From USA TODAY: Home TV screens just keep getting bigger. And there's no end in sight. Panasonic pitched a tent outside the New York Stock Exchange yesterday to show off the biggest high-definition plasma screen yet. At 103 inches, it's an inch bigger than versions being produced by Samsung and LG. Panasonic vice president Andrew Nelkin says the new screen weighs 400 pounds. If you buy one, and have a wall big enough …
Goodfellow Is
Good geeks disdain patent law. Geoff Goodfellow is a such a geek. According to the New York Times, Mr. Goodfellow had a light-bulb moment in 1982, when he came up with the idea of sending electronic mail messages wirelessly to a portable device — like a BlackBerry. Only back then, there was no BlackBerry; his vision centered on pagers. He eventually did get financial backing to start a wireless e-mail service in the …
Blogging The Buckeye State
Weblogs, Inc. has gone local with their first metro blog. The metro they chose to explore is the great state of Ohio—really an amalgamation of several metros. One of the better posts is from Hannah Blumenfeld. It's about Anabelle's, a dive bar in Akron, a.k.a. Aktucky. I discovered that the bar's cigarettes were housed in a converted vending machine! I'd seen machines with PBR instead of Pepsi and Coors instead of …
Referential V. Experiential
Greg Knauss picked up the Kottke.org slack for Jason Kottke, while Jason was off on honeymoon. The experience led Knauss to the following observations. There are two kinds of bloggers, referential and experiential. Kottke is one. I, now two weeks too late in realizing this, am another. The referential blogger uses the link as his fundamental unit of currency, building posts around ideas and experiences spawned …
“Victory Records Is A Lifestyle Company” Doesn’t Sound Very Indie
Valley Wag is running "a purported email exchange" between Tony Brummel, head of indie label Victory Records, and Steve Jobs. Here's how Brummel came at it: Victory Records is a lifestyle company and a brand that has always marched to the beat of its own drum and operated contrary to industry standards. That is a major reason why we are the #1 Independent label in the country. The entire music industry and many music …
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Shelter From The Storm
Last night, MSNBC aired a debate among mayoral candidates from New Orleans. What would have normally been a regional broadcast went national, as the Crescent City's future hangs in the balance. Given that the situation is so tenuous, it's nice to see this story about KB Home in USA TODAY. KB Home, one of the nation's largest home builders, is getting final approvals to build 20,000 homes on 3,000 acres in the town of …
Content Is King
Stuart Elliott in yesterday's New York Times: Like modern-day Medicis hoping to discover the next Da Vinci, marketers are becoming patrons of programming. Sometimes the lead is all you need. …
Teaming With A Winner
According to Lewis Lazare, U.S. Cellular has agreed to a three-year, multimillion-dollar presenting sponsorship deal with the world champion White Sox, continuing its agreement with the team through the 2008 season. The company first signed on as a presenting sponsor for the 2005 season, a deal that complemented the $68 million naming rights agreement U.S. Cellular signed with the team in 2003. As part of the …