Links for 2009-03-20
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And if it is, what then for Thoroughbreds? Maybe it's time for a dedicated show circuit. [Always interesting to get an outsider’s perspective.]
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Executive summary: Cajoling visitors into memberships is hard work, long-form content doesn't pay for itself with traffic, advertisers are cheap and like sponsorships, significant start-up funding is essential.
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Sample entry: "E’LFLOCK. n.s. [elf and lock.] Knots of hair twisted by
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On friendship and writing. That this thoughtful essay happens to feature turf writer William Nack seems cosmically right.
Links for 2009-03-19
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Numbers deemed unspectacular, but good enough: "The show averaged 594,000 viewers, an increase of 11% compared with the year-ago time slot average." Also noted: Resemblance to MTV docu-soaps not coincidental — production team used some of the techniques pioneered on "Laguna Beach."
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Nerd nirvana: "His voice echoed throughout the chamber growing louder until — I kid you not — he was yelling, 'So Say We All,' and the crowd answered right back. Hell, even I yelled it, I was in the fraking United Nations with Adama, the gods themselves could not have stopped this moment. It was surreal …"
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Another source of worry for publishers online: "Now that the Semantic Web is no longer just a research project, if someone owns the taxonomy you're using and changes it up on you, what rights do you have in the matter?"
Links for 2009-03-18
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Frank Deford on how the Kentucky Derby became Americana.
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Time for a new line.
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A taste of what will happen with mainstream Twitter adoption.
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