28 · 06
@wroush Says Goodbye to Boston | Xconomy
Who was it who wrote, “If Silicon Valley didn’t exist, Boston would have to invent it in order to have someplace to feel inferior to”?
via xconomy.com
28 · 06
Touting Redesign, MSNBC Declares Pageviews ‘Dead’ | paidContent
The big idea behind just about every website redesign these days generally revolves around “less is more” minimalism. But it looks like MSNBC.com’s redo actually means it: the new site, which just went fully live, promises to do an end with clicking on stories and on ads.
via paidcontent.org
23 · 06
How 'Rolling Stone' Got Access to Gen McChrstal - It only took 1 e-mail
Can you explain how the article came about—what was the pitching and reporting process?
I was Baghdad correspondent for NEWSWEEK for two years, and I left the magazine after covering the elections. I wrote a piece for GQ before Obama took office that raised some serious questions about the direction we were taking in Afghanistan. So it was something I wanted to be writing about. I saw General McChrystal and his new strategy as a way to look at our Afghan policy to see if it’s working or if it’s a totally insane enterprise. I met with editors at Rolling Stone, they seemed into the idea, so I e-mailed McChrystal’s people. I didn’t think I was going to get any access at all. It’s one of those strange journalistic twists. They said yes, come on over to Paris to spend a couple days with us.
via newsweek.com
18 · 06
The US Goal That Wasn’t - Via Joe Posnanski
Understand: This was Nolan Ryan’s seventh no-hitter. This was Jerry West’s 60-foot shot. This was Montana to Clark in the end zone. This was Bobby Orr’s flying goal. This was the young Tiger Woods at Augusta. This was all those things multiplied several times, because this was happening on the giant stage, in the world’s biggest sporting event. A team does not come back from a 2-0 halftime deficit to win in the World Cup. It doesn’t happen. It had NEVER happened. In soccer at the World Cup level — with its impossible mix of passion and fury and consequence and vuvuzelas — each goal is a minor miracle. Two goals is basically insurmountable, especially when a team has shut you out for an entire half.
Kyle Austin
He currently serves as an Account Supervisor at Racepoint Group, where he has provided communications, marketing and strategic counsel for clients, including: One Laptop per Child, Sony, eHarmony and the Consumer Electronics Association.
He holds a BS from Endicott College in Communications, where he was a four-year letterman and captain of the Men's Soccer team.
Kyle focuses his blogging on the rapid evolution of business, media and marketing in the digital age, while closely examining how businesses are turning into media companies. He has sat down for interviews with numerous thought leaders in the space, including:
- John Markoff of the New York Times
- David Kirkpatrick, author of "The Facebook Effect"
You can follow him on Twitter @kyledaustin.
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