Month: May, 2010

Dennis Hopper and Find the Cost of Freedom

Some say Apocalypse Now. Others say Blue Velvet. A few might even say Speed. Concerning Dennis Hopper, for me it was always Easy Rider. Funny story I heard about that flick was that Crosby, Stills & Nash offered up “Find The Cost Of Freedom” for the violently abrupt closing sequence of that film to Peter [...]

The Day’s Delicious

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – Facebook Announces New Privacy Features: Good grief, Facebook. You've really made a mess of things, haven't you? Your brand's reputation as bumblers when it comes to online privacy protection of your users is growing nearly as fast as your actual user base. You [...]

Synthesis: Big Omaha 2010 (Part 2)

As you can tell from our previous blog post (and this picture of dinner from Friday night), Adam Seitz (@adamseitz), Arlo Oviatt (@onwardcreative) and myself had a lot to digest. The first day had been a real headspinner in terms of great speakers, great content and great ideas. But they don’t call it Big Omaha [...]

Synthesis: Big Omaha 2010 (Part 1)

The brainchild of SiliconPrairieNews.com founders Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, Big Omaha was created to bring together entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives and inspire them to “follow their passions, build the businesses they love and strengthen their creative communities.” The inaugural event was held last year in 2009 and proved to be a wildly successful happening. [...]

The Day’s Delicious

Assorted nonsense and marginally relevant shenanigans via my personal delicious.com bookmarks. – Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’: In an incredibly rare moment of open dialogue, Steve Jobs takes Valleywag reporter Ryan Tate to school in a fantastic and fascinating exchange of emails on everything from Flash to digital adult content. To say that [...]