predictably Irrational — with...
September 2011
3 posts
National Debt Infographic
I love Bill Simmons and his take on NBA Lockout →
If I showed this line to Colts fans six weeks ago and said, “This will be the line for your Week 2 game against the Browns,” they would have asked things like, “Are the Browns about to trade a 2012 third-round pick for Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson?” and “Did our entire team get malaria?” Speaking of catastrophes, I’m launching a new...
Grantland is so good. Barnwell is amazing. →
Romocalypse
You saw what happened in the Cowboys-Jets game on Sunday night. For the sake of Cowboys fans with heart problems, we don’t need to rehash it. What is worth noting, though, is the specific height from which the Cowboys fell. To measure that, we can use the win probability charts created by Brian Burke at his Advanced NFL Stats site. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the...
August 2011
3 posts
Allen Paltrow: My Experience with Jobs and Apple →
allenpaltrow:
Update: I have appended this follow-up.
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the ages 6 and 12. For a while I would spend almost every weekend there. Every year for halloween…
Meet the Next 63 Y Combinator Start-ups - Liz... →
When you read the list of startups coming through Ycombinator it is absolutely amazing to me that none of them appear to focus on reinventing the not really disrupted film business.
What conclusions can we draw?
1. Ycombinator doesn’t like movie/tv related startups?
2. Today’s brilliant young engineers don’t care about the movie business?
3. I’m a contrarian.
4....
“With the rapid development of new tools and services, maturing social networks...”
– Facing the Music - movieScope Magazine | movieScope Magazine
July 2011
2 posts
Why is Turntable.fm is so great?
Of course, I don’t know. Here are my thoughts But first my qualifications:
I don’t listen to tons of music
Have not been to pandora or last.fm in 2011
Have a MOG subscription, but think i will cancel
Put tons of music in my queue, but have done nothing with it
Don’t know how to dj.
Here are my thoughts:
simplicity. First list rooms, choose one, done.
facebook connect....
June 2011
2 posts
“What do you do when you see a great shot in tennis? There should be a taxonomy...”
– Dog Days of Wimbledon: Brian Phillips on the Roger Federer-Adrian Mannarino match - Grantland
“I distinctly remember switching from AltaVista to Google back in 2000 in no...”
– Coding Horror: Performance is a Feature (via bijan) Such a simple lesson. How do do a better job remembering it?
May 2011
4 posts
http://www.focusfeatures.com/video/beginners_traile... →
This new Mike Films film looks very good.
“Today we are a much larger group, one that has taken the concept of GigaOM and...”
– Happy for Om. Great quote for Mark
Reed Elsevier Leads $6M Investment in GigaOM Tech News and Analysis
“For those graduates who do manage to find jobs, their average salary will be...”
– Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post
April 2011
8 posts
The Promise: Exceptional Springsteen Documentary
Bruce Springsteen - “The Promise: The Making of ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’” Sneak Peek from Columbia Records on Vimeo.
Last night I saw a great film which doesn’t happen that often For those of you who seek emotional, intellectual, or spiritual renewal Bruce Springsteen’s journey to make Darkness on the Edge of Town and regain control of his career is...
the brilliant OkCupid blog
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Top 10 Moments with Ry during 2nd Annual Golf Trip
10. Listening to Geto Boys G Code on New Jersey Turnpike this AM.
9. Ry’s brief speech at My Mom’s final memorial service.
8. Watching Second Knicks Playoff Game in horrific roadside motel in Fredericksburg, VA
7. Great pitching session in Dad’s backyard with Ry throwing the changeup for strikes.
6. Two 90 minute sessions hitting on Clay Courts in Durham, North Carolina....
The Core Tenets of the Social Web, 25 Years in the... →
“Free, open and participatory” is the social web’s equivalent to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” And it’s been a driving force on the Internet since at least 1987, which in Internet years makes it about as lasting — and as trenchant — as that other phrase committed to parchment in 1776.
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I'm 44. Today's My First Birthday
Birthdays are meant to be a special day that celebrates an individual. I never really understood that notion since my mother and I shared April 11th. I was born the day she turned 31. She would have been 75 today.
As a child, birthdays made me very anxious. I remember running away during my 5th birthday because so many people were singing and I couldn’t handle the attention. I...
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James Cameron and Todd Philips are Wrong
The movie studios are getting set to create a new “Home Video Premiere” window with Direct TV first and Comcast and Vudu shortly thereafter. Exhibitors (industry parlance of theaters) are striking back with threats to market films in their theaters that will be part of this window. Change is so tough for the movie industry.
First of all Home Video Premiere is hardly same day and...
March 2011
12 posts
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Launch means Birth: Parent your Infant
Thanks to Ohours and the time I’ve had between startups, I’ve been meeting with many, many founders who seek insights into youth media, the restaurant space, or the movie industry.
Clearly the flavor of the latest Internet epoch (circa 2009-present) is the platform. Today I met with a company that has not launched, has no users, but does have the requisite API. At one level, I...
Our Responsibilities as fans of the NFL
Fans need to step up their support of NFL Players and their labor leadership. The owners’ stonewalling is pathetic. They are at best avaricious and at worst colluding in a manner that could have anti-trust implications.
The current labor dispute in the NFL will effect the quality of professional football for at least a decade. At stake, in no particular order are the following:
player...
“Larry Page signs off on every Google employee hire. He’s vetted over...”
– Hey Google Investors, Get Ready For An “Even Wilder” Era, With More “Moon Shots”
Reid Hoffman LiveBlogging 1O rules of...
irst time ever liveblogging, but Reid is top 5 Internet human being.
1. Disrupt: How can I take something that costs 10 dollars and to turn it into 1 dollar
2. Think Big: Shopkick is trying to change all of retail shopping.
3. Build a Network: Board, employees, all the way up to audience
4. Plan for Good and Bad Luck: Good luck is finding the opportunity and pivoting. Paypal...
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Bill Simmons: On Concussions in NFL
One of my relatively new heroes, Bill Simmons, has put up an extraordinary podcast on where the research is on CTE and the problem of concussions in sports. It’s pretty scary stuff. My son plays Pop Warner football and parents of soccer players also should be very concerned.
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Facebook's Groundbreaking Movie Deal
For two years, I’ve been thinking about movie related startups. I began by asking why the movie industry was seeing so much less innovation than the music and television industry. With AnyClip, I spent a great deal of time trying to learn the ways of Hollywood and meshing the cultures of our respective industries. AnyClip still fights the good fight trying to license movie content. Sean...
Charlie Sheen Doesn't Buy Twitter Followers
How does Gmail know that I’m interested in growing my followers?
My friend @loukerner and I were talking about his recent explosion earlier today. I said, “Lou, let’s see how much juice you have. Tell people to follow me.”
I go to lunch at Eataly where I run into a woman who knows the owners and get a backstage mozarella tour. I have a quick machiatto and return...
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tree photgraps here are very cool from Armory Show
February 2011
7 posts
