Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Photo: Seeking the real Antonia Bayle. Sony Online Entertainment has announced a real-life quest for a woman who looks like the fetching "Everquest II" heroine. [CNET News.com] Those marketing execs should just be looking at Sony and Everquest... The primer is here! 8:24:25 PM    comment [] New Lobby, and Address, for a 1900's Hotel. The dome over a bar in the Hotel Carlton had been ignored for so long - decades, in fact - that the building's owners were not quite sure what its stained glass looked like. The layers of tobacco tar and dirt were so thick that the dome appeared to have been painted black. In fact, the glass held a cornucopia, its contents depicted in brilliant colors. By By JOHN HOLUSHA. [NYT > Business] great story on restoration... 8:20:07 PM    comment [] Working Moms Tear Down Office Walls. Women are reshaping the workday by interweaving jobs and parenting, thanks to technology, entrepreneurial smarts, and changing attitudes [BusinessWeek Online -- Top News] Great article but the focus on the 20 to 30 year old demographic cohort is a bit misleading... But then, hey it is business week, what did I expect? And of course, there isn't a way to give them feedback that the story is a bit bigger than they have covered... 8:13:13 PM    comment [] N.B.A. Says Van Gundy Went Over the Line. Psychology aside, the game within the game took a day off, and the Jeff Van Gundy uproar will have to wait. By By LIZ ROBBINS. [NYT > Sports] I get such a kick out of things like this.  No assumption that it this guy might be telling the true, since after all, what could he possibly gain by starting up something like this if it doesn't have some truth to it?  Nope,  Stern just ASSUMES that it is more crazy shenninghans and his guys couldn't possibly be on th take... DUH!!! 8:08:00 PM    comment [] New Technology is the Big Challenge for Madison Avenue's Executives. Advertising poo-bahs are gathering for an annual conference in Bermuda, where they will discuss how technology is challenging their ability to deliver commercials to consumers. By By STUART ELLIOTT. [NYT > Technology] talk about bunch of people getting together to stare at their navels while the train leaves the station... Oh well, the longer they are lost in the clouds trying to figure out what is happening to their once automatic connection to the materialistic American consumer, the more we have a chance to break free of their influence and noise. 8:05:11 PM    comment [] IBM LOGO MUST NOT BE MOVED. If you want to see the source of the prevailing PowerPoint paradigm today, look no farther than your own corporate PowerPoint template. If you don't have corporate template handy, it's pretty easy to find the PowerPoint template for many organizations... [beyond bullets]  This guy makes so much sense... No wonder 2500 people want to attend his webinar. Great perspective on the realties of templettes, their cult of Queen Templet and their motto? our work is done when we throw over the fence and hit you in the communication kester with it 7:53:25 PM    comment [] Quote of the day: E-mail snoops and bathroom cams. Australian state attorney, in support of legislation to ban unauthorized spying on employees, likens e-mail snooping to surveillance cameras in changing rooms. [CNET News.com] Go Aussies. Call this one for privacy! 7:44:11 PM    comment [] A Gender Difference We Take for Granted. Everyone from university presidents to scientists have courted controversy with remarks about innate genetic differences between men and women. Commentator Lori Gottlieb points out that one area seems immune from the debate: communication. [NPR Programs: All Things Considered] 6:05:08 PM    comment [] Adobe Unruffled by Macromedia Restatement (AP). AP - Adobe Systems Inc. says the restatement of Macromedia Inc.'s earnings for the past three years won't affect its planned takeover. [Yahoo! News: Technology] 5:45:31 PM    comment [] 6 Words You Don't Want To Hear When Your Project is on Deadline. "We better run that by Legal." [Brain Frieze] 10:37:39 AM    comment []

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