It seems that to promote his latest album, team Dylan has gone viral, and it all started three weeks ago when a friend of mine used the Bob Dylan custom message generator to send me a message.
Archive for September, 2007
Digg, Reddit, and the Culture of Rage
Cracked.com recently published an article entitled “7 Reasons the 21st Century Is Making You Miserable,” by David Wong. The article was phenomenally successful on both Digg and Reddit, garnering over 300 Reddit points and 4500 Diggs as of this writing. Today we take a look at some relevant insights the article might contain for us.
The Next Evolution of Online Video or How to Kill a Startup Before it Starts
NBC has announced that it will offer a service that allows users to download the company’s most popular television shows directly from their site. The problem? The service is in direct conflict with their Hulu but is too good an opportunity to pass up.
3 Strategies for Addictive Advertisements
Ever notice yourself actually hoping to hear or see certain ads (i.e. certain beer and car commercials, mac vs. pc commercials, etc.)? This is called addictive advertising and here are three steps to help you get there.
Technorati Is Trying, and It’s Counting for Something
Just about a week ago Technorati launched ‘Topics‘, a new service aimed at keeping you up to date at the latest posts coming in from the blogosphere. While some downplayed it as a simple TechMeme wanna-be, others rightly noted it as a meandering DiggSpy (in my opinion it’s almost an exact combination of both). One week into its existence I’ve definitely noticed one thing: it’s generating a lot more incoming links back to my site than Technorati was doing without it. Interestingly it’s actually even not that far off of the incoming traffic numbers from TechMeme.
Battle of the Brands: Quirky Versus Telling
With the advent of Web 2.0 it seems that most new media entrepreneurs have delegated the responsibility of coming up with names for their services to four year-olds. Will these names stick or is it just wishful thinking?
How The New York Times Got Its Groove Back
Yesterday, The New York Times announced that it would be ending Times Select, its paid subscription services, and would refund money to those who had already paid. Today we take a look at the history of Times Select and the implications of the Times’ decision.
Online Video Continues to Grow, Heads to the Classroom
In spite of questions about the sustainability of online video, not only is the space continuing to grow, but is beginning to appeal to a broader spectrum of people, including educators.
And Now: Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Searching
Remember that article from last month, encouraging you to start paying attention to MSN Live Search? Well the results from August are in and they’re not pretty.
The Ugly Side of Digg
A recent post on Digg re-confirms what we’ve already discussed before: If you want to go to sleep at night feeling good about the world and humanity at large, don’t read Digg comments.
