January 2011
52 posts
December 2010
34 posts
Jeremiah Owyang shares tons of insights in his social business forecast for 2011. Things get juicy around slide 30.
Rereading and absorbing @mashraqi ‘the tank’s’ authoritative presenation on SEO -> #legit
How to not write like a schmuck (Groupon Style) →
there’s plenty more. genuinely worth reading.
Humor Devices that work well in Groupon Voice
1. Absurd images. Sweeping, dramatic nonsense. The absurd narrator.
Humankind has been playing with fire for years; now we can harness the bronzing essence of the fiery sun in a gentle mist, proving once and for all our dominance over the weak, inanimate solar system.
2. ...
Asymmetrical Data Warfare. Wikileaks is opening... →
This is only the beginning of an asymmetrical data warfare arms race
Anonymous, a leaderless group of activist hackers that had vowed to wreak revenge on any organization that lined up against WikiLeaks, claimed responsibility for the Mastercard attack, and, according one activist associated with the group, was conducting multiple other attacks.
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The hacker army has rallied around...
Man goes from Smith to Awesome →
“Awesome says that judge also allowed him to sign his name as a right arrow, a smiley face and a left arrow.”
awesome.
People have said I am anti-war: for the record, I am not. Sometimes nations need...
Latest video I shot for my friend and client, Matt Strong who runs the Navy Seal Experience
And so we have a tension between two requirements for democratic statecraft, one...
PHP Hack of the Day →
Used the Tippr API tonight to hack my deal of the day page.
This will show the hottest deal in the HNL every day. I’ve been manually updating this every week…. which was a huge pain in the ass.
If anyone else is a Tippr affiliate and wants me to hook them up with the code, just holler.
David Boyd, Cinematographer from the Walking Dead,... →
Q: What kind of visual tricks do you use to enhance this feeling of danger?
A: Just to play it as normal as possible, and prey on the fact that everyone knows that it’s scary [Laughs]. We do tricks like we make it a little cooler — like the warmth has disappeared from the world. And we use film so that the blues come out a little stronger, but I’m trying hard to keep it purely...
Behind the scenes with the DP of 'The Skulls' →