net culture

etsy’s transparency and community

In business, net culture on 1 May 2008 with no comments

Etsy made buying handmade goods online easy and awesome. Meanwhile they’ve nurtured a kickass community of sellers and buyers who are invested in one another and the site. I’ve admired how they communicate business decisions to their stakeholders through their blogs and town halls. I love that there’s this new breed of companies (flickr, […]

twitter of the day

In net culture, politics, pop culture on 15 March 2008 with no comments

from kateconsumption: “just saw a man on hwy 12 selling Obama shirts from the trunk of his car.”

my childhood condensed: lego mario

In net culture, pop culture on 13 February 2008 with no comments

Someone with more time and patience than I has perfectly combined two of my greatest childhood joys.
(Hats off to SFist and Laughing Squid for the tip-off.)

bitten, the new mark bittman blog

In food, net culture on 6 February 2008 with no comments

This one is just for Leah… and the rest of you who love The Minimalist chef Mark Bittman. He just started a new blog, Bitten, at nytimes.com.
On there you can access his well produced and inspiring quick cooking videos. Yum.

swift kids for truth, from 23/6

In net culture, politics on 6 February 2008 with no comments

A little comedy for your post-super tuesday hangover:
Hillary’s Cookies & Rudy and 9/11
These are all thanks to 23/6 my new “i’m sick and stuck on the couch” obsession… They also posted a video from yesterday morning of Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s trouble at the polls.
I just wish they would let you embed their videos.

hybrid advertising…

In net culture on 21 November 2007 with no comments

this is a cool new ad appearing on some web sites… it’s interesting, not just cause it’s a mac ad, but because of it’s clever way of interacting with the layout of a page. i haven’t seen anything quite like this before.