I'm not super concerned about Jon Stewart being considered the most trusted man in journalism. What concerns me is traditional media being so stupid that when they try to replicate his success (and you know they will) they only try to copy the humor. Remember Fox's attempt a couple years ago (Half Hour News Hour or something), not only did it fail because it wasn't funny, but it failed because it didn't do what Stewart does: Report on important stories and mock media that goes round and round talking about stupid stories.
Or full quote from this Mediaite.com interview with Bill Simmons: "Facebook is a social network; Twitter is a media/marketing vehicle disguised as a social network." It's interesting to see how hard Bill Simmons has fallen for Twitter because a couple months ago he was bashing it. In general, I think his take on media/journalism is too simplified, but this quote about Twitter is right on.
Please add following these tips for growing a garden in the basement to the list of things I desperately want to do, but probably never will. Actually, that's a clumsy sentence. Following the tips isn't what I want added to the list, growing a garden in the basement is. I might however, find space to put up a grow light so we can have fresh herbs year round. We'll see.
You know how it sounds like Michael Jackson is making up works in Wanna Be Startin Something when he's all, "Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa"? Turns out the song is inspired by Manu Dibango's Soul Makossa. MJ didn't credit Dibango originally, but worked it out with him financially a bit later.
Check it out:
4 different people mentioned to me today that I ended up in their Google Reader at some point and they wanted to know why. I had noticed that certain articles I was scanning were "liked" by people I didn't know, which I thought was weird. Obviously, Google made a change. To me it looks like a strike against both Facebook AND Twitter. Not only are you able to connect with and read the articles shared by people you do know (Facebook), but you'll be able to do the same with people you don't know, as well (Twitter). Seems like a good idea to me.
Oh, and you're damn right I'm gonna "share" this, Captain Obvious, you better "like" it.
Sure, I'll bite. For your look at traditional media's latest take on Hipsters, I present: The Boston Globe.
"Think of it as hipster fatigue," Lanham says in a genial yet defeated tone."A lot of people thought it would have its heyday and go away. But now it seems we’ll need to learn to live with the hipsters."
Unfortunately it's only in Oregon and Idaho, but extending roadside assistance to bicycles seems like a good idea to me. Maybe if it works, it'll be rolled out to other areas of the company (Boston, please!), and then we'll never have to worry about flats again. And one way to make it cooler? Hire mechanics on bikes to service broken down bikes within the city.
Thanks, Dave!
In the Esquire article about Roger Ebert a few weeks back, Ebert mentioned his interview interview with Lee Marvin as one of his favorites, and now they've republished it online.
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