Posts tagged as Eek
The User Agreement Trust Economy
How many user agreements have you digitally signed? With Apple, with insurance companies, with Google, with Twitter, Facebook, and a thousand random web startups? How about with Paypal—a Delaware corporation whose user agreement "authorizes PayPal to place holds and reserves at its sole discretion and does not require it to inform users of its reasons for doing so"? READ MORE
How Is Andrew Sullivan Not Crippled by Carpal Tunnel?
Totally concerned about the ergonomics of Andrew Sullivan's blog cave, as depicted here! In a Stickley chair, with the laptop like that? It's making my wrists ache!
Brands Have Feelings, And They'll Share Them on Twitter
Time to unfollow Arby's :( RT @alltwtr: If You Follow A Brand On Twitter, You’ll Be Seeing More Ads From Them Soon http://t.co/SKbqTjy
Mike Byhoff
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When web guy Mike Byhoff decided it was time to maybe disengage on Twitter with a brand that sells roast beef sandwiches, due to Twitter about to get super-monetized with forced viewing of ads by all, Arby's had a feeling. This is how it all begins and/or ends.
How Do We Feel About Jackée Being the New Betty White?
The "Ground Zero Mosque" scandal of 2011 isn't going to be aliens. It's going to be....
Ok Tweeps, if you'd like to see ME host SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, as 1000s of you have referenced & requested via e-mail... trend #JackéeOnSNL
Jackée Harry
JackeeHarry
... Jackée-related. Oh boy, here we go. JACKÉE'S BACK, BACK AGAIN, TELL A FRIEND.
What Ladies Won't Do with Larry Flynt for a Million Dollars
"After dinner Larry said, 'Come into my study, Terry, you’re going to need some money for the weekend.' We went into his office and he said, “There’s a briefcase by the couch where you’re sitting. Put it on your lap and open it.” So I did. It was full of packs of hundred-dollar bills. Larry said, 'It’s a million dollars. I have this on hand to give validity to the offer.' And he showed me this circular: A standing offer from Larry Flynt to the following women who are prepared to show gyno-pink. One million cash to Barbara Bach, Cathy Bach, Barbi Benton, Cheryl Tiegs.... They were mostly kind of obscure, but there were one or two that were totally out of place, like Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda." READ MORE
The Internet is Netflix (Or, the Internet is TV)
Remember when Wired was telling us the "web" was dead or whatever? (When, in terms of volume delivered, it grew seven-fold between 2005 and 2010.) Well, frightening new development! Half of North America's web use (or "internet use"; we're being bad with terminology) is "real time entertainment." What's that mean? It means Netflix is 30% of all downstream traffic. (For comparison, YouTube is only 10%.) Now, don't panic: video is "bigger" than text, duh, so just because all internet traffic for pulling websites to you nifty computer is only 18% of total use, well, remember that websites are "smaller." But soon you will be getting your websites over the Netflix!
The 'Sleeping Beauty' Trailer: !!!
Hoo boy! Terrific and creepy Australian author Julia Leigh's first film is going to Cannes and, holy smokes. (via)
Emergency Landings: Why Not the Turnpike?
"Indeed, while landing a large plane on a highway might seem easier than, say, landing one in the Hudson River, history suggests that's not necessarily so." READ MORE
Horror Chick, With Melissa Lafsky: 'Paranormal Activity' Is the SCARIEST MOVIE EVER (About Suburban Yuppie Starter Homes)
We all have irrational fears. Random terror at things that, in reality, have little to no chance of killing us. Spiders, clowns, snakes, commitment, wet bread-the list goes on. My irrational fear is that I'm being watched. Ever since I hit puberty, it's been the same: there's a camera behind my bathroom mirror, or a telescope pointed at my window where some cackling dipshit is observing everything I do (and judging me the whole time). Yes, it's silly-;though back when I lived in SoHo it turned out to be truer than I'd like. (Note to self: Never take the ground floor apartment.) READ MORE
