We work hard to make ASM look so suave
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 Posted in current events | No Comments »This infographic from Visually tells the timeless startup story: harried startup execs stay up late guzzling caffeine and toiling in obscurity so that their companies can present clean-shaven, smooth-operating faces to the world. True to ASM spokes-icon Ricky Chill's retro ...
Be the Mayor! (of Goto4WallaSquareToHellvngr)
Thursday, May 27th, 2010 Posted in current events, interactive, technology, Uncategorized | No Comments »Being recognized as the mayor of Virgin America Gate 37 at SFO is an esteemed position, to be sure. Or at least, so I thought when my colleague Josh McHugh (@redw0rm) took over the title. That feat was my impetus ...
If I Can Dream Launch
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in current events, interactive, technology, video | No Comments »Today we're in the final preparations for tomorrow's launch of If I Can Dream, the project we've been working on with Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment for the last few months. We're doing some final testing of the interactive Twitter system, and ...
Think naming a band is hard WSJ? Try naming a show about naming bands!
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in comedy, current events, media coverage, Uncategorized | No Comments »Apparently, it is hard to find a name for a band. Problem is, as the Wall Street Journal reported today, all the good names are taken. We ran into this problem too, and wrote about it - and our unique, rigorous, ...
The VCs have spoken: Edward Sharpe is killing it. Congrats Nora from Dorm Life!
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 Posted in current events | 3 Comments »It seems Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are everywhere lately. Possibly because they just finished a nationwide tour. Or perhaps because they are simply excellent. Or maybe because they have a great accordionist. Congratulations to Nora Kirkpatrick - who ...
Fish Story
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in current events, Uncategorized | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="66-lbs-of-salmon"][/caption] ASM writing ace Jim Brandon is so good at, well, making things up, that we assumed he was taking some creative liberties when he emailed ASM HQ about the 40-pound Chinook salmon he'd caught on a ...
The Day Old Media Died
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | No Comments »If you've got a few minutes, check out the first couple of verses of this nearly syllable-for-syllable adaptation of Don McLean's epic "The Day the Music Died." Some clever, euphonious devil has reworked it as a eulogy for the fat ...
Bit.ly: Analytics Service Disguised as URL Compressor, Part Deux
Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in current events, ratings | No Comments »This week, Bit.ly became the in-house URL compressor for Twitter, Marshall Kirkpatrick reports at ReadWriteWeb. We wrote a few weeks ago that we love Bit.ly for the rich tracking and analytics it provides - apparently, we're not alone. Kirkpatrick quotes James ...
Video Views Surpass Searches, Yet Market Under-Monetized
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in current events, video | 1 Comment »Wow. Well, we were given notice about a year ago that such a thing would come to pass, but it finally happened. Online video views surpassed searches: November 2008 Video Views: 12.7 billion November 2008 Searches: 12.3 billion While the fact that video ...
2009 Oscar Nominees Parodied!
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in comedy, current events, video | No Comments »Sock Tube Presents is at again, with 5 new parodies of the Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees! There's even some celebrity cameos (Milk? Maury Povich? Blossom? You betcha!), so head over to Sock Tube Presents and get primed for the ...
