Meet the 'Mann' who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours (Paul Sloan/CNET) April 22, 2012 Paul Sloan / CNET: Meet the 'Mann' who registered 14,962 domains in 24 hours — Mike Mann, sporting a costume that suits his bluster. — The next time you find yourself pounding your keyboard in frustration because the domain name you want is already taken, direct your ire toward Mike Mann. […]
Why Internet/GDP Ratios Make No Sense (Felix Salmon/Wired) April 21, 2012 Felix Salmon / Wired: Why Internet/GDP Ratios Make No Sense — On Monday, the Economist reprinted a chart from a BCG report, which purported to show the contribution of "the internet" to the total GDP of various different countries. Britain comes out on top, with an internet-to-GDP ratio of 8.3%; it's followed by Korea … […]
Skeumorphism & Storytelling - Designers love to hate skeumorphism. (Tobias Ahlin) April 21, 2012 Tobias Ahlin: Skeumorphism & Storytelling — Designers love to hate skeumorphism. It's just decoration, they say. It's completely useless. It will go out of style. Or as Mark Boulton, co-founder of Five Simple Steps, put it on twitter: … Yet Apple and many other software developers continue to use it heavily in some of their apps. […]
Creative Artists Agency gets into celebrity tech start-ups (Jefferson Graham/USA Today) April 21, 2012 Jefferson Graham / USA Today: Creative Artists Agency gets into celebrity tech start-ups — When Matt Kozlov walks through the halls of the super-powerful Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency each morning, he works alongside agents and managers for George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. His job? […]
Nick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head (Mathew Ingram/GigaOM) April 21, 2012 Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: Nick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head — Over the past couple of months, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton has made it clear that he doesn't like blog comments very much, and that includes the ones on his own sites such as Gizmodo and Jezebel. […]
