Real-world ad blocking in San Francisco. And yes, I realize the irony of posting this. As Rob said to me, "By being such an interesting adblocker, it ultimately only further exposes the brand it seeks to block." (Thanks, Jason Tester !) ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/19/2010 - 09:24 - 0 comments

So, you may have noticed the amusing little story we had on Woot's response to the AP for quoting Woot's blog post. The Woot blog post did a tongue-in-cheek mocking of the AP for copying its text, when the AP made a huge deal of bloggers doing that to ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/07/2010 - 08:24 - 0 comments

When W00t! posted its delightful notice about being acquired by Amazon , it was picked up and re-run by blogs all over the net. Not wanting to miss out on the action, the Associated Press ran the story and the text, too. One problem: the AP has ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/06/2010 - 23:11 - 0 comments

There are so many reasons to love Woot, including their recent awesome letter and video about their acquisition. But, even better may be that in today's Woot offering , they mock the Associated Press for its coverage of the Woot acquisition , ...

feed item - whytewolf - 07/06/2010 - 09:50 - 0 comments

It appears that Amazon is expanding by trying to buy up cool e-commerce companies that have unique and fun cultures that its fans love. I would imagine there are worse strategies out there. We already covered how Amazon bought Zappos , with the ...

feed item - whytewolf - 06/30/2010 - 18:32 - 0 comments

Clay Shirky's second book, The Cognitive Surplus , picks up where his stellar debut, Here Comes Everybody left off: explaining how the net's lowered costs for group activity allow us to be creative and even generous in ways that we never ...

feed item - whytewolf - 06/10/2010 - 05:43 - 0 comments

Minneapolis' soon-to-be newest bookstore— Boneshaker Books —is financing their launch in August by subletting their store space by the week all summer long. For $200, any group can rent Storefront-In-A-Box , and do with it as they please. This week, ...

feed item - whytewolf - 06/07/2010 - 08:17 - 0 comments

Another entry in my occasional series of geek graffiti photos, this shot from the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio: "Talk nerdy. I like it alot." Geek graffiti in bathroom C graffiti ...

feed item - whytewolf - 06/03/2010 - 20:33 - 0 comments

Reader Kurata alerts us to a proposal put forth by a French politician, Jean-Louis Masson, that would outlaw anonymous blogging (Google translation from the original French ). The law says that anyone who "edits... a non-professional communication ...

feed item - whytewolf - 06/02/2010 - 10:47 - 0 comments

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feed item - whytewolf - 05/25/2010 - 13:16 - 0 comments