John Drinnan: TVNZ looking for iTunes web link

John Drinnan: TVNZ looking for iTunes web link - 27 Mar 2007 - NZ Herald: New Zealand Business and Personal Finance News

Smart move. iTunes lets you aggregate your own stuff, rather than having to depend on a proprietary, browser-based player.

Elderly baby-boomers take over America

Elderly baby-boomers take over America

Quote:

Mr Fell's company makes a living telling executives how to change their advertising to target the new elderly. He recently spoke to casino owners in Las Vegas. His message: out with the cheap bus tours, in with the razzmatazz and dazzle. Effectively, they should market to the elderly as they do to the young. "The extent that they have to change almost shocks them," he said.

Effectively, they should market to the elderly as they do to the young. This should make things a lot simpler!

First TVNZ, now Ribena - Gen C strikes!

Hannah Samuel blogs about the two 14-year-olds who are landing GlaxoSmithKline in hot water over the amount of vitamin C in Ribena - close to zero, according to the girls' science project.

It's just like the Famous Five, only it's real!

Advertising Age - Digital - How Functional Widgets Are Shaking Up the Web

Advertising Age - Digital - How Functional Widgets Are Shaking Up the Web

I'm a big fan of widgets. Should be an interesting development.

Just for laughs...

From MikeysFunnies.com ... an oldie but a goodie:

The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone reading a Ph.D. dissertation or academic paper:

"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"...
I didn't look up the original reference.

"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"...
These data are practically meaningless.

"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"...
An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.

"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"...
The other results didn't make any sense.

"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"...
This is the prettiest graph.

"IN MY EXPERIENCE"...
Once

"IN CASE AFTER CASE"...
Twice

"IN A SERIES OF CASES"...
Thrice

"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"...
I think.

"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"...
A couple of others think so, too.

"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"...
Wrong.

"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"...
Rumor has it.

"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"...
A wild guess.

"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"...
Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of soda.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"...
I don't understand it.

"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"...
They don't understand it either.

"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"...
Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.

"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"...
A totally useless topic selected by my committee.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS FIELD"...
I quit.

TBI Tuesday Q&A: Jonathan King :: The Big Idea :: an online community of New Zealand's creative industries

TBI Tuesday Q&A: Jonathan King :: The Big Idea :: an online community of New Zealand's creative industries

No comment, more of a personal bookmark so I can read it later. Also see the interview with Jonathan King in the latest Idealog. (The article's not online yet, but the podcast is)

Bum Rush the Charts

The people are flexing their power today, or tomorrow, depending on your time zone.



Bum Rush the Charts is an attempt by "all of us" to show the music industry that we don't freakin' need them! How do we show them that? By putting an independent artist at #1 on the iTunes store charts.

This is so Generation C! The power of many motivated individuals taking things into their own hands. Wonderful!

So today's the day, and there are detailed instructions at http://bumrushthecharts.blogspot.com/. If you're in New Zealand, it'll cost only $1.79. Only trouble is, the iTunes store isn't working right now. Does this mean the project is a success and the servers are overloaded?

I previewed the track and it's great. Just one little comment to whoever chose the band - to make it a little more inclusive, could we have an artist that doesn't have soft-porn cover art next time?