David Seaman Blogs

Justin Timberlake, Madonna, and "cumulative advantage"

If you care about social networks, pop culture, and why some people become very popular (while others don’t) — you should read this article in the Times.

Fascinating.

New York Times

Hey, sorry I’ve been away for so long. Been mad busy — hopefully things will calm down eventually. My book was mentioned in a New York Times piece the other day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/business/media/30toxic.html

It also ran overseas in International Herald Tribune, which NYT apparently owns:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/business/30toxic.php

Anyway, this led to a ton of pre-orders for the book and several exciting interview requests. I’ll post more info as I can, and I will go back to posting funny shit here asap. 

yours,

D

Republican Senator's campaign ad is SO nuts

Can anyone guess which state this man represents? (Hint: It begins with a T and ends with an exas.)

[via Gawker]

Obama Fanboy Time!

All right, let down your guard and let this take you in.

Amazing 360 degree view of an Obama rally in Detroit. Kudos to Detroit Free Press for doing the first interesting thing on a paper’s web site since, oh, I don’t know.

(I could probably figure out a way to embed that if I really wanted to… but it’s late, and je suis fatigue. Also: someone who had been following me on Tumblr is no longer — who is this person, and why was I dropped? Not updating often enough? This is something I will be thinking about, off and on, for the next week straight.)

McCain's message of hope:

Such conviction!!!

Oh, and yes, feel free to watch this 38,000 times in a row. I did.

[via Gawker]

LOLeconomy: "Americans $1.7 trillion poorer"

That number from a CNNMoney article earlier today. I know this may sound kind of insensitive, but… it seems like things are pretty good, considering how shitty everything is at the moment.

I was at the mall the other day and the place was totally packed—some soccer mom swooped in on the parking spot I had been patiently eyeing for five minutes. Normally I would have laid on the horn, but I’ve been super chill lately: I silently wished her and her ugly daughter the best and found another spot.

But anyway, on to more important things, because I know nothing about economics. Why is the Madonna 4 Minutes music video so terrifying and gross? It’s not a bad song. I think it has something to do with the borderline disgusting make-out scene at 1:13 in. Or maybe it’s something else. Figure it out, write me, and I’ll post it.

This could be huge for Clinton.

Or just typical FOX bullshit. Only time will tell.