July 2010
8 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Kanye West (64) Kid Cudi (30) Jay-Z (21) Lykke Li (14) Common (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
The Legends (13) The Drums (12) Kid Cudi (8) M.I.A. (8) La Roux (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 22nd
“Real artists ship”
– Steve Jobs
Jul 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
Lykke Li (37) Kid Cudi (26) Drake (2) Radiohead (2) Wolf Parade (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 13th
Jul 12th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Radiohead (63) Kanye West (35) Sublime (34) Wu-Tang Clan (25) Foo Fighters (22) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 7th
Jul 1st
“We think now is the right time to join with Amazon because, quite simply, every...”
– Matt Rutledge of Woot.Com
Jul 1st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
The Decemberists (32) Franz Ferdinand (21) David Bowie (18) Radiohead (16) M.I.A. (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 1st
June 2010
9 posts
Jun 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
Neutral Uke Hotel (1) Nicolas Jaar (1) Damien Rice (1) Gravy Train (1) Franz Ferdinand (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 22nd
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Listencopycats: Womanizer by Franz Ferdinand...
Jun 19th
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Design for Trillians
Jun 1st
“I make therefore I am”
– Henry Glassie (via spime)
Jun 1st
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May 2010
7 posts
May 14th
“Children just aren’t interested in Witches and Wizards anymore.”
– Anonymous publishing executive to J.K. Rowling, 1996.
May 13th
“Do you often find ideas that change everything in a windowless conference room,...”
– Seth Godin, Where do you find good ideas?
May 12th
“But there is one additional reason to be excited that I believe is sometimes...”
– Albert Wenger 
May 7th
ListenFugazi: Ex-Spectator
May 6th
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May 5th
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'Smart dust' aims to monitor everything →
“Netscape [for the wireless sensor network] hasn’t quite happened,” - David Culler
May 4th
April 2010
9 posts
Apr 30th
Apr 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-25) →
Bob Marley (20) Beastie Boys (5) The 1900s (3) Manchester Orchestra (3) The Clockwork Quartet (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-4-18) →
La Roux (16) TV on the Radio (12) Beatles (12) The Decemberists (9) Modest Mouse (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 24th
“The future is here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
– William Gibson
Apr 20th
The Secret Glossary of Social Games Analytics →
Apr 16th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 2nd
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March 2010
28 posts
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Great presentation. It captures why I sometimes think about becoming a creativity coach. I want to help people unleash the creativity inside of them.
Mar 29th
“One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we...”
– William Gibson as quoted by Jefferson Hack in AnOther via wearethedigitalkids (via fred-wilson)
Mar 28th
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Study: Average social gamer age is only 29 in the... →
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Mar 26th
Mar 26th
Becky Carella
Happy Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science. Today I’m going to celebrate Super + Fun cofounder, Becky Carella. Becky is a third generation female science & technologist. Her grandmother is a published chemist and was an influential voice during her career. Her mother holds a degree in Biology and...
Mar 25th
The Cost Of Facebook Games
There is a great piece in the SocialTimes on The Economics of Facebook Games. The costs of building facebook games is insightful and in line with what I’m seeing. One of the most interesting statistics disclosed by John Pleasants was the cost of developing games. According to Pleasants, the average game costs between $100,000 and $300,000 to produce. When asked about the total cost of...
Mar 22nd
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Mar 21st
Professor Abandons Grades for Experience Points
The title pretty much says it all. Indiana University Professor, Lee Sheldon gives out experience points (XP) instead of grades. Students earn XP “through completing quests like solo projects and quizzes in addition to grouping up for guild projects and pick up groups.” The students use the XP to level up into higher final grades. Well played Professor Sheldon.  Read the full story...
Mar 19th
Yahoo Buys Citizen Sports
Yahoo purchased social sports app developer Citizen Sports for reportedly $40-50M. Citizen Sports has 1.51M monthly active users and 156K daily active users on it’s 719 apps ( via team specific versions of the app).
Mar 18th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-14) →
The Notorious B.I.G. (48) Ronald Jenkees (2) The Bell (1) Said the Whale (1) The Octopus Project (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Mar 16th
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Magazine stand of the future. 
Mar 15th
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How much is a Facebook Fan worth?
Microsoft’s recent FarmVille promotion grew Bing’s Facebook fan page from 100K fans to over 500K fans in 24 hours and gave away 1,200,000 Farm Cash dollars in the process. Each participant in the promotion was rewarded with 3 Farm Cash dollars for becoming Bing fans on Facebook.  Some of the most desirable virtual goods are sold only for Farm Cash. Farm Cash is earned in the game at a...
Mar 12th
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FarmVille Developer Math
Gamasutra has some great numbers in a post about the GDC Social Games Summit presentation given by Amitt Mahajan, the lead designer on FarmVille. Here are the numbers that jumped out at me: 5 weeks to launch 6 web developers 2 artists 3 designers Let’s do some back of the napkin math. First, we’ll assume everyone working on the project is a contractor. As a rough estimate,...
Mar 10th
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This presentation provides a nice primer on Facebook games. Some of you have alreday graduated past this presentation but others still think monetizing Facebook games is a new and untested idea.
Mar 10th
Mar 10th
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