Our second speaker, Jeffrey Zeldman, spoke a lot on copy. A. Lot. Some of it was obvious, some of it was useful, but overall, I didn't find it hugely necessary for me. But this conference isn't about me. He was an excellent speaker, however, and his presentation was pretty keen ( Read more... )

I'll be at this conference for today and tomorrow, and, as such, you won't see much of me. Try not to miss me too much.

I may do some wrap up blogging during the breaks.

I have to comics today, one just straight up hysterical (and possibly true) and then one that is art imitating Boston.com:

Today's XKCD:

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Someone snagged one before the scare and is ebaying it:
Mooninites (Ignignokt) LED Advertising Bomb

On or about 3pm yesterday, I alerted our news gather division to the Marketing nature of these "attacks." My information was met with surprise and intrigue, but I was later told "they have to confirm it before they call anything ( Read more... )

Friday, The Pants (Sean) and I went to catch the truly great Gnarls Barkley at Avalon. Since they do that club-riffic "Avaland" or whatever it's called at 10pm, it was a nice early show, so we got to rock and get to bed before 2 ( Read more... )

Link: Holywood babies in 20 years
Link 2.0: I heart South Park
Link, pt. 3: Darth Vader is a Hello Kitty fan

MP3: Dylan does Beatles: Yesterday
MP3 2.0: Elliot Smith does Beatles: Because
MP3, pt. 3: Raconteurs do Gnarls: Crazy

Video: MC Hammer was in Star Wars
Video 2.0: James Blunt parody: My Cubicle
Video, pt. 3: Rob Cordry: This Week in God - ( Read more... )

Link: The Globe is racist because it covers the Big Dig
MP3: Video Killed the Radio Star - Both Original and a Cover
Video: Stephen Colbert Vs. Eleanor Holmes Norton
News: Man builds home from Big Dig scraps

Link: If you read just ONE thing today, make it a story about Ann Coulter. If you read two about her, read this as well. - Text is, most likely, NSFW. *
MP3: Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good has one more 'Crazy' cover - mmmm, Mates of State.
Video: My US of Whateva - the W edition.*
News: Tunnel collapses, no one surprised. I don't mean to be an ( Read more... )

While I feel great sadness for the loss of life, does it make me an asshole that I've actually been waiting for and counting the day until this finally happened?