September 2009
50 posts
RT @ brianstelter YouTube sees an increase of more than a billion views in just one month http://tinyurl.com/yamxha4
CNN wants Ryan Seacrest as Larry King’s replacement! He won’t be wearing a bow tie for starters http://bit.ly/xrmXW
So how come the 80s bands refuse to die? Now Spandau Ballet have recorded their first new music in two decades.
The worlds biggest online zoo opens http://bit.ly/2pxRKW amazing, thanks BBC
Rock band’s fun but how much Dire Straits can one take!
RT @iPhonenewzealand NZ Govt to make your iPhone GPS illegal http://bit.ly/3J6S6
Let’s home this woman is never allowed to own a dog especially a chihuahua http://bit.ly/2qenP
8 out of 10 Americans reject any govt bailout of newspapers http://bit.ly/CXC59 38% are reading papers less than 5 yrs ago
Book publishers are learning to love the Web. They have to. http://bit.ly/W8IlL
Media getting excited about water found on moon. http://bit.ly/1Vl2HO But what does that mean? Are we still alone?
UK school starts twitter plenaries -pupils sum up each lesson using 140 characters. http://bit.ly/47jsbW Soon we’ll speak only Tweets
70s Chicago punk must have passed me by http://bit.ly/bO6yY Wheres a doco about NZ?
When was the last time you read a newspaper in the loo? State of the media video http://bit.ly/yzx6x (RT @sponno @HaydenLee)
All this talk of the “Recession” being over. Every definition I looked at is different. So whats a ” recession” so we know when it’s over?!
First they told us not to eat butter. Then marg. Then butters OK. Now is sunbathing safe even if u have cancer? http://bit.ly/qdE14
Why do agencies think motorists @lights can read billboards drowning in words, small hard to read fonts and soft colours?
chilling out 2 http://bit.ly/1U2waX
Another new music site “re-thinking radio” launches in a few minutes streaming audio shows as “cloud casts” http://bit.ly/uJ0nE
Anyone tried tweetmixx? http://bit.ly/p2Hzw Not sure its working for me..
Kanye, Serena, Joe: OK so now we learn they’re not rude, they have “impulse control disorder” http://bit.ly/14yEmm
lets pretend nothing bad happens WashPost “kills” story about amputee, publisher wants happy stories http://bit.ly/Sve4S
Michael Moore: 2 years from now we won’t have newspapers & its their own fault http://bit.ly/4gN2Dp
Hulu is the demon seed that will wipe out the network television business as we know it. Could be true http://bit.ly/DPETG
Kevin Rudd gets a fail for trying to blog to “young people” http://bit.ly/zawff
Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the news stories they read, hear and watch are frequently inaccurate http://bit.ly/43LY5v
I wonder if this Microsoft employee still has a job http://bit.ly/VGux1
Have given up on nightly TV news , so behind Twitter. Slate says it’s become irrelevant to smart news consumers http://bit.ly/Yd5Cn
The Beatles started going downhill when they fired Pete Best. (NY Times gathers critics reviews & smartass comments) http://bit.ly/6YKMB
Why do commentators predict what will definitely happen at Apple events when 99% of predictions were wrong!
Strange going into shops all playing Sgt Peppers. Feel like the time a 1st day major album releases use to cause such a buzz
Tweets turned into comics http://bit.ly/Uo39A Nice idea
I wonder if baby boomers will take up console gaming thanks to the Beatles? http://bit.ly/sPRYq
The artist formerly known as Johnny Rotten relaunches Public Image Ltd so he can express “proper emotions” http://bit.ly/EBxn3
Music friends r already arguing whether Beatles redone albums(out this week) will sound better in mono or stereo. These things do matter!
US school dumps ilibrary of 20,000 books goes totally digital - head:”When I look at books I see outdated technology: http://bit.ly/15zKYQ
I know these are getting a bit tedious but I laughed hearing Hitler comparing Oasis & the Beatles! http://bit.ly/34BhCf
RT spencerbailey Paw Justice, stars sign up to prevent animal cruelty http://bit.ly/14frDH.
After reading about RockBand Beatles I’ve had a Beatles playlist in my head all day. Damn subliminal marketing!!
A radio shock jock in Pakistan doing Taliban jokes! Wonder if i can pick up the show on the interweb. http://bit.ly/wbzjJ
This was not a great headline for the Daily Express http://bit.ly/urD7h
Fascinating research into monkeymusic -music monkeys like. Wonder if any species enjoy say Ramones? http://bit.ly/KB5rg
US mags newstand sales plummet 12.4% -and new Metro a fail. Not surprised at either http://bit.ly/C9B1h
August 2009
51 posts
Amazing how passionate we get about fonts http://bit.ly/WxW4F
RT @ c_heffelfinger Newspapers may be dying out even faster than we thought possible http://bit.ly/s5dnf
The novel is blooming into something more casual and open: a literature of pleasure. The critics will have to catch up http://bit.ly/13ypgc
Time.s traffic leaps by embracing social media “There’s nothing better than people sampling and becoming loyalists” http://bit.ly/2Pb9m9