July 2010
5 posts
PopScreen releases the world's first video... →
Some very cool video prediction technology coming out of PopScreen, a Houston based startup I advise. Great coverage in NewTeeVee and TechCrunch about their launch today:
Today we’re releasing the world’s first video prediction engine. This engine will power the PopScreen service to help you discover videos that are making headlines and the stories behind them. Now you can be one of the first...
June 2010
14 posts
In a good startup, you don’t get told what to do very much. There may be one...
– Paul Graham
Your children will smash your understanding, knowledge and reality. You will be...
– Tibor Kalman (via superamit)
A Note to the Members of the IAWTV
I sent this note to the members of the IAWTV this afternoon.
June 15, 2010
Dear Members of the Academy,
I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign my position as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Web Television, in concert with three of my fellow founders, Joshua Cohen, Marc Hustvedt, and Jamison Tilsner. Jamison and I will also be resigning our...
In Finland, traffic fines are proportionate to the latest available data on an...
– BBC
Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors.
– I.J. Good
The problem with innovation in the TV industry is the go to market strategy. The...
– Steve Jobs, who doesn’t sound like he’s going to be releasing an Apple TV 2 anytime soon. (via ericmortensen)
I don’t really agree with this. People DO pay for TV through their cable subscriptions. TV USED to be merely ad-supported “free” fare, but the cable companies changed that years ago.
(via...
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of...
– François de la Rochefoucauld
May 2010
18 posts
This tendency for the least skilled among us to overestimate their abilities the...
– Why losers have delusions of grandeur - NYPOST.com (via kenyatta)
Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.
William Shatner Sings To George Lucas at AFI Life...
William Shatner serenades George Lucas (via tanya77)
April 2010
4 posts
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March 2010
5 posts
streamys:
My Damn Channel dreams up new names for the Streamy Awards in this new video with Easy to Assemble’s Illeana Douglas.
We're Doing it LIVE! Tune in NOW to 2010 Streamy... →
streamys:
Some of the best things in life are better live, like baseball, rock ‘n’ roll, and Bill O’Reilly. So, we think the 2010 Streamy Awards Nominations Announcement should be live, too.
Tune in right now to catch the 9:30 AM (PT) / 12:30 PM (ET) broadcast and hear which web series will get the Streamys nod. We’re announcing nominees across 10 categories during the live show. Once the...
February 2010
4 posts
The present may be yours, but the future is mine.
– No idea who said that originally, but thanks to Spurlock for the reminder.
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