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January 2010

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“I feel like flow is ascendant these days, for obvious reasons—but we neglect stock at our own peril. I mean that both in terms of the health of an audience and, like, the health of a soul. Flow is a treadmill, and you can’t spend all of your time running on the treadmill. Well, you can. But then one day you’ll get off and look around and go: Oh man. I’ve got nothing here. But I’m not saying you should ignore flow! No: this is no time to hole up and work in isolation, emerging after long months or years with your perfectly-polished opus. Every body will go: huh? Who are you? And even if they don’t—even if your exquisitely-carved marble statue of Boba Fett is the talk of the tumblrs for two whole days—if you don’t have flow to plug your new fans into, you’re suffering a huge (here it is!) opportunity cost. You’ll have to find them all again next time you emerge from your cave.” —Stock and flow «  Snarkmarket
Jan 19, 20100 notes
#stock #flow #economics #time management #twitter #facebook #blogging #writing #books #short form #long form
Hollywood and Technology Companies Work to Make Digital Video Portable - NYTimes.com → nytimes.com

I think format wars will soon be replaced by the “preference war” — subscriptions vs. purchases. I’m not sure if 2010 will the year this starts to really coalesce, but it will *absolutely* come to a head in the next three years.

Jan 04, 20100 notes
#subscriptions #purchases #dvds #blu-ray #movie studios #movies #things to watch
Link by Link - Google’s Open Attitude Is Tested by Ad Blockers for Chrome - NYTimes.com → nytimes.com

Two things I appreciate here:

1. Google recognizes that browser extensions are a geek perk, not something with broad-based appeal. I imagine most Firefox users don’t even know extensions exist. And I imagine even fewer people know Google *has* a browser. All this may change in time, but right now it’s not an issue.

2. I will be stunned — jaw-droppingly stunned — if Google clamps down on ad blocker extensions for Chrome. That would be so insanely stupid. Like, Facebook/Beacon stupid.

Jan 04, 20100 notes
#google #chrome #browsers #extensions #advertising #geeks #consumers
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