Archive for May, 2007

Quote o’ the Day

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Confucius

“The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.”
Confucius

Reaching Tweens In Virtual Spaces

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Cool -- I'm gonna be fascinated to learn some of that stuff myself!

A little less than two weeks from now, I’ll be in Orlando at Kid Power 2007. Erik Hauser of Swivel Media and I will be talking about how kajeet is doing it right in Whyville. Stop by and say hello if you’re in the neighborhood.

Clearly Hamas Has No Equivalent to CARU

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

M-I-C (see you in the afterlife) K-E-Y (why? because we hate you!)

Here’s a little something that slipped past the brand police over at Disney. Or maybe not. (What could they really do about it, anyway?) Yikes.

MAY 21 UPDATE: Disney: “We were appalled.”

You Win This Round, Jobs …

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Oh, sure, a GREEN apple -- right after the Beatles lawsuit gets settled

Apple vs. Greenpeace. It sorta sounds like a corporate version of MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch, doesn’t it?

Musicovery

Monday, May 7th, 2007

The Musicovery control panel

Musicovery is a pretty cool site and an interesting way to discover new music. Choose your genre, choose your decade, choose hits or non hits or choose your mood, then explore the sounds via the unique graphic map that results.

(Thanks to Barbara Pflughaupt for the heads up on this one.)