February 2008
The Vettes in BlackBookmag.com! Check it! →
(via awkwardisawesome) Might be the best band ever. Seriously. Listen now, so you can be on the Vettes train before they are a household name!
Jared Moran: Tumblr Hearts Lost →
camh:Eagle-eyed Jared spotted the Lost numbers in Tumblr’s footer today. SWOON
January 2008
This just makes everything all better. I swear. →
WatchTrailer for We Live In Public — A documentary focusing on the life of dot-com entrepreneur Josh Harris, and his exploits over the last decade. Stange how all the pieces just come together sometimes. I read an article in Radar about Josh Harris, and suddenly realized I’d used his Operator 11 Studio several times for shoots for The Daily Reel. When asked about his business plan, he...
Drinking and Drawing: A SUCCESS! →
— drinkinganddrawing
WatchI make a voice appearance in this episode of the Ward Room.
Click to clean your screen →
Thanks Graham! — webmarc THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST THING I’VE SEEN! …at least today. enjoy!!!!
Why users should not be CEOs →
The biggest part of running a service like Tumblr (or Hype Machine) is saying no. Anthony gets it right. If we implemented every user request and every feature that everyone else has, here’s what would happen: The interface would look and perform like this. We’d be out of money quickly from paying an army of programmers, and we’d have to start charging money for basic features or putting awful ads...
Most Useful Link of the Day →
Not that I’m going to post one everyday…but this has been particularly helpful with today’s work.
The Partying Will Not Be Stopped →
— drinkinganddrawing
WatchJerry O’Connell spoofs Tom Cruise’s Scientology Video
Holy shit. Heath Ledger is dead. →
Seriously insane.
WatchIndy Mogul does Sundance. First Episode features David Wain. If you haven’t seen WAINY DAYS, you are missing TOO MUCH. Indy Mogul has arrived at the Sundance Film Festival and are taking no prisoners! Erik and Justin get inside an exclusive Microsoft party, talk to comedian/director David Wain about his online projects and chat with 2007 Grand Jury prize winner Jason Kohn about his start in...
Academy Award Nominations!
Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent) Viggo Mortensen in...
Is the Tipping Point Toast? →
Clive Thompson writes up Duncan Watts’ research (most recently with our friend Jonah Peretti) on Fast Company. Duncan’s work is a big influence on mine, and the article also mentions the Nike emails, which influenced my career as much as Duncan’s and Jonah’s, and their latest work on the concept of big seed marketing, which in many ways the technique Next New Networks uses...
“If the music industry was cool, we would have no employees.”
– Tim
“I KNOW YOU’RE SLEEPING BUT YOU HAVE TO SEE CLOVERFIELD IT WAS REALLY GOOD!”
– from Todd @ 3:04am.
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The DGA’s reached a tentative three-year deal with... →
[via Variety] “The DGA’s reached a tentative three-year deal with the AMPTP with key advances in jurisdiction and payment for programming on the Internet.” “The was announced Thursday afternoon following six days of negotiations at AMPTP amid widespread expectations that the helmers would quickly reach an agreement with the majors. Deal, if ratified by the 13,500 DGA members,...
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SXSW Interactive Keynote: Mark Zuckerberg →
Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 PM
iTunes Movie Rental Hack →
No more late fees! — soupsoup