State of the Internet, a motion type presentation by the Jess3 agency of mostly mind-blowing statistics from the big social networks during 2009.
Flash forward nearly eight years, and visiting Google Groups is like touring ancient ruins. On the surface, it looks as clean and shiny as every other Google service, which makes its rotting interior all the more jarring — like visiting Disneyland and finding broken windows and graffiti on Main Street USA.
The CPM has done more to stunt innovation and drag down quality products than any single thing on the internet.
— Whiskey Media CEO Shelby Bonnie makes a plea to kill off the outdated practice of paying for online ad impressions. He doesn’t offer a replacement, rather a starting point for a method of measurement that works better for individual campaigns. (via Che Tamahori)
One significant addition to Whitehouse.gov reflects a campaign promise from the President: we will publish all non-emergency legislation to the website for five days, and allow the public to review and comment before the President signs it.
— Macon Phillips, director of new media for the White House, talking about the comprehensive new site’s focus on user participation. (via Greg Storey)
Though the mainstream media ignored it, this was a landmark moment for millions of filesharers worldwide: the 1,000th movie uploaded by aXXo, the internet’s most popular and enduring pirate.
— From Tim Walker’s long and fascinating essay for The Independent on the state of internet filesharing and the hunt for one of its key figures.
I heard @matthewbuchanan clocked the internet on hard mode last week.
— ♥ Kris Lane on Twitter.
My First Website
Jason Santa Maria has resurrected his first website from 2000 and encouraged the industry to archive ours too. My first personal site was a short-lived, magazine-style playground, presented here courtesy of the Wayback Machine circa 1996 — yes, the source files are long gone.
Domainr
A domain search tool that provides clever domain name ideas for simple phrases. (Matt McInerney)
Copy Paste Character
Quick reference site for copying common glyphs. (Danny Garcia)
It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store. We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.
— Steve Jobs in a company-wide email to staff. (via John Gruber)
