Archive for March, 2006
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
We came across an excellent article by Keith Boesky named "Hollywood' The Gatekeeper Over Distribution.
The article describes the struggle of the Movie Studios of dealing with the challenges of our changing information landscape. The control the once used to have runs like sand through their fingers. Keith Boesky is ...
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
Forbes Magazine issued their annual list of billionaires. No worries, we are not on it. The list has over 100 new entries and includes 750 names. The two top spots are obviously Gates and Buffet. But right after that it gets interesting already: A Mexican communications entrepreneur on #3. And ...
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
China News
These numbers are 2 months old but still impressive:
Besides making calls, SMS remains the most frequently used function of 388 million Chinese cell phone users, followed by cell phone entertainments, including ringing tones, music and games, which are attracting more and more users as value added services. Chinese cell ...
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Take a look at Gawker Stalker and do the math. I would most probably send 5 doubles out and never set a foot into that city of ruthless, always rushing, rude, full of themselves people again.
We in Los Angeles of course treat our celebrities with much more respect :-)
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
32 teams will be competing for the Soccer World Cup in Germany this summer. But this is only a small piece in the puzzle. A total of 7 manufacturers made it into the tournament and are going to compete just as hard behind the curtains as the players on the ...
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Thursday, March 16th, 2006
Four Day Hombre, a band from Leeds, UK had no record contract, no money, no manager, no gigs - just like a million other bands on this planet. What they did have though was a list of emails of their fans.
The sent out a newsletter, stating that they wanted to ...
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Today's entry belongs into the "have you seen that website" category. Being funny and shocking is definitely a good way to create a stir and the creators of Supersizedmeals.com have found a nice way to mix both effects. The website features stories about some real big meals, homemade or eating-out. ...
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Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm discusses a number of Web Design solutions that can serve as a strong base for designing a bulletproof website. "Bulletproof" means that a site will render in all different browsers and will also allow users to adjust their screen resolution and text size without ...
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
A study of the Pew Internet & American Life Project just tells us in a new study that about 40 million surfers go online, just in the U.S., without a specific purpose or objective. This number is up from 25 million by the end of 2004. Just 'hanging out on ...
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
Ok, I admit it: Kelly Perdew was right when he called me a car nut. I managed his online car enthusiast community MotorPride for a year before it was sold and I had a blast.
Following that path I will write a bit about car racing today.
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