January 2008
December 2007
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Books To Read In 2008
1. Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic
2. The Little Red Writing Book: 20 Powerful Principles of Structure, Style, & Readability-
3. Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
4. The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
5. Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
6. Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics
7. Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster 2008
8. Pure Baseball
9. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
10. Clapton: The Autobiography
11. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Kevin Rose's 2008 Tech Predictions
1: Apple will launch a 3G iPhone powered by a broadcom chipset.
2: Apple will launch a second (cheaper) iphone w/limited functionality.
3: Tivo will be acquired.
4: Tumblr will be acquired.
5: More sites will adopt OpenID, but only geeks will notice.
6: Google/Microsoft/Facebook will compete w/Amazon in the web services market.
7: My family still won't understand RSS, or use it.
8: Semantic Web won't take off in 2008.
9: Semitransparent 'overlay' video ads will finally monetize short-form content.
10: Microsoft will launch a new 360 w/integrated HDDVD/HDMI/250GB HD.
Adam Platt's Where To Eat In 2008 →
Emily Gould's Final Gawker Post →
Gawker's History of NYC from 2000 to Present. →
Choire’s final post at Gawker?
Virtual Nintendo →
Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda, its all there.
2007 Best Of Everything →
A link to just about every best of list for this year, in every genre, film, music, television, sports, science, tech, and more.
“The point of all this is that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail....”
– Success & Motivation - Blog Maverick Mark Cuban on what it takes to go from zero to hero.
Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups →
via Marc Andreessen. This is v good to see. I was waiting for this. At the start I was a little bit scared for the writers. You know, Rupert and all. But this looks like a solid way to get around the studios. — anthonydever You’ve already seen musicians use the internet to get around distribution of music via record companies. Radiohead is in a unique position to be able to do it and...
Why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop... →
Strange as it sounds, the best way to boost sales at your independently owned coffeehouse may just be to have Starbucks move in next-door. Who knew? — cubicle17 I regularly go to Landmark Coffee, the coffee shop next door to the Starbucks near my office. I’m not particularly anti-Starbucks, I just think Landmark has better coffee. I go to Starbucks for the free WiFi, not from Starbucks,...
WatchThis is the neighborhood my father grew up in. Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
Big & Simple Ideas
There are two types of Internet startups…. Those that invent new technology. Those that invent new cultures. Google is an awesome example of #1. Tumblr is a fantastic example of #2. Tumblr does very little that is ‘new’, and everything it does was already possible (and presumably still easy to replicate). However, it pulls together familiar things in such a controlled way, that...
Ground Floor Opportunities
I feel like I have arrived at the ground floor of many interesting moments in my life but only occassionally fully capitalized on the opportunites. Back in 1996, when the internet was just beginning to start to take shape as a consumer platform, I bought a lot of domain names and made some pretty decent cash flipping them. While I did ok financially making some extra cash while in college doing...
“I’ve made more bad decisions at 3 am than I care to list.”
– Tim Gunn
Letterman Makes Deal With Striking Writers. →
The company announced two weeks ago that it was seeking a separate deal with the guild that would permit the two World Wide Pants show to return to the air. The talks seemed to be at an impasse until today when the deal was completed.
Best NYC Meals Of 2007 by Eater.com →
“Wireless power. I read about a recent experiment at MIT that transferred power...”
– Kevin Rose, PopSci.com
FreeRice - Using vocabulary to end world hunger →
For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.Learn some vocabulary and feed those who need it most; it’s a win-win. reblogged from cubicle17
The future of music
Lizzie: They've done research - for every 1 album sold on iTunes, they sell 19 singles.
Julia: Albums as a means of distributing music are being phased out.
Lizzie: Exactly. They have a product, but no idea how to profit from it. I talked with Universal Music and asked them, "instead of giving your artists 250k for an album, have you discussed contracting them to provide you with singles on an ongoing, regular basis? Like, 25k for a song, with an option for a new one in three months, if that sells well. Or a contract for 10 songs over the course of the next three years."
Julia: That's brilliant.
Lizzie: Another thing the music industry is beginning to do is what they call "360 degree deals."
Julia: Like Madonna with Live Nation?
Lizzie: Yes. So they make money off of the tours, the product endorsements, teeshirts, etc.
Julia: Ultimately, they still have a product people want ... badly. They just have to be more creative about selling it.
Lizzie: Yep.
Top Ten NYC Bars Of 2007 →
The 2007 Crunchies →
Vote for the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year on TechCrunch.
Benazir Bhutto, first female leader of a Muslim... →
Ten Best New York Restaurants Of 2007 →
