April 2010
“Now, all the congressional panel had to ask if it really wanted to know if...”
– Grant sent this over: Motley Fool rhetorically axes “What They Should Have Asked Goldman Sachs”
“The way the media plays the story, it was a wave of racist, anti-immigrant...”
– Greg Palast has some pretty believable ideas on what’s behind the AZ immigration law.
“I’m an experienced woman. I’ve been around… Well, all right, I might not’ve been...”
– Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (via stuffaboutminneapolis)
“Lloyd Blankfein doesn’t seem to feel responsible for anything beyond Goldman...”
– Hirsh, in re Goldman (via newsweek)
Switchblade Comb: Toki Wright – “By the Time I Get... →
Toki Wright updates the Public Enemy classic to go with the Arizona immigration bill.
“Facebook is the new AOL, however, for the same reason AOL was AOL: it is a safe,...”
– After thinking about it, Andrew Ecklund is right: Facebook is the new AOL for a lot of reasons.
“Based on conservative estimates in which people view these posts, Ray and...”
– from Social Media: A Framework To Reach Mass Influencers on Mediapost
Damn. These guys ran the numbers of where social comes from, and the whole summary is just crazy. I also bet when there’s a DMA breakdown the numbers get even crazier, like that 13.8% for 80% turns into like 3-5% for 90%.
“Yes, most of the miracles we mention can easily be explained away by science,...”
– ICP’s Violent J, speaking out in defense of the duo’s controversial anti-science single, “Miracles.”
Also: Apropos of this.
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(via thedailywhat)
“So let’s begin.
Imagine that hundreds of black protesters were to descend upon...”
– ~ from Tim Wise’s remarks, “Imagine if the Tea Party was black”, posted on Ephphatha Poetry
Imagining the Tea Party as a mostly black group is my new favorite game.
Facebook and the Net
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Hats off to Mark Zuckerberg and the entire team at Facebook. They are managing that most impressive feat of innovating at scale. They are also incredibly ambitious in what they want to accomplish. The goal seems nothing short of one identity and one graph to “rule them all.” With over 400 million users worldwide and a sign on system that is being widely adopted...
“Senate Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would...”
– MnIndy (via iteeth)
it’s like my upcoming tattoo says, “LIVE FREE AND DIE”. great job state republicans!
“We’re building towards a Web where the default is social.”
– Zuckerberg at f8 (via wearethedigitalkids)
“Facebook blew peoples’ minds today at its F8 developer conference but one...”
– I guess all your base are belong to Facebook? I don’t know, I get the scale as a huge deal, but there’s also a lot of other factors, including the sophistication of partner sites. Have you been to a local business site lately?
““While some media companies, such as News Corp, attempt to block their content...”
– From “NPR Executing Its Ultimate Distribution Strategy” on Journalism 2.0
API is a big deal for the media outlets who get it.
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“Seventies icon Grace Jones is the latest lady pop star to take a swipe at Lady...”
– This Is So On: Grace Jones vs. Lady Gaga | VF Daily | Vanity Fair (via marrina)
It’s also worth pointing out that Gaga will probably never do anything as good as Warm Leatherette.
“The afternoon theme du jour is that rap goes with everything — no surprise,...”
– At Coachella, Rap-Rock Returns (via tomelko)
“What’s the MLR? It’s an acronym that really tells the whole story of for-profit...”
– Health Insurance Companies Shifting Costs To Protect Profits From New Law (via squashed)
