Sean Tice

Zeaskeez - Rotary (CD) [CD]

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:25:00 -0400

(with additional reporting from Little Man) A couple years ago I was in a band. We made a CD and sold it at shows for $10. Now it’s on sale at Amazon for $29.99, by God knows who.

This is a true relic from the mid ’00s, folks, back when we cataloged our setlists on Blogspot (lol omg wtf?). The big question is whether this is a first edition or collector’s edition (yes, there’s actually a difference).

Really, if you buy the CD you have to send it back to us so we can repackage it with archival live cuts and a thirty page retrospective in photos. Charlie, our guitarist and vault manager, will outfit you accordingly and be your IFF.

1K and Running

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:13:00 -0400

As I mentioned in May, my good friend Jon Bellona is currently running across the country - one mile for every American soldier killed in Iraq. I’m pleased to share that this morning Jon and his team reached the 1,000 mile mark.

You can stay up to speed on the run here.

Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:11:08 -0400

Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air

Hey Mark Cuban: no one's kicking anyone's ass

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:12:34 -0400

I’m fed up. What’s with the general upset over YouTube’s inability to turn a profit? Either everyone’s obsessed with instant ROI or people are just jealous of YouTube’s sell to Google.

Here’s the deal: companies - strong, successful organizations with long term viability - take time to build and profit. Don’t credit Google for making a dumb purchase just yet.

In other industries, long term ROI is more often a fact of life. While everyone in the valley rides the wave and overvalues a company like Facebook, Google is treating YouTube like a sandbox, toying with different strategies to ultimately make YouTube profitable - and that’s okay.

And remember the playland at McDonald’s? Google understands the notion of brand loyalty, and I can only imagine how much web video the pre-high school demo is consuming today. The result is a legion of viewers who don’t have purchasing power now, but will eventually be that coveted 18 to 34 demo.

The bottom line is that true monetization takes patience - I don’t know YouTube’s long term strategy, but it’s clear to me that they’re ignoring the high tides in favor of more consistent, favorable waters. At a time when everyone is frantically groping for a “monetization strategy”, YouTube is building out the most robust - albeit aesthetically unappealing - video destination site. Annotations is just the latest in a long line of awesome tools that no doubt increase community engagement and time spent on site (Hulu begins and ends with text commenting).

YouTube has a loyal (or at least consistent) audience, awesome tools, and the foresight to take it slow. You can make money overnight, but you can also make money over time.

Sunday Embed

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:55:20 -0400

Sunday Embed

Men Write Code from Mars, Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:08 -0400

Men Write Code from Mars, Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus:

imarks:

(via jamiew)

The world’s longest foosball table?

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:37:32 -0400

The world’s longest foosball table?

Run for the Fallen gets some national attention

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:57:38 -0400

Run for the Fallen gets some national attention:

imarks:

(via lindsaycampbell)

Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:49:39 -0400

Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic: ISPs are ready to charge more for users who consume large amounts of bandwidth. It’s been done before (cell phones, dial-up), but this time around it may have a serious effect on the growth of web video.

Last week MobLogic posted a video response to Why every guy...

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:36:27 -0400

Last week MobLogic posted a video response to Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit. I couldn’t help but notice - and click on - a related video labeled HOT CHICK FALLS OFF CAR AND LOSES TOP!

This is nothing new, but I really believe this video has some artistic merit, albeit as a video installation at a post post modern gallery in the back of a warehouse in East New York.

Sunday Embed: O/S 2 Warp

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:15:29 -0400

Sunday Embed: O/S 2 Warp

"Communication always changes society, and society was always organized around communication..."

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:10:00 -0400

“Communication always changes society, and society was always organized around communication channels. Two hundred years ago it was mostly rivers. It was sea-lanes and mountain passes. The Internet is another form of communication and commerce. And society organizes around the channels.”

- Vinod Khosla, Inventing the Internet: An Oral History
In the second half of the 1800s, rural mid-west farmers had a tough time obtaining quality and reasonably priced goods from distant Chicago. The introduction of railroad tracks changed all that - tracks as a conduit for exchanging goods is obvious, but it was Montgomery Ward who introduced the mail order catalog (or directory of goods, if you will) to the farmers, thus enabling them to take advantage of this new mode of transportation. Crops and wood went into the city for processing and distribution, furniture, clothing, and books went out to the farmers for consumption.

I thought we all agreed pay-per-view doesn’t work? More on...

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:57:17 -0400

I thought we all agreed pay-per-view doesn’t work? More on Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones here.

The Godfather, Choose Your Own Adventure Style

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:52:00 -0400

While we toy around with YouTube’s new annotations, the kids at Force Theory are really putting the tool to the test with a choose your own adventure-ized version of Coppola’s The Godfather.

Annotations don’t show up in embeds from YouTube, so go here to really take it for a spin.

Sunday Embed: Every Sunday I’ll be embedding a video from the...

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:31:59 -0400

Sunday Embed: Every Sunday I’ll be embedding a video from the vault, while in bed. Get it?

YouTube Introduces Annotations

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:42:45 -0400

YouTube Introduces Annotations: So many possibilities. Lots to come with MobLogic and Wallstrip on YouTube.

Video

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:48:43 -0400

"Maybe they’re going to be known as ’the little g’ rather than ’The Big G’ from now on…"

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:59:29 -0400

“Maybe they’re going to be known as ’the little g’ rather than ’The Big G’ from now on…”

- Google’s New Favicon, Google Blogoscoped

Sudden Disconnect Over Social Networking Deal

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:44:06 -0400

Sudden Disconnect Over Social Networking Deal: Can you bring down the walled garden and still make buckets of cash? Seems like an either/or scenario. (via AD)

Ten Commandments for Surviving the Drug War

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:20:11 -0400