by David | Nov 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
I received the tweet earlier today, and it rocked my world like a bombshell. It was from Scott Beale, owner/operator/provocateur of the Laughing Squid collective of digital mischiefmakers. It read “what could you possibility be doing right now that is...
by David | Nov 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
This is just too funny to keep to myself – back in the halcyon days of comedy, before broad ethnic stereotypes became Verboten, and even the Muppets’ Swedish Chef became “edgy” … people used to post things like this in public places:...
by David | Nov 16, 2008 | Amusing Nonsense, Digital Migration
This is just too funny to keep to myself – back in the halcyon days of comedy, before broad ethnic stereotypes became Verboten, and even the Muppets’ Swedish Chef became “edgy” … people used to post things like this in public places:...
by David | Nov 13, 2008 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Let’s set the stage. First, Ron Rosenbaum unloads on Jeff Jarvis for being “increasingly heartless” about newsroom cutbacks, layoffs & the general death spiral. A sampling: Not all reporters had the prescience to become new-media consultants. A...
by The Wordyeti | Nov 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Another quick hit here: Just saw this story about how the spammer economy actually works. Apparently, researchers at UCSD hijacked a hijacker’s network – the “Storm” zombienet that uses Trojans in unprotected home computers to send out the...
