Fimoculous: Archive

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Will you monetize me? For a price. Ask me anything

Dec 31st

Things that didn’t always exist, that had to be invented: spaces between words, the zero, and streets. There’s some sort of lesson there.

Dec 31st

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“I wonder: what is the quality of ‘viral’ that makes it viral? Some...”

– Me, quoted in an essay that proposes the aughts were the first decade to be defined by their virality (memes), an interesting theory that I possibly tried to debunk.

Dec 31st

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Ask me anything http://formspring.me/rexsorgatz

Dec 30th

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DVR Decade

After selling PVR Blog on eBay for $12K+, Matt Haughey posts his final item, 2000s: The Decade of DVR, which has dot-com celebs (Heather Armstrong, Chris Anderson, Nick Denton, Gina Trapani, Jeff Jarvis) reminiscing on how the DVR has changed their life. My favorite is Caterina Fake’s: A guy said to me once, “Wow! As a woman, you can get laid whenever you want!” and I said...

Dec 29th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →

The xx (29) Dirty Projectors (5) Frank Sinatra (4) PJ Harvey (3) Girls (2)

Dec 29th

Dec 28th

When did “earnest” become a swear word?

Dec 28th

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Dec 27th

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“Isn’t it interesting that Tumblr and FourSquare are NYC’s major contributions to...”

– Rex Sorgatz - Mediaite Interview (via msg) (via dpstyles) Hmm.. in this scenario, I think that “NewYorkWare” and “this idea is too early” are kind of the same thing. Dodgeball was way too early… not just in the “we all didn’t have smartphones” type of way, but it was pre-Twitter - before Twitter...

Dec 25th

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Santa should be using Foursquare.

Dec 24th

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I did an interview: http://www.mediaite.com/vkbet I talk about FourSquare, The Hills, BNO News, Tumblr, and Megantereons.

Dec 24th

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My Avatar review: more Star Wars / The Matrix, less Braveheart / The Mission.

Dec 24th

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Online Civility: The Science?

My only question about this thing that everyone is talking about: What does Doree think? She’s the one who set up the whole Gen X vs. Gen Y dichotomy. If you read it closely, she developed the thesis and seems to implicitly support it. She sets up the piece by saying Twitter and Facebook have imposed some identity structures, and backs up her own notions with quotes from Karp and Allie. ...

Dec 23rd

Ebert, Pitchfork, etc. added to the LIST OF LISTS http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-6631.cfm

Dec 23rd

The only sporting event now worth watching on tv: AT&T vs. Verizon. They’re beating the hell out of each other in these ads!

Dec 22nd

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Knowledge isn’t power; it’s cancer.

Dec 22nd

You know what we don’t need more of? Little boxes to type into all day long.

Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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Dec 21st

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I know how to cure double-digit unemployment! Train everyone to be iPhone developers. Because everyone I know needs them.

Dec 21st

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What year will it be when we laugh at ATMs like we now giggle at pay phones?

Dec 21st

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Actually, “my local Starbucks” is probably a misnomer. There are eight.

Dec 21st

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The lists of lists is getting FULL: http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2009.cfm

Dec 21st

My local Starbucks has upped the ante with some elaborate mic & headphone gear to relay drink orders. Progress!

Dec 21st

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Coen hates New York better than you hate New York.

Dec 21st

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Help Wanted

We’re in a crunch and now I need web designers for a couple immediate projects. Please email me a link to your stuff if you’ve got time in the next few weeks. Categories: sports and travel. Pay: decent.

Dec 21st

“In 2004, while vacationing in Brazil, I learned that Jason Calacanis had set up...”

– Nick Denton, new issue of Wired (Jan. 2010), answering a question about failure as an instance of success

Dec 18th

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Are we supposed to be making New Decade resolutions?

Dec 18th

Being “religious” means something completely different in New York than anywhere else. It means going to parties with lots of rich people.

Dec 18th

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brianvan: What exactly does Rex Sorgatz do? I wish not to answer specifically, I leave that to him. But in the interest of providing fascinating information to the masses: he does have an actual career and it is fascinating stuff. And while we’re here being sincere about Rex: he is such a good sport about all of the remarks about him, provoked or not, that many of you don’t...

Dec 18th

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