I found these funky ice cube trays at the MOMA store in Soho in NYC. The “cubes” are about 2 inches in circumference. (Am I using that term correctly? From the North Pole to the South Pole of the round ice “cube” is 2 inches. Well, you get what I mean.) They are $7 each and only make 2 ice cubes globes. I bought 3 of them, spending a crazy $21 so my ice is not only cool, but hip.
Update on March 29, 2008: I see these are now available on MoMA’s... + read on
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This morning, Hillary Clinton officially announced her presidential ambitions. My impression is that Hillary Clinton a really smart person, who is definitely up the difficult task of being president of the United States. The other candidate competing for my vote, Barack Obama, also seems like a smart, capable person who may also be up for that challenge. (I’m sorry, John Edwards, you’re not up to the challenge when competing against these... + read on
Last night I started a new Lynda.com course, Ruby On Rails Essential Training. I’ve wanted to know more about RoR for a while and it’s so much easier for me to absorb information like this when I can hear and see the lesson happening rather than just reading a book. If you’ve heard of RoR and want to simply know what it is, you should check out the link and watch the free movies. They offer a good overview of what it is and will walk you... + read on
I’ve been a fan of Sid Meier’s Civilization games for many years. I’ve played Civ 1, 2, and 3. All have been some of wonderful time sinks. After putting it off for a long time, I finally broke down and bought Civilization 4 when I saw that it was optimized to run on my Intel Mac. My aging copy of Civ 3 was PowerPC only and it was time for the upgrade.
I’m not sure why, but every iteration of this game is literally makes the hours disappear for... + read on
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I’m not at CES anymore, but just today I read about a deal announced at CES between YouTube and CBS in which CBS is giving permission for people to use CBS content in their own creations. That’s not only cool, it’s really smart on CBS’s part. It’s a great way to encourage CBS content to make its way deeper into the culture. Let your audience promote your shows for you while they’re putting their own spin on them. If someone feels such a... + read on
On Tuesday, I went to Rethinking Advertising: Broadband, VOD, DVR and Mobile - New Video Platforms, New Video Paradigms. One speaker didn’t attend, Will Griffin. Overall, I didn’t think that this session stayed on the topic that it was supposed to. That doesn’t mean some interesting discussion didn’t happen, but it was an unintentional bait and switch. (That’s what we ad people get accused of sometimes, right?) Here are some of my notes from the... + read on
I have until June to figure out how I get out of my Verizon Wireless contract. That’s 5 months to plan. In case you’re one of the 54 people who didn’t already know about the iPhone, visit the Apple site.
I’ve been at CES all week long where all kinds of amazing technology has been introduced. The only so called “news alert” I received from ABCNews.com about anything technology related was for the iPhone. I noticed people surfing for photos of... + read on
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The second knowledge track session I attended was Copy Fights: Consumers and Hollywood, Are They Compatible? Here are some of my notes. As before, I’m sure some of my own bias will creep into them.
Copyright and Fair Use as we know it is actually facing more issues outside the US than inside.
There are proposed laws that would add another layers of rights on top of the already complicated mix of rights that need to be addressed when creating... + read on
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The first “knowledge session” I attended at CES 2007 was User Generated Media: An Internet, Communications and Advertising Transformation. It was really informative. My notes from the session aren’t complete but I’ll try to reconstruct as much of them as I can here. Some of my own thoughts have slipped in.
User-generated content is providing the voyeuristic view that traditional producers of media wouldn’t approach. Consumer generated media... + read on
Today at CES I attended the opening keynote address. It was given by Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association and Ed Zander, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Motorola Inc. Mr. Shapiro’s address was fine. Honestly, he’s not got great stage presence, but he did talk about Digital Freedom Campaign which “is dedicated to defending the rights of artists, innovators, creators and consumers to use lawful technology free of... + read on