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"If a status update reaches a social network but no one sees it, does it exist? My friend and..."

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:57:00 -0700

“If a status update reaches a social network but no one sees it, does it exist? My friend and associate Nate Elliot is working on a report about how marketers can overcome social media clutter. I’m anxious to see his recommendations, but this much is clear: In a future where being relevant will be vital, marketers must get people to have authentic conversations about products and services and not merely to click “Like” buttons or tweet hashtags.”

- MediaPost Publications Google vs. Facebook And How Marketers Win (Or Lose) In 2011 09/01/2010

I dislike generating content just for the sake of generating content. In my personal spaces I tend toward things that are interesting specifically to me and my own. Whether or not I’ve explained or figured out why something’s interesting is another matter.

The fastest way brands have over-saturated internet channels is by simultaneously prioritizing the numbers game and de-emphasizing the importance of reaching individuals as individuals. Great, you have an email newsletter that has images and looks glossy and lets you know how many people opened it. The likelihood is that people have images disabled and will unsubscribe after 2-5 irrelevant emails.

We already have too many broadcast media channels and outlets. Stop ignoring the internet’s potential by replicating the same patterns of behavior.

And all of the sudden I feel like Barrett.

"I’m not even the mayor of my own office building."

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:30:35 -0700

“I’m not even the mayor of my own office building.”

- Saddest little social media [insert noun here]

turnabout: “Oh, you don’t recognize me? Stupid idiot. I’m the...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:41:00 -0700

turnabout:

“Oh, you don’t recognize me? Stupid idiot. I’m the motherfucking Doctor. No, not Hugh Laurie.”

Or alternatively, “I’m not sure where this line is going, hrm, let’s follow it. Oh, you want a picture? Oh, I suppose so, I am on holiday.”

Outtakes from Elisabeth’s discovery:

tennant! red carpet!
“oh is it my turn now? oh, you have no clue who i am. harry potter, right.”

tennant! red carpet!
did he lose a bet?

tennant! red carpet!
he’s just all, “doo dee doo, oh yes, talk to Tom Hanks. he’s Tom Hanks, I’m only an ex-doctor.”

tennant! red carpet!
THE HELL?

tennant! red carpet!
did Patrick Stewart get him drunk?

tennant! red carpet!
did his agent threaten to send those nudie pictures to the daily mail?

tennant! red carpet!
he should have brought barrowman as his date.

I’m not going to sugar coat this. I just made the most fucking...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:27:00 -0700

I’m not going to sugar coat this.

I just made the most fucking amazing pizzas in my cast iron skillets. You have no clue how good this is.

templesmith: The 13th Doctor For Warren’s WhiteChapel...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:52:04 -0700

templesmith:

The 13th Doctor

For Warren’s WhiteChapel Remake/Remodel. ( freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=882… )

The good Doctor is now in a vague military type jacket with a T-shirt underneath, that ideally changes logo/style each episode, showing off something cool and British or, I don’t know, Sciency.

And he’s addicted to sucking on lollipops.

K9 is now a know-it-all cyborg Pomeranian.

Outside of my not-so-secret hope that all the Doctors won’t be white dudes this is A++. Especially the Pom.

fuckyeahmuseums: comolamiel: MoMA, NYJuly 2010

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:49:30 -0700

fuckyeahmuseums:

comolamiel:

MoMA, NY
July 2010

"But best of the bunch were the Cribs, back with dad Johnny Marr after a few shows on their own. They..."

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:27:09 -0700

“But best of the bunch were the Cribs, back with dad Johnny Marr after a few shows on their own. They play a brilliantly aggressive set on hometurf where we’re reminded that Mirror Kisses and You Were Always The One are among the best songs of the 21st century. If only they’d smoked more crack, had dalliances with supermodels and spent a few months in prison, they’d be fully deserving of a slot higher up the bill.”

- Guardian review of Leeds festival. I’m a few days behind. (via turnabout)

Look, Johnny Marr helped them out of the bean can they started in but he’s not their dad, OK?

I’m not aiming to be Gary V or anything but I’m thinking of...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:16:00 -0700

I’m not aiming to be Gary V or anything but I’m thinking of starting a wine Tumblr. Anyone wanna join me?

A++, Liz.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:06:00 -0700

Because that’s the thing: To dismiss something because it’s popular, in the sprawling digital marketplace, is to be willfully ignorant of an emerging skill set within the new media world: the ability to get seen. It’s a complicated formula that involves the constant creation of new content, regular communication with one’s audience, endless networking and collaboration with other creators and lightning-fast response to popular topics. It’s all about connection.

— The Lessons YouTubers Teach Us

Walking With A Ghost by Tegan and Sara Still love this video. I...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:23:55 -0700

Walking With A Ghost by Tegan and Sara

Still love this video.

I also still love the Jack White cover.

I also frequently want to yell, "I'm so sorry if I'm alienating some of you. Your whole fucking culture alienates me." Thank you, Kathleen Hanna, for giving me words to express my rage.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:07:17 -0700

(via lostgrrrls)

Uh. This app presupposes some interesting vacation...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:31:30 -0700

Uh. This app presupposes some interesting vacation circumstances.

Did you know that William Shatner was in a pilot of a series of "Little Women?" And he was Professor Fredrich Bhaer? And Susan Dey was Jo?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:03:32 -0700

Did you know that William Shatner was in a pilot of a series of "Little Women?" And he was Professor Fredrich Bhaer? And Susan Dey was Jo?:

turnabout:

Let’s not even get into the fact that Meredith Baxter was Meg and Eve Plumb was Beth.

Discoveries like this are the result of me introducing old friends to new friends. <3

Elisabeth’s last night bookends her first night: fancy...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:31:26 -0700

Elisabeth’s last night bookends her first night: fancy classic cocktails, good friends, and uniquely Los Angeles ambiance.

"So much of the American economy is based on GDP that comes from waste, environmental pillage, urban..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:17:30 -0700

“So much of the American economy is based on GDP that comes from waste, environmental pillage, urban sprawl, bad planning, people going farther and farther with no land use planning whatsoever and leading more miserable lives. That GDP is thrown on top of all the GDP that comes from gambling and fraud of one kind or another. It’s a more straightforward description of what Kenneth Rogoff and the Economist would call the financialization of the American economy. That transformation is a big part of the American economic model as it has morphed in some very perverse directions in the last 30 or 40 years. It’s why the collapse here is going to take a much more serious long-term toll in this country than in the decades ahead.”

- “Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?”: America’s misguided culture of overwork - Nonfiction - Salon.com

changetheratio: Happy birthday to the 19th Amendement! You’re...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:16:52 -0700

changetheratio:

Happy birthday to the 19th Amendement! You’re 90! On August 26, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed into law, giving women the right to vote. Gail Collins wrote about it earlier this month; today I mark it with the posting of “Sister Suffragette” from Mary Poppins. You could probably deconstruct that by pointing out that if Glynis Johns had been a more present mother then they wouldn’t have needed so many nannies, but let’s face it, anyone who knows that movie knows that “A British Bank” gives all the clues you need into that dysfunctional household. Actually, this is really the only thing that Glynis Johns gets to do in the whole movie, and it’s one of my favorites. (To be honest I cooled on Mary P. when she threatened to report Jane to the police for insisting they’d gone into the chalk drawings on the pavement. Not cool, Mary P.) Anyhow: This song rocks. It was about Britain but still - the sentiment is clearly universal: “Our daughters’ daughters will adore us, and they’ll sing in grateful chorus: ‘Well done! Sister Suffragette.’”

So: Happy 90th anniversary, voting American women!

August 26, 1920: The Day the Suffrage Battle Was Won [About.com]

Since tickets cost so much in the first place we refused to pay...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:01:00 -0700

Since tickets cost so much in the first place we refused to pay any incremental monies at Disneyland.

Short version: we made our own fun.

Arthur’s even more of a badass motherfucker in the comic...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:21:00 -0700

Arthur’s even more of a badass motherfucker in the comic prequel, imho.

fuckyeahmuseums: Fifty-five years after debuting on a...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:36:31 -0700

fuckyeahmuseums:

Fifty-five years after debuting on a Washington television station, the original Kermit the Frog puppet was donated Wednesday to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

America’s favorite amphibian was one of 10 puppets from the 1950s show “Sam and Friends” given to the museum by the family of Muppets creator Jim Henson. (via It’s easy being green at the Smithsonian - CNN.com)

interweber: colorlines: Linkbait (n.): sensationalized and...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:05:00 -0700

interweber:

colorlines:

Linkbait (n.): sensationalized and unrelated images and headlines used to draw viewers into other content on a website, it is often used to generate ad revenue.

(via Mad World: The Huffington Post’s Sexist Linkbait Strategy | Bitch Magazine)