Archive for May, 2007

links for 2007-05-26

Star Wars: Welcome to the Official Site
(tags: starwars)

AtomFilms: Star Wars Fan Films
(tags: starwars humor films)

Lucasfilm To Launch Star Wars Mashup Tools
(tags: starwars)

The Official Star Wars Blog
(tags: starwars)

Flickr: Photos from Official Star Wars Blog
(tags: starwars photos)

Star Wars Helmet Archive
(tags: starwars props)

Howstuffworks “How Lightsabers Work”
(tags: starwars)

O’Reilly Radar > Jedi build their own lightsabers
(tags: entrepreneurship startup starwars software [...]


My First Time - A Confession

Like many my age, it seems only natural that Star Wars is a part of my life.  It’s been around as long as I can remember, and since it hit popular culture like a ton of bricks during my youth like most kids I embraced it.
I have seen all the films, in all their various [...]


links for 2007-05-25

Can video save the book-publishing star? | CNET News.com
(tags: video books publishing)

A Programming Language Like Playing With Blocks - New York Times
(tags: programming)

Barnes & Noble Reports First Quarter Financial Results: Exceeds Earnings Per Share Guidance: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
(tags: books earnings B&N)

Social Media Marketing: Rules of Engagement » Online Marketing Blog - Social Media [...]


The Book Proposal: Manuscript Details

In this section of the proposal, I’m looking to see how deeply the prospective author has considered his or her book. The proposal is a pitch after all, and for us the details certainly matter. I want to know that you are not just thinking “I want to write a book on topic [...]


links for 2007-05-24

Even rock stars are struggling with customer service
(tags: music socialmedia socialnetworks)

YouTube - David Pogue’s Geek to Me preview
Look at all those For Dummies and Missing Manual books on the shelf behind him
(tags: pogue video)

The String Theory of How to Retain Geeks? - O’Reilly ONLamp Blog
(tags: office politics career)

Peachpit Commons »Online video in the [...]