Whirlycott / Philip Jacob

Friday, September 15, 2006

Ten major news stories the media is ignoring - MarketWatch

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Ten major news stories the media is ignoring - MarketWatch

Yeah, that’s worth reading.  Via Jim Moore.


Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Interview with Dan Nova

Filed under: Pointers — Philip Jacob @ 6:52 pm

Dan Nova from Highland Capital Partners talks briefly about StyleFeeder in this podcasted interview with Business Week.


Sunday, August 27, 2006

Chumby Devices Handed Out at Foo

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Chumby Devices Handed Out at Foo

Generativity, indeed.


Daily Kos: What a Difference a Day Makes

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Daily Kos: What a Difference a Day Makes
Either someone was very, very busy overnight in levee restructuring or we’re once again being subjected to gut-feeling, faith-based happy talk.


Radio France - Diffusion Live

Filed under: Pointers — Philip Jacob @ 8:51 am

Radio FIP is now streaming stereo MP3 streams instead of their flakey Ogg stream.


Saturday, August 26, 2006

Will we have closures in Java 1.7? - O’Reilly ONJava Blog

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Will we have closures in Java 1.7? - O’Reilly ONJava Blog

I really hope that we do have closures in Java 1.7… there are some constructs for parallel programming that I’ve been noodling around with that would require closures in the language.


American Apparel - Press Center

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American Apparel - Press Center - Electronic Press

Interview with the founder of American Apparel.

Via Halley Suitt


Friday, August 25, 2006

Interesting thoughts on advertising

Filed under: Pointers — Philip Jacob @ 9:40 am

http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/2006/08/the_future_will.html

In the future, every digital advertisement you see will fit into the following categories:

  1. You asked for it, because want to know more about a product or service.
  2. Someone paid for your attention with some kind of an offer.
  3. It was deemed funny or entertaining through social screens made up of actual humans.
  4. You saw it as part of the self-expression of someone else…that they use the brand to self-identify, so your interaction with them became branded (like when your friends wear Nike t-shirts… only this time, its on their avatar).

That’s great stuff.

Via Tim Post