I was at a media and technology roundtable a few days ago, where Seth Haberman, President and founder of Visible World, made a very good point:
What is it that really draws us to Netflix, and, similarly, digital video recorders like TiVo? It’s the permanence of the queue – it represents piece of mind for a lot of people.… Read the rest
(A MySpace Advertisement)
In continuation of my MySpace ethnographic adventures, this morning I logged in to my home PC — which I don’t do very often — and was shocked when the MySpace homepage fully loaded: my wife’s email address and password were auto-filling the respective forms.… Read the rest
Today’s NYTimes:
KLSP, a radio station with one turntable, six employees and a $48 weekly payroll, has limited reach over this patch of swampy farmland and razor wire northwest of Baton Rouge. It is meant to be that way.
… Read the restThe station director and most of the D.J.’s
(A MySpace Advertiser)
I’m perplexed at how many marketing executives are awed by MySpace but have not joined the community to experience what it’s all about. That’s like being awed by sex but never actually trying it — and concurrently believing obvservation is an equal substitute. … Read the rest
Who’s leading the personal-technology conversation (in terms of share of mentions in the blogosphere): WSJ’s Walt Mossberg or NYTimes’ David Pogue? It depends on the day.
Still, as I said in my last post, these columnists need to learn how to get more clued into the conversation.… Read the rest
