Susan Mernit has two great post of links -
- One to an article about social networking sites and how they are working to combine play and micro-payments.
- A post by her fellow Yahoolian Leonard Lin (using Vox) who muses and creates a list of technology/life elements that will be very much in our lives in 2011. I too am quite blown away by the Nike ipod module, aware and scared (my feelings) of RFID, and interested n personal aggregaters. Susan says she will follow with a list - I see a meme starting and can't wait to read hers.
WashingtonPost launches PostGlobal - an ongoing discussion of great thinkers on specific topics - A friend of mine and me were talking about something like this with a POD component. It will be interesting to watch. (via IWantMedia)
Donald Trump caught cheating at golf. Not really that surprising but it is interesting that TMZ got the photo. There was a very respected man who was a member at my father's golf club who was caught cheating. No one looked at him the same way again and he eventually resigned. It is something you just don't do.
A teaser - my friend and client Ron Suskind has a book coming out on the 20th called The One Percent Doctrine . It is going to be explosive but it also under strict blackout, I don't even have the copy for the site yet (joy oh joy) That said his site is being updated so take a look on the 19th. Here is the current Amazon Book Description
Relying on unique access to former and current government officials, this book will reveal for the first time how the U.S. government - from President Bush on down - is frantically improvising to fight a new kind of war. Where is the enemy? What have been the real victories and defeats since September 11? How are we actually fighting this war and how can it possibly be won?
Little, in fact, has been revealed about the nature of this struggle and the methods being used. This book will change all that. Readers will, for the first time, see harrowing close calls in America where thousands of lives have been saved - and learn how terrorists have artfully adapted to America's early successes in capturing al Qaeda operatives.
Suskind will show readers what he calls "the invisible battlefield" - a global matrix where U.S. spies race to catch soldiers of jihad before they strike. It is a real life spy thriller with the world's future at stake.
Suskind's report is filled with astonishing disclosures and will profoundly reframe the debate about a war that, each day, redefines America and its place in the world.
Soccer Jews of the world unite - Article in typical NY Observer smugness about a certain type of NY Jewish type who is mad for the World Cup. Damn them for writing this - I am guilty as charged. How I really hate being told I'm a stereotype. Arghh.
