cubemate | Dan Ng

links for 2009-06-17

• Michael Geist - Harvard Study Finds Weaker Copyright Protection Has Benefited Society
  (tags: copyfight music culture economics research copyright fandom p2p riaa rights creativecommons harvard filesharing)
• Clunky, trashy, nerdy - and cool: the return of the digital watch | Life and style | The Guardian
  Every once in a while I read something in The Guardian that reveals their lack of care. Fact check, please: Al Gore famously wore a digital watch in the 90's, not Bill Clinton.
  (tags: journalism integrity proof newspapers)

links for 2009-06-14

• Esbjorn Svensson: Pianist whose group e.s.t. attracted new audiences to jazz - Obituaries, News - The Independent
  found on Spotify
  (tags: music Jazz obituary)

links for 2009-06-13

• Lexington: The underworked American | The Economist
  Practice, not talent, again.
  (tags: practice usa education)

links for 2009-06-10

• Showcase: A Photographer Embraces Video - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
  Solid design for a solid piece of documentary work (and a volunteer plug for Canon)
  (tags: newyorktimes photography Canon Lens blog ChangWLee)

links for 2009-06-05

• sprint_clock_960x250
  Goodby takes the Uniqlock to the next level for Sprint
  (tags: advertising Sprint campaign Goodby)

links for 2009-06-03

• New Twitter Research: Men Follow Men and Nobody Tweets - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
  Evidence to what perhaps should have been obvious - Twitter is not a closed social network, but is rather a public forum. You don't use it to share with friends, you use it to get heard.
  (tags: twitter research harvardbusinessreview public private)

links for 2009-05-31

• Put Ad on Web. Count Clicks. Revise. - NYTimes.com
  Really? Is this the state of our industry? I thought everyone was behaviourally targeting and doing on the fly banner creative. The NYT is calling it a 'revolution'. Pffft.
  (tags: advertising data online)
• In Manhattan: No Radio. Soon, No Car? - The New York Times
  A slice of what it was like to live in New York in the late 80's and early 90's. That time still colours my perceptions of NYC. An op-ed from 1989.
  (tags: manhattan nyc history)
• Logos
  The New York Times examines the sameness of contemporary logo redesigns.
  (tags: marketing logos newyorktimes)

links for 2009-05-28

• Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers - NYTimes.com
  "Even though they text 3,500 messages a week, when they walk out of their ballet lesson, they’re upset to see their dad in the car on the BlackBerry.”
  (tags: texting communication tech teenagers nyt online health community youth)
• QandA May 25th - response to question on Ryan Commission Report
  The speech on Irish television by a victim of abuse that galvanised popular opinion against the Catholic orders. "Don't say you can't change it. You are the government of this state. You run this state. So, for God's sake, stop mealy-mouthing because I am sick of it."
  (tags: news factual Ireland)

links for 2009-05-20

• Made By Many » Blog Archive » How to be better at digital, or interactive, or new media or whatever it’s called…
  This is what every client needs to read.
  (tags: marketing creative digital madebymany advice clients)

links for 2009-05-18

• Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes
  Legendary. Lourdes actually made one, served it, and survived.
  (tags: bacon recipes bbq sausage pork explosion)
• Memo Pad: Uniqlo Nabs Deyn... Bad Internet... Classic Martha... - WWD.com
  Sony CEO doesn't get it
  (tags: sony copyfight)