Aggregate Thoughts in a Fragmented World

Posted by goodman on October 23, 2008 10:46 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
So a couple of friends/buddies/partners and I have done an iPhone App (opens iTunes) called Cor.kz... It's all about wine! It is a front end to the worlds largest repository of wine data, vineyards, bottles and reviews and doesn't just give the ability to lookup wine info, but you can also manage your cellar if you want. We have gone... (more)

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Posted by goodman on September 3, 2008 11:22 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
There is an article in today's Los Angeles Times about security on film set locations. It mentions how most of the officers that you see around town doing security and directing traffic on sets are retired, no longer active members of the police force. Personally, I find this quite disturbing! While I live in Santa Monica, which is an independent... (more)

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Posted by goodman on August 20, 2008 12:24 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
So the TechCrunch50 is about to happen in early September. One of the judges that will be rating/reviewing the companies is Henry Blodget. While Mr. Blodget is a smart man, no denying that, he has also committed securities fraud and has been banned from the securities business for life!!!! Mr. Blodget did settle without admitting guilt, but if you didn't... (more)

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Posted by goodman on December 4, 2007 3:17 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
So I am reading the usual sources today and I come across this article at News.com. It's about a group in the U.K. that wants to share in concert ticket re-sale revenue. Basically, they want a cut from the broker/secondary/scalper market.... Good luck :-)! This is a market, while despised and not giving back to the artist/group/promoter, they really aren't... (more)

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Posted by goodman on September 11, 2007 3:51 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
I had the opportunity to attend yet another fabulous Town Hall Los Angeles event today. This one was really quite important to all, but most don't know about it. It has even been the subject of a 60 Minutes segment and is having a documentary made about it, it's that important! It is called the "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour" and is... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 18, 2007 12:00 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Wow, he's really smart!!!! I had an opportunity to attend a breakfast at which Christopher Cox, Chairman of the SEC, spoke this morning. While many will say, "So what, you and 200 other people!" it does matter because he came to speak at a function (the breakfast) held by the organization that my mother runs, Town Hall Los Angeles. So... (more)

Posted by goodman on January 11, 2007 6:01 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
"News.com: Online auctioneer eBay has agreed to buy sports ticket reseller StubHub for $310 million in cash, the companies said on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report the deal was imminent." What an interesting purchase. On one hand, I totally understand it. EBay acquired the largest in a field that they weren't themselves. What I don't understand is the love of... (more)

Posted by goodman on September 17, 2006 1:59 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (article and video, $ site) about Ticketmaster and what they are doing about their rivals selling tickets in the secondary/brokerage market. The crux is that Ticketmaster is finally getting competition for services, but I don't think that the article hit the nail on the head. I have some experience in... (more)

Posted by goodman on September 17, 2006 1:36 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
I grew up in Texas and my family was involved in politics (kind of...), having an opportunity to meet/talk with Ann Richards on more than one occasion. She was an amazing woman.... But I just saw her at the beginning of the year while I was traveling in India. We were both in Delhi for the "Beat the Retreat" parade/celebration... (more)

Posted by goodman on March 14, 2006 7:30 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
NYT > Technology: Thousands of producers are creating programming for the Internet aimed at very dedicated small audiences, on everything from vegan cooking to poker.... (more)

Posted by goodman on March 14, 2006 7:29 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
NYT > Technology: CBS is seeking a larger Internet audience by offering the tournament's first 56 games for free on cbssportsline.com, cstv.com and ncaasports.com.... (more)

Posted by goodman on December 19, 2005 12:04 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
NYT > Technology: Mark Cuban's rationale for making hugely expensive investments in Landmark Theaters, an art-house chain, seems dangerously ungrounded in reality.... (more)

Posted by goodman on September 9, 2005 8:38 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
CBS News: "Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot." Aaron Broussard President, Jefferson Parish... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 2, 2005 6:30 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
MediaInfo.com: This is just too good to be true.... I really dislike President Bush and this may be the icing on the cake. So if what the story says is true, then not only did Karl Rove commit serious crimes against The State, but it's possible that Bush and Cheney have committed perjury having testified in front of the grand... (more)

Posted by goodman on April 11, 2005 10:55 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
News.com: Technology companies cut nearly 60,000 U.S. jobs in the first three months of the year, twice the number trimmed in the same period last year and the biggest loss of jobs in the sector since late 2003, according to a new report. This is the reason that I no longer do what I used to.... You can't work if... (more)

Posted by goodman on October 25, 2004 4:00 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
News.com: I own the Treo 600 and love it. Don't see enough new stuff to validate an expensive upgrade to the 650. I'm going to wait for a version with more memory and Wi-Fi built in or at least support for it as an add-on.... (more)

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Posted by goodman on October 2, 2004 5:51 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Fantastic movie that summarizes the RNC in less than three minutes. Saddam Saddam Saddam. Terrorist. 9-11. Over and over.... (more)

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Posted by goodman on September 27, 2004 9:37 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Technology > Patents: Does the Patent System Need an Overhaul?" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/technology/27patent.html?pagewanted=print&position=">The New York Times: Since 1793, the federal government has issued patents to inventors, giving them exclusive ownership of an idea as well as the right to prevent others from using it. Now some experts argue that achieving those rights stifles innovation.... (more)

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Posted by goodman on September 24, 2004 7:11 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Joho the Blog : For reasons beyond my ken, I got asked to talk to the Entertainment and Media section of a World Economic Forum meeting in NYC on Tuesday. How could I say no? Besides, the organizers are completely charming, open-minded, smart people. (Thank you, Alex.)... (more)

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Posted by goodman on September 7, 2004 10:58 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
CBS Marketwatch: Vice President Dick Cheney said the United States faces the threat of another terrorist attack if voters make the "wrong choice" on Election Day, according to a press report published late Tuesday. How does he know? Is he holding something back?... (more)

Posted by goodman on August 26, 2004 6:13 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
RNCWatch: Cabbies Offer Free Rides to Airport For GOP Delegates Willing to Go to Iraq to Fight.... (more)

Posted by goodman on August 20, 2004 2:55 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
News.com: For the past nine months, Gates has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to have his best programmers build a free update to an operating system that many people still don't want. This is why I stopped at Win2k .... (more)

Posted by goodman on August 4, 2004 3:10 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Wired News: Sued out of existence, 321 Studios Shuts Its Doors.... (more)

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Posted by goodman on July 30, 2004 10:00 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Lance Knobel:Security 101 and the DNC Having run large scale events for a living for many years, I can totally understand his point and find it funny how securtiy just "broke down". it's a true shame!... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 23, 2004 8:38 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Scripting News: Finally a great soundbite from John Kerry, I don't recall the exact wording, but I'm sure we'll hear it 18 million times before the election. "I don't think we should be building fire houses in Baghdad and shutting them down here at home." It's perfect. In the same report on NPR, they say Bush no longer wants to... (more)

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Posted by goodman on July 23, 2004 1:22 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Copyright Office on INDUCE Act (IICA): It isn't Strong Enough: This is a post by Ernest Miller of a "play-by-play" of the Registrar of Copyright's somewhat radical statement made at the INDUCE Act hearings. While I may not agree with all of Ernie's views, it is an impressive piece of work.... (more)

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Posted by goodman on July 11, 2004 10:53 AM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
MP3 Blog Roundup | Metafilter... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 7, 2004 6:57 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Wired News: About Gracenote and how it has become intrenched in the music business, building it's data on the backs of music lovers only to turn a cummunity built system into a profit making private venture (nothing necessarily wrong with that).... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 7, 2004 6:37 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
Top News Article | Reuters.com Another interesting article from Reuters about blogging music and it's ability to keep old and unusual stuff "alive".... (more)

Posted by goodman on July 7, 2004 6:35 PM |Digg |Del.icio.us |Reddit |SphereIt |StumbleUpon
An interesting article on how to utilize some Unix to scrape for new music routinely. I'm going to set this up on my new server when i get a chance and see what happens....... (more)