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Welcome to Conference 2.0
Seeded on Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:37 PM EDT (CNN)
We've all been there: the dull business conference. A half-empty room of half-asleep attendees answer their e-mail on laptops and BlackBerries, while some hapless speaker lumbers through a PowerPoint speech.
Unconferenz: Not your father's technology conference
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 12:21 PM EST (starbulletin.com)
The event is open to any and all geeks and geek-appreciators in and around the tech sector, from code-writers to bloggers and vloggers, from academicians and legislators to profusely pocketed persons perusing for profit potential.
When Movies Don't Live Up to the Trailer
Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:26 PM EST (The New York Times)
On the way home, what we discussed wasn't the plot or the shaky grasp of history. It was all the good stuff we'd seen in the trailers (the ads) that weren't even *in* the movie.
Mourning TV
Seeded on Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:39 PM EST (The New York Times)
"Change always provokes fear, but I'd once believed that the death of our beloved television would unify all those affected, talent and studios, creators and suits. We're all afraid and we'd all be afraid together. Instead we find ourselves so deeply divided."
Beethoven Goes Digital
Seeded on Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:19 PM EDT (msnbc.com)
Classical music hardly seems like a growth business. We're forever reading about how concert audiences are graying, and new artists must flounce around fiddling in tank tops and platform heels to get attention. In fact, classical music is doing a lot better than you might think.
Getting a lesson in retail inside world's busiest Costco
Seeded on Wed Sep 5, 2007 5:15 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
The Iwilei Costco - the largest among the company's three Oahu locations - posted $300 million in sales last year. Iwilei is so busy, in fact, that it turns its entire inventory every two-and-a-half to three weeks...
Downside to Xobni, Meebo and Squidoo
Seeded on Tue Sep 4, 2007 3:52 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)
Even if you could say Abazab or Eefoof without snickering, would you want to do business with them? Would you feel OK owning Wakoopa shares in your 401(k)? Telling potential in-laws you met on Frengo? Relying on Ooma to call Grandma?
'Drive' makes primetime Emmy history
Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:08 PM EDT (Variety.com)
Fox's quickly canceled drama "Drive" has inadvertently made TV academy history on Thursday, becoming the first-ever Primetime Emmy broadband nominee.
My Time as a Hostage, and I'm a Business Reporter
Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:30 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Detention in a toy factory says something about the new power of the Chinese marketplace. "Factory bosses, I would discover, can overrule the police, and Chinese government officials are not as powerful as you might suspect in a country addicted to foreign investment."
A Long Line for a Shorter Wait at the Supermarket
Seeded on Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:06 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Because people stand in the same line, waiting for a register to become available, there are no "slow" lines, delayed by a coupon-counting customer or languid cashier.
Restaurant Reservations Go Online
Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:38 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Restaurant owners began to see how the service increased the number of customers, and they liked the way the software managed the reservation process.
'Lost' won't end 'with a blackout'
Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:53 PM EDT (hollywoodreporter.com)
"I'm not sure there is any ending that will satisfy everyone," [Carlton] Cuse said. "Our hope is that the ending will be ... the logical conclusion of the story."
A Rat With a Whisk and a Dream
Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:05 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The idea was to create food so authentic that people would leave the theater with an urge to cook and eat. But it turns out that computer-generated food can look much scarier than a computer-generated bug or car.
Slimebuckets, pollution and web conservation Calacanis-style
Seeded on Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:42 PM EDT (theinquirer.net)
Think about the level of absurdity our industry has come to. Today, we build websites, not for humans, but to make them appeal to machines... You only have to search for a product, or a health condition, or your next vacation to discover that SEOs are ruining the web.
Growing Up In Public
Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 8:49 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
What do you do when you realize how public your online life is? You could retreat into anonymity and try to ensure you leave no trace online (but increasingly there's something odd about a person who seems to leave no Google trace).
Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine
Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 7:24 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Google's top minds offer a peek inside the algorithm that provides search results for half a billion users.
The Price of Free Airwaves
Seeded on Sat Jun 2, 2007 2:40 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Using the public airwaves is a privilege — a lucrative one — not a right, and I fear the F.C.C. has not done enough to stand up for the public interest.
Time Wasted? Perhaps It's Well Spent
Seeded on Fri Jun 1, 2007 7:15 PM EDT (The New York Times)
A crotchety boss might say that we're working longer because we're wasting time, but the opposite may also be true. We are wasting time because we are working harder.
Twitter has the online world talking
Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:16 PM EDT (austin360.com)
Twitter came together in two weeks of development, said its creator, Jack Dorsey of Obvious. Its premise is simple: In 140 characters or fewer, users tell Twitter what they're doing.
Network fear of the Net as copilot
Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:41 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Thanks to the Web, TV fans can now make their own judgments about whether a network chief's decision to ax a show was a smart move or sheer idiocy.
Online, Churls Gone Vile
Seeded on Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:55 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Howard Kurtz: "One of the unique qualities of Internet discourse is its freewheeling, no-holds-barred nature, where passionate arguments are often accompanied by some choice expletives and a virtual finger in the eye.
Isles' No. 1 park: Volcanoes
Seeded on Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:11 AM EDT (The Honolulu Advertiser)
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, the USS Arizona Memorial and Haleakala National Park remain the top three tourist attractions in Hawai'i, despite small declines in attendance last year.
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