Aug. 31, 1920: News Radio Makes News

1920: A Detroit station airs what is believed to be the radio news broadcast. The exact headlines of that day are of no historical significance, but with this local newscast a nascent medium finally conveys a message so compelling that it would soon capture the world’s imagination as only television and the internet would, many, many years later.

How CEOs Will Use Social Media in the Future

“Eric Schmidt of Google is an infrequent Twitterer and is not a blogger; Steve Ballmer at Microsoft has no blog and no Twitter account; Michael Dell is on Twitter but is not an external blogger … Steve Jobs of Apple, and Larry Ellison of Oracle have no Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or blog presences that we could find.”

Just North of Something Important

It’s also wierd how it purposely speaks to older people who’ve long since moved away from the suburbs and moved on with their lives. It makes you write a letter to the former self who lived there. Yikes. This would be much more relevant if they honestly just wrote it for kids who are still unhappy in the ‘burbs because I know I would have loved it back then. Now it’s just like, ok, whatever dudes. I’m not moved by this.

Henry Horenstein’s Honky Tonk Photography

Henry Horenstein’s Honky Tonk photo series follows the ’70s country scene, and some of these characters look like people I wish I knew. Check out the whole collection, each print is incredible.

John Kenn’s Monsters

John Kenn works on television shows for children, but in his spare time draws monsters on Post-It Notes.

We Can See the Reputation Market’s Event Horizon From Here

ou will be crushed by the banality of your own self-promotion.

If $33 seems like an awful lot to see Spoon play…

If this world was more fair, there would be some kind of reasonable minimum wage rate for bands and the ticket prices would have to go up for those cheaper shows too. Please remember that everything is more expensive now! Ticket prices can’t stay the same as they were 10, 15, 20 years ago if you want anyone involved to stay in business.

Colonel Kicked Out of Afghanistan for Anti-PowerPoint Rant

Consider it a new version of death by PowerPoint. The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer who publicly criticized its interminable briefings, its over-reliance on Microsoft’s slide-show program, and what he considered its crushing bureaucracy.

Modernist Cuisine: The Art & Science of Cooking

Modernist Cuisine is a six-volume, 2,400-page set that acts as cookbook and food reinvention tool. You can pre-order it now on Amazon for a mere $500, or download the PDF that tells you about the book. The book is by Microsoft billionaire Nathan Myhrvold.

via Kottke

Minimalist Music Video Posters

by Federico Mancosu

Ryan Freitas – 35 Lessons in 35 Years

Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.

The Day After FM chips come to Mobile Phones…

What happens to your world if FM radio chips are installed on mobile phones? Not much, probably. But here are two unintended consequences to consider.

An Open Letter to CRM and Social Media People

Most social media consultants in the world are marketers, content creators, and technology aficionados. There is A LOT that can be learned from the CRM guys in the world who have been working with these same organizations for over the past 20+ years on building and developing customer engagement strategies and business processes.