Jim Cuene

Making the web smaller, one post at a time

Month: November 2008

  • Traditional Publishing, RIP — Dialect

    Traditional Publishing, RIP — Dialect. You may not be able to get past the beautiful site design to read the articles, but here’s a compendium of links to articles that say, well, print is pretty close to dead as a mass medium. Goodbye magazines. Read.

  • Fleet Foxes -LA BLOGOTHEQUE

    Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes – LA BLOGOTHEQUE.This is almost as good as the Bon Iver sessions (especially Part 1) Read.

  • Understanding Community Leadership: An Interview with a Member of Yelp’s “Elite”

    Understanding Community Leadership: An Interview with a Member of Yelp’s “Elite”. Great post by Jeremiah on the success of an “elite” community member. Must read for our community management efforts. Read.

  • Affleck in the Congo: WTF

    Look, i get it, Ben Affleck. You're a serious guy, trying to understand a deathly, sad, serious issue. But, do you realize that those camera's following you around are there to follow you, not the crisis? I get that you're trying to raise awareness, and that your presence there may make someone learn about the… Read.

  • Testing Windows Live Writer

    A new (to me) blogging tool for the desktop. Feels like word. Works better. This is the superhero Eli made at marvel.com a while ago. “Pathetico” is the wrestling name his brother Cooper gave him. brothers.  Read.

  • The DB’s – Not Quite a Hit, But no Flop

    Anatomy of a Flop – Measure for Measure Blog – NYTimes.com.When i was 16, right after i got my drivers license, i would drive to downtown Green Bay, to the really, really rundown part, with my buddy Peter and he and i would go to a little store that rented out records. Can you believe… Read.

  • A list of Cycling Sites

    Here’s the list of cycling sites. Cyclingnews.comVelonews.com Fatcyclist.com Read.

  • An Excellent “corporate” blog: LARABAR BLOG

    LARABAR BLOG.It’s not really a “corporate” blog at all, but it does come from a company. The larabar blog is a great example of how to do it right. Really well written, with a clear discernable authorial voice. There’s a real personality behind the blog, and his “voice” comes through clearly. Balance “news” and “non-news”… Read.

  • Ad Agencies: Take Notice – Bike Hero

    YouTube – Bike Hero Is just plain fantastic. Not just because i love biking more than anything. And i love guitar hero. The best part is about 3:20 in, when the road actually flames up. This has got to be some commercially done viral thing, because it just looks super complicated and its hard to… Read.

  • I’m No Trekkie, But….

    The new Star Wars prequel trailer looks really good. If it’s PG-13, i might actually take the kids to see it. Read.

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