It's hard to say what's more mind-blowing: That they stream two billion videos a day, or that we got here in just five years. Happy 5th Birthday to YouTube. …
“We’re from the artists’ collective, and we’re here to help”
If I sneak into your yard and paint a picture on your wall, do you now own my painting? Or, as the artist, do I retain ownership of the painting and its context? What if I paint the picture on …
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Felt wisdom
Why is it that the pundits making the most sense these days are either fake or puppets? RE: The stolen iPhone prototype, Mosspuppet says: "My question to you various idiots is: What the hell did …
Sam Phillips rewrites the music business model. And plays guitar. And sings
Sam Phillips is not just a singer-songwriter, she's a mogul. Well, okay. A mini-mogul. And she'd probably bristle at even that. But through her year-long "Longplay" experiment in making music in …
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Do pay walls create new opportunities?
The New York Times, as expected, seems to have settled on a date for the paywall to go live: January, 2011. There's no point in hashing out, again, whether or not this is a good idea for the New …
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Parkour: The Internet sensation of 2004
I'm reminded of what Jim Halpert said: "This is Parkour, the Internet sensation of 2004. The goal is to get from Point A to Point B as creatively as possible. So, technically, they are doing …
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