Modern Voices

Competitive Chat

When you think about it, it's a little bit like competitive Twittering.

-- MTV's digital team
re: BackChannel, MTV's microblogging-tv mashup

Craigslist the Place for Dead Moose

"So if you’re in the market for a dead moose, now you know where to look.”

-- Jim Buckmaster, Craigslist

Ah, The Silence of Print

"I treasure the magazine experience of, like, going into this little world that's been prepared for you by somebody else."  It's not like the Web, where there's just this constant cacophony of noise."

-- David Granger, editor-in-chief, Esquire Magazine

My Room Might Collide with Yours

"At my home, the living room is stationary. But on the road, my “room” may collide with yours."

Keefe Leung, Manager, Advanced Connectivity Technology Group, Chysler
referring to the launch of UConnect, a service that turns Chysler vehicles into Internet wireless hotspots.

Mobile People, Not Mobile Devices

“We must focus on mobile people, not mobile devices. In other words, we are not merely shrinking in size a Web experience, but creating an entirely new platform for communication and interaction.”

Nadav Savio and Jared Braiterman
via Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog

Not Getting Today's Media Environment Makes You a Silent Screen Stars

"It's like the Clintons, both of them, had sort of a 'Sunset Boulevard' thing going on. They were silent screen stars who couldn't make the transition to talkies."

-- Michael Cornfeld, professor and new media analyst, George Washington University

The World Got Changed By Two Companies

"The world got changed by two companies.  Apple is taking away the profitability of TV, and Google is taking it away in print. And it's never going to reverse."

[Google] It's just a parasite.  It doesn't create content, it steals it, borrows it, shares it."

 

-- Jim Cramer, host Mad Money on CNBC

YouTube is a Must For Studios

"A studio declining to do business with YouTube would be like a cereal maker not dealing with Wal-Mart.

-- Bobby Tulsiani,JupiterResearch analyst
via Forbes

National Geographic Embeds in Web

"Every episode from Nat Geo's schedule now has its own Web page, letting viewers dig deeper into shows through games, interviews and show-specific blogs. And, in true Web 2.0 fashion, the revamped site lets users embed a video player and any video clip from anywhere on the site."

--Multichannel News, regarding Nat Geo site redesign

 

Online Environments can Seduce You

“These online environments are structured such that they reward and seduce you to perform complex, tedious tasks.” How difficult would it be for developers to embed real work into these environments?”

--Nick Yee, Standford University

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