Unknown FeedPosted by andreaitis on August 8, 2008
gawker’s nick denton to the la times: i scoff at your puny web site
he can, too. la times set a traffic record: 127 million pageviews. but, um, so did gawker media: 257 million pageviews.
henry blodgett put it best: “In five years, what’s left of the LA Times and New York Times will look more like Gawker (in terms of staffing and publishing velocity), or they won’t exist.”
funny how we still hear the term new media….except when we do, it’s usually from someone embalmed in old media.
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Posted by andreaitis on August 6, 2008
black cab sessions. one song. one take. one cab. it’s almost worth going to london and wandering the streets for the chance acoustic encouter. see (and hear) for yourself.
my morning jacket, with omnichord:
and, appropriately, death cab for cutie:
find your own ride — 51 black cab sessions to choose from so far…
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Posted by andreaitis on August 1, 2008
well, it’s actually month 1 + a day. i’m on the train, all geeked out with my laptop and mobile air card and ipod and bleary glazed eyes. i’m getting into a routine. i know for sure because the guy at the shine deli knew what i was going to order this morning. plus which, he smiled at me as if he remembered me. i like that in a corner deli.
it’s been a good month. we’re in an office near union square. fred wilson is in our office building. i haven’t met him yet, but i’ve been threatening to ride the elevator up and down and up and down until i do, um, accidentally meet him. he’s a techebrity. and i like his taste in music. and he’s smart. and it would be kinda cool. i know what you’re thinking, but i won’t hit him up for funding. we’re lucky enough to already have some funding. besides, that would be tacky. as opposed to, y’know, my elevator plan.
hello, office plants
there are just 3 of us so far. until today. it was a big day today.
we hired a cto and bought 3 plants for the office.
see? i think i might have to name them.
we’re stealthy right now, but- to recap – here’s what i can tell you: we have some funding…we’re building something in the news space…our office is near union square…we just hired a cto….we have one plant that needs water every day, another that needs water twice a week, and a third that needs water once a week. and i can’t remember which is which so take a good look at the office plants now while they’re still green.
oh, and i think i’m officially a regular at the shine deli. those are all the facts for now.
factually yours,
andrea
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Posted by andreaitis on July 27, 2008
dean wareham and britta phillips. they played for over an hour at the zipper factory in new york — low-key, quirky and charming. an indie pop barbie and ken, without the gloss. and the music? hypnotic, soothing, like that moment at the beach with the wind and the waves and the sun warm on your face, when all is okay. which isn’t to say it’s simple. but to sit thisclose and feel their music wash over you . . . i won’t soon forget it. this one was ‘specially lovely: wait for me
singer(s) sing
dean & britta at the zipper factory
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Posted by andreaitis on July 24, 2008
seeing dean & britta tonight, the hushed tones of dreamy pop rock royalty.
the sun is still sunny…
i remember sleeping through a dream, but i’ll be going back again … say goodnight
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Posted by andreaitis on July 23, 2008
one of my very favorite covers — the mountain goats doing ‘i saw the sign’ by ace of bass. i have a great version on my ipod that i’ve practically worn out over the years. yes, it’s one of my most-listened-to songs. so? you gotta problem with that?? anyway, i found this video complete with the dance moves. the dance moves! which, honestly, only makes it that much more awesomer.
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Posted by andreaitis on July 21, 2008
carl icahn just played the tech version of Let’s Make a Deal. he agreed to end his yahoo proxy fight in exchange for 3 board seats. techcrunch has the details, of course…. but what struck me even more was that, in this extended silicon valley soap opera, carl icahn sorta looks like blake carrington from dynasty. of course, icahn’s ego is bigger than linda evans’ shoulder pads. and his temperament is frostier than joan collins. but he’s got the cat fight down pat, and…well, see for yourself:
billionaire and corporate raider blake carrington (aka john forsythe) and the dynasty dolls
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Posted by andreaitis on July 20, 2008
He Remembers Forgotten Beauty / William Butler Yeats
today’s new york times story — yeats meets the digital age, full of passionate intensity — made my pulse quicken. seriously. this, i thought, is what digital-ism is all about. a notebook that captures the intimacy and fire of yeats’ five-decade-long relationship with maude gonne is now on display at the national library of ireland. so what, you ask? well…it’s not just sitting under thick glass. it has been digitally reincarnated, bringing to life faded words and images put to paper 100 years ago. there’s a touchscreen that lets you actually flip through the notebookand see passages up close, audiotapes, short films…all bringing us inside, letting us feel their connection , their hearts, still beating. the nyt talks of “software that brings light and breath to aging manuscripts.”
the exhibit may come to the us in 2009. i hope…
I have spread my dreams under your fairy feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven / William Butler Yeats
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Posted by andreaitis on July 17, 2008
we all feel big brother breathing down our necks these days, with the court case featuring google / youtube vs viacom, loopt’s gps privacy fumbles, and the aclu taking on the foreign intelligence surveillance act (fisa).
and then, just when i thought i could fear no more, i stumbled across david berkowitz’s blog post. it was prompted by this ad on facebook:
facebook using jewdar targeting?
david jumped right on this schmear campaign….sorry, couldn’t help myself. ;-j but it’s good reading.
he asked the penetrating question: does facebook know i’m jewish?? see the answer in his blog post, and more in his column on the chutzpah of facebook’s jewdar.
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Posted by andreaitis on July 16, 2008
the aptly named andy dick is arrested. again. because he was exceedingly drunk. again.
and groping women. again.
really, it could only be better if instead of andy dick his name was actually randy dick.
andy dick mugs for the slammer-cam
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