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Entries for May 2003
The sounds from San Francisco.
The sounds from San Francisco.. Commercial free, listener supported, Web only.
The super TVs are coming.
The super TVs are coming.. Incl: a transparent vibrating film that functions as a loudspeaker spanned over the display screen.
Best McSweeney’s list ev-ver: Top 10 Things I (
Best McSweeney’s list ev-ver: Top 10 Things I (not me) Love About You, Janine (probably not you).
Another guest poster to the remaindered links weblog
As some of you know, kottke.org is actually a subsidiary of Glassdog Heavy Industries & Sewing Supply Depot. I’ve been getting lots of pressure from corporate lately about “creating opportunities for synergy” and “being a team player”. To that end, Mr. Lance Arthur will be posting to the remaindered links weblog (rss) for a few weeks. It is hoped that by doing so, I will get my executive washroom privileges back (and, I guess, some good links).
Flash animation of a Doctor Who episode
Flash animation of a Doctor Who episode written by Douglas Adams.
First good look at TypePad
Six Apart has posted some screenshots and a small list of frequently asked questions about their upcoming TypePad service. Looks like we finally have a weblog service that’s easy enough for beginners to use but powerful & flexible enough for power users. Once TypePad launches, Google will have their work cut out for them in trying to catch up with Blogger and Blog*Spot. (And actually, I don’t think Google much cares about weblogging software…they’re much more interested in the search component, how to help people find information on blogs. Plus, they could easily pull a Microsoft to Six Apart’s Netscape, make a free Blog*Spot Pro service, and drive 6A out of the biz…which would totally suck.)
They’re making a Free Enterprise 2 with Shatner *and* Nimoy
They’re making a Free Enterprise 2 with Shatner *and* Nimoy.
Screenshots of new version of AOL
Screenshots of new version of AOL. doesn’t say whether or not it comes with 3-D glasses
Footage of LOTR: Return of the King
Footage of LOTR: Return of the King. QT movie, poor quality
Win up to a whole quarter a
Win up to a whole quarter a day answering trivia questions on Amazon’s site.
Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research
Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research. Mike Kuniavsky
And now we go to PizzaFace, live at the Pentagon
And now we go to PizzaFace, live at the Pentagon. Google News screenshot
Article on the creation of the titles
Article on the creation of the titles for Catch Me If You Can.
Stewart has video clips of the Trachtenburg
Stewart has video clips of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at GEL.
eBay is going to let people pay
eBay is going to let people pay for stuff with frequent flyer miles.
The economic case for “it’s the user experience, stupid”
Gareth Lloyd offers up an economic analysis of online music (mit graphs!) using consumer theory in How to make money from internet music (and make everybody better off in the process):
Moreover, I hope to show that despite our present gains, the internet retains great untapped potential. Apple’s new iTunes Music Store is, I believe, an important precursor of what is to come. The strength of Apple’s business plan lies in reducing search costs below those of the best file sharing software. If other record companies embrace internet distribution, they can do the same, and music listeners will gain access to a huge library of music. I will show that this gives a way for music companies to make money from the internet while simultaneously increasing the welfare and satisfaction of their customers.
The conclusion seems to be that music listeners have a very bright future. The only way that companies can succeed is to stop trying to exploit search costs and make their customers better off. In addition, a general reduction of search costs will lead to important secondary effects. By making it easy to search for new and better music, the internet will force companies to pay close attention to listeners and improve their products. They’ve long been able to make large profits on inferior products, but once listeners can find better music with minimum effort, the output of major record labels will have to improve in order to maintain market share.
That’s a pretty hopeful view; it would be nice to see it come to pass, if only partially. I wonder if the music companies are doing any of this kind of analysis?
Chimps and humans may be so closely
Chimps and humans may be so closely related as to be in the same genus (Homo).
Adaptation on DVD
In case you didn’t get the chance to see Adaptation at a theatre near you, it’s out on DVD tomorrow. There aren’t any special features on the disc, but a features-laden version of the film will be out in a few months.
p.s. The Two Towers is out on DVD in August as well.
Use the RIAA Radar bookmarklet to check
Use the RIAA Radar bookmarklet to check if an album was recorded by a member of the RIAA.
Juicy Couture founders have hit the big time
Juicy Couture founders have hit the big time. I want me some Juicy Couture
Nick’s working the connections as Gawker gets
Nick’s working the connections as Gawker gets profiled in the NY Times.
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