Continuing the string of movies-about-websites...
I really like the bit about "try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about." Some pretty good points in this here article.
When I first heard that it was in production, I didn't have much interest in the forthcoming film "The Social Network". Then when I found out that David Fincher ("Se7en", "Fight Club", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") had signed on to direct, my interest level definitely shot up. Later I learned that Trent Reznor had signed on to produce the original score for the film (certainly doesn't hurt). Check out this most recent trailer (just released). The opening montage on top of Radiohead's "Creep" performed by the Belgian girls' choir Scala is haunting.
Yes, Facebook is still very much lame. The movie made about it's rise to Internet juggernaut apparently will not be.
I've been coworking in New York City and thought, this would work in Salt Lake!!! Betaloft thought so too. The space looked awesome and I'm sad that it didn't get enough traction to keep going.
They're selling some good stuff...
The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification, nostalgia, delight. It’s a lovely magic trick of the memory, this gilding of hard times. Perhaps it’s just the necessary alchemy we need to keep the species going. But for parents, this sleight of the mind and spell on the heart is the very definition of enchantment.
Using the Arthurian model as a corporate structure was something our CFO had warned against from the very beginning, but now that’s water under the bridge.
The upside of having a funny CEO is getting corporate communications like this. However, there's probably also the downside as he gives his own quirky spin to your layoff notice.
Nonetheless, good fun.
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/diagnosis-email-apnea.html
Most people quit breathing while reading e-mail, just like sleep apnea. Wow.
Update: Turns out that the embeddability of NPR's player is a bit suspect. Use this link instead: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128199077.
The fine line in pop music between homage and stealing.
I enjoyed this story and especially their attempt to trace the roots of a slice of contemporary pop music back much further than you'd expect. Conclusion: there is no truly original creative expression. On the bright side, I loved hearing "The Tide is High". I loved Blondie so much when I was kid. I had that song on a 7" that I would listen to over and over again on a plastic toy record player. Yes, for those of you who are doing the math I was roughly 7 years old when the song debuted in the US. My parents should have been worried.
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