March 2012
15 posts
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Tumblr makes creative expression simple for everybody. Couple that product with...
– Aaron’s Life: Tumblr’s Historical Moment and the Rise of Media Networking
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All I know is if I walk into a party in SF and say ‘SoLoMo’ I end up...
– Jonathan Basker re Does SF or NYC provide a better environment for startups?
Two pernicious fallacies embedded in criticism of Twitter—and, by extension,...
– No Fungible Goods, Over Here
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Despite her varying day-to-day arrangements, the Queen is very much a creature...
– Behind the scenes with the Queen - Telegraph (emphasis mine)
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Consuming all the content
In a tongue-in-cheek talk, Peter Rojas argues that mainstream media companies (particularly those beloved, SOPA-backing ones) could disappear today and leave humanity plenty of content to happily consume for the rest of our days.
That claim made me curious about a broader question: Is there now more content in existence than can be consumed? (This is the media correlate to the widely-circulated...
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SXSW by the searches
My iPhone camera gave up the ghost right before heading to Austin, so in lieu of photos of People from the Internet Drinking Beer In Converted Parking Lots, I give you a brief history of SXSW so far in mobile Google terms:
gayby
walmart
tacos
meatloaf singer
npr rain austin ponchos tumblr
v actress
van der beek ellis
tacos
tube rental
lazy river etymology
TGI Friday’s jack...
topherchris:
Update: Today’s meet up is at The Jackalope (still 4pm)
Tumblr friends: Due to 3G service being what it is when thousands upon thousands of people try to use it at once, tweet me at @topherchris to get my attention and to get info on tumblr events/meetups.
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Tumblr at SXSW 2012 →
I will be at all of these things, and I hope you will be too!
I'm all for buy-once, watch-anywhere media
… but calling it “space shifting” is a pretty contrived way to frame it as copyright neutral. (in re this thing).
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I think it’s an ugly term when applied to information. When you talk about...
– W. W. Norton: Why do you think “consumed” is an ugly term?