Notes for 7/5/2009

Mack Male Weekly Notes July 5, 2009 1 Minute

Here are my weekly notes:

Sharon and I went to see Up in 3D this weekend. I really enjoyed it! Makes me want to watch G-Force (the guinea pig one) in 3D now too. Oh, and Toy Story 3!
I’ve written about bit.ly before, so it was no surprise to me to hear that they’re working on some impressive things.
From Darren: The First Ever Video on YouTube.
Flickr announced integration with Twitter earlier this week. I like their short URL: http://www.flic.kr.
The two top teams joined forces and have won the Netflix Prize! Cool!
My favorite website monitoring service, Pingdom, has added a free account level!
Must-read at BoingBoing: Michael Jackson and the “Zombieconomy”
Twitter has finally applied for a trademark on the term “tweet”.

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Mack is on a mission to change the world through code and prose. An entrepreneurial journalist based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mack is the co-founder of Taproot Publishing, a digital publishing company that helps communities understand themselves better. View all posts by Mack Male

Published July 5, 2009

4 thoughts on “Notes for 7/5/2009”

Colin says:

July 6, 2009 at 9:19 am

I saw the tweet trademark application on the uspto site a couple of weeks ago.

The horse has bolted a little now. The application and/or enforcement of it should probably fail now because it is already out there in use by others.

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Mack D. Male says:

July 6, 2009 at 11:21 am

Yeah I don’t see how they’re going to enforce it.

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Rob Davy says:

July 6, 2009 at 8:29 pm

Wasn’t the 3d in Up good!?
I wasn’t expecting much, remembering old-school 3d being kinda annoying, but this was very well done. Subtle when it needed to be, but punchy when it was right. Good job Disney!

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Mack D. Male says:

July 7, 2009 at 11:17 am

Yeah I really liked it! I’m hopeful that 3D technology is now here to stay.

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