Archive for the ‘Link Love’ Category

• GM speaks to pulling ads from the LA TImes – discussed earlier on this Blog.
• Worth listening to… Geoffrey Moore (rated 3.1 by listeners) considers what might happen to the software industry over the next decade.
• Malcolm Galdwell from SWXW.

I read the Economist’s feature on the customer last night. A good read on the power consumers have. After reading the CEO of Verizon’s comments regarding customers in the SF Chronicle this morning I think, as a Verizon customer, I’m going to exercize some of that power::

"Why in the world would you think your (cell) phone would work in your house?" he said. "The customer has come to expect so much. They want it to work in the elevator; they want it to work in the basement."

Actually, I’d take it working on 101, 85 and 280 as a starter.

Something for all you time wasters on my site… some time saving stuff:

• Go on, get some things done… More on Getting things done.
• And, the virtue of index cards! (mark, you’re going to love this).
• Dan from the "Changing Economics Of News" gathering.
• Smart little site on how to get rich. Kind of.
• That Armstrong thing raises its head again.

New SNT to play with::

• Faster Flickr if you are using a Mac – a cool way to speed uploads. For all of us.
  
• Blogtorrent… "Blog Torrent is the easiest and best way to offer large files on your website without using any storage or bandwidth." – not for the non geeky

• Why does Stoneyfield Farms blog? Find out at the Red Couch.
• Greg P’s Blog on what’s like to be Sun working with MSFT…
• And just in case you wanted to know what Area51 looks like, try Google maps
• Open Access Education Journals – Cool! Now if we could just do the same for text books.
• PressThink Q & A with Bill Grueskin, Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal Online
• You’re going to want to read Tim Porter from the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
• And I’m wondering if this six point list doesn’t apply just as much to PR.
  1. The 10 Percent Solution. Devote at least 10 percent of the newsroom budget each year to new product and staff development
  2. Don’t Tinker, Explode. Big rewards come from big bets.
  3. Leadership in Uncertain Times: Change Must Come from the Top.
  4. Boring Begone!: Most newspapers are filled from front to back with generic copy, must of it ripped from the wires, the rest written by reporters cover institutional events in stenographic fashion. Stop it.
  5. Don’t Cover the Community, Be the Community.
  6. Hire Do-ers, Learners and Critical Thinkers First, Then the J-School Grads.

The message here: In today’s media world the audience – and their money – follows trust and credibility, characteristics that evolve from authenticity, transparency and voice, rarities in our newspapers. – Tim Porter.

• Media Chaos Scenario. [[must read]]
• Murdoch on the media.
• Blog Censorship Gains Support – Story from C/Net
• Do you have a toxic blog? – from The Reg
• DVR hits ads to tune $27billion over next five years.

" What is happening is, in short, a revolution in the way young people are accessing news. They don’t want to rely on the morning paper for their up-to-date information. They don’t want to rely on a God-like figure from above to tell them what’s important. And to carry the religion analogy a bit further, they certainly don’t want news presented as gospel…

… they want their news on demand, when it works for them. They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it. They want to question, to probe, to offer a different angle. Think about how blogs and message boards revealed that Kryptonite bicycle locks were vulnerable to a Bic pen. Or the Swiftboat incident. Or the swift departure of Dan Rather from CBS. One commentator, Jeff Jarvis, puts it this way: give the people control of media, they will use it. Don’t give people control of media, and you will lose them." Rupert Murdoch

Take a look at this study from JWT. Great stuff. James provided the pointer so thanks! Love this insight::

Given a notional $1,000 Time Wallet with which to spend $1 (U.S.) or £1 (U.K.) a minute on 40 different activities, American men allocated the largest portion of their money, $117, to having passionate sex, while American women invested a much cooler $48. British men put passionate sex at the top of their shopping lists, too, but allocated just £88 to it, which was still ahead of the £52 their female compatriots set aside.