May 17, 2007
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On Digg: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval! (yes, that’s an exclamation point)
Who gives a rat’s ass? I feel so many things when I see boring news like this hit the front page of digg and take off. Irritated. Angry. Sad. Dumbstruck.
We have some great posts on YGG that have gotten buried right before hitting the homepage. Quality stuff that people can learn from, but we can’t catch a break. And here is this mind numbing blip of news about FCC approval and it soars to the top.
Things like this make it abundantly clear that Digg users are (for the most part) under-sexed gadget geeks. It’s sickening.
Here’s to you, Digg
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May 15, 2007
Looks like the handful of viewers that watched the last season of The Apprentice were in fact watching the last season of The Apprentice. Although it hasn’t officially been canceled, it was cut from the fall lineup with no return air date in sight.
But don’t cry, you’ll soon see Donald “The Meat” Trump pushing his steaks in an infomercialized delicatessen near you.
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May 14, 2007
Yahoo! is pushing people to live Green. But unlike douche bags Al Gore and John Travolta, they’re not just going to talk the talk. Yahoo! has pledged to be carbon neutral by the end of 2007. Not a small task when you’re 11,000+ employees strong.
Check out Yahoo! Green
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May 11, 2007
Just a quick follow up to our popular Joost invite post (now closed). Whether or not the hundreds of people we pitched invites to think Joost is cool, the big pockets believe it is. They’ve secured $45 million in funding from some serious players - here’s more info from ClickZ News Blog.
Five firms have joined a huge $45 million funding round for Web video platform Joost, which has experienced some hiccups during its first days of unlimited beta release.
Two of the investors, CBS and Viacom, are also Joost content partners. Their involvement may generate some alarm at NBC Universal and News Corp.’s still nameless premium video joint venture, whose hopes rest in the entertainment business uniting to present a unified front against YouTube.
The other three investors are Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka Shing Foundation. The money will be used for product development, global expansion and service offerings, including localization.
Meanwhile, video platform Roo also completed a financing round. The company will spend $25 million proceeds from the sale of common stock to expand its sales and marketing efforts, fund operations, and pursue already announced acquisitions.
How would you use $45 million to launch a new product? And no, a logo wrapped Lamborghini doesn’t count.
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May 7, 2007
This is a nice freebie follow-up to my previous post on podcasting. This series is an essential primer for performing, producing, and promoting your podcast. It’s a three segment tutorial featuring experts in each area and is worth the 75 or so minutes in it’s full length.
You’ll have to register for this on-demand Apple Event, but no worries, it’s free and only takes a couple of minutes.
To watch the videos when you wish, login or register here, and you’ll be good to go.
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May 6, 2007
…When you have it under control it is a beautiful thing… and when you don’t have it under control *judo death blow!*
I imagine the scene at the Digg offices last week looked a lot like one of the final scenes in the matrix trilogy movie where the Soldiers of Zion are defending the dock area from the millions of sentinels swarming in.
Running a Web 2.0 site means your members are the life blood of your community. They create the content. They create the value. This is a lot of power to put into the hands of strangers.
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May 3, 2007
A humorous post from Stanleybing.com (without 50 bullshit pages of clicking) author of 100 Bullshit Jobs … and How to Get Them.
1. Advertising executive
Create perceived need/value for inherently generic or worthless products
$$: Ground-level workers with writing ability move quickly to the top, immediately snagging low to mid-six figures; those who can spin mythological concepts surrounding quotidian household objects can command up to seven figures.
The upside: Great expense account living, see your handiwork everywhere, the wonderful feeling of being creative and corporate at the same time.
The downside: Must take meetings with the AFLAC duck.
The dark side: You’re considered a dinosaur at forty.
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May 3, 2007
I was able to get my hands on a Joost invitation after a bit of begging. It’ll still be a few more days until they open registration to the public. Vinod was nice enough to share one with me, which means I can now invite as many people as I wish.
If you’d like an invite post your e-mail address in the comments and I’ll send one over.
First impressions: This will change the way we watch television. Chat with friends watching the same channel, on-demand viewing of segments, accessible from any mac or pc. This is huge.
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