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Though much of the Freudian cannon has been debunked, some of his vocabulary still rings true, and if nothing else, provides handy explanations for otherwise inexplicable comments such as this one from Nina Link, president of the Magazine Publishers of America. Nina Link responded to Merrill Lynch's report that the Internet will take in more advertising dollars in 2006 than magazines by saying, "The people who report …
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The Internet has become an increasingly important source of information for people at major moments and milestones in their lives, according to a study released today by the Pew Internet and American Life project. Here’s a snippet. We found that over the three-year period, internet use grew by: • 54% in the number of adults who said the internet played a major role as they helped another person cope with a major …
With Nick Denton's backing, 22-year-old Nick Douglas chronicles the not necessarily glamorous lives of Silicon Valley's prometheans in his Valleywag blog. The LA Times reports (requires registration): Some techsters hope the site will undercut the image of Silicon Valley as a place filled with pocket protectors and taped-up eyeglasses, where it's all work and no play for the people creating the next generation of …
The latest MySpace "secret show" features Franz Ferdinand playing the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City today. To get tickets, MySpace users--okay, me--have to make the profile "SecretShow" one of our coveted "top 8" friends. Secret shows began in January and have included performers such as NOFX and the Watson Twins. Publicity for the concerts is generated solely by word-of-mouth, an example of which comes to us …
Sprint will sell phones that can rat out your kids' whereabouts. It's the first service of its kind in the US. CNNMoney reports: The service lets parents look at maps on their cellphones or computers to locate their children who also carry mobile phones. Parents can also program the service to automatically send them text messages at specific times each day to confirm that their children have arrived at home or in …
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