Author: Andy Wibbels

  • Music Industry Bellwether: Dark Side of The Moon

    What do increased sales of Dark Side of The Moon tell us? Pink Floyd’s 1973 album has become the unofficial metric by which one measures a new audio format’s likely takeup, as there’s an apparently insatiable supply of people ready to buy and re-buy it whenever it is re-issued. According to the band’s site (tinyurl.com/d4ua7), […]

  • Terry Schiavo’s iPhone

    Remember the summer of Terry Schiavo? It was the summer of waiting. Waiting for her to die. And then after that we all sat around waiting for the Pope to die. And then waiting for the new Pope Ratburger to take over. This is the summer of releases. Paris Hilton’s release. iPhone’s release. Transformers, The […]

  • TypePad Adds Easier Del.icio.us Integration

    From the Del.icio.us blog: del.icio.us: just your type If you have a TypePad blog, you can now make it easy for your readers to bookmark your stories on del.icio.us by automatically including a “save to del.icio.us” link in your post footers — without having to learn a single line of template code. Just sign into […]

  • HOTorNOT: Seven Years In

    James Hong: We learned a big lesson here: don’t expect smart, young people to do anything that you wouldn’t do yourself. Jim and I both had to admit, if we were 22 years old, we wouldn’t stick around running someone else’s cashcow for no equity, even if we earned salaries 2-3x the normal wage. We […]

  • Fear-Mongering for Fun and Profit

    How Your Brain Makes Political Decisions Westen’s thesis is simple. “A dispassionate mind that makes decisions by weighing the evidence and reasoning to the most valid conclusions bears no relation to how the mind and brain actually work.” That’s true when it comes to choosing a significant other, buying a car, and choosing a president. […]

  • Wikipedia Reports Death of Wrestler’s Wife 13 Hours Before Police Get There

    (via Reddit) [N]ews of Nancy Daus’ death was posted on Wikipedia half a day before the police discovered the bodies. The posting reads: “Chris Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy.” The […]

  • Even Geniuses Have to Take a Break

    Andrea, Suzanne and I chillin’ like villains.

  • Learning Annex Pays Paris Hilton $1 Million to Teach Branding

    (via The Superficial – one of the two gossip blogs I check regularly) The Learning Annex has asked Paris Hilton to speak at the Real Estate and Wealth Expos in Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. They’re offering her $1 million to teach a one-hour class on “How to Build Your Brand.” The $1 million […]

  • Audio: Interview with Seth Godin on ‘The Dip’

    Audio is up y’all’s. http://www.andyinterviewsseth.com/

  • Problogger Confidential Starts Next Week

    Heads up: I’m launching a new series next week: One Expert, Each Month Once a month we meet one of the top minds in problogging and grill them on what is really working right now. Interview, Then Mastermind And sure you’ll leave the Interview Call with a brain bubbling full of possibilities and ideas. But […]