Reading Time: 2 minutesBrand building and social media—the silo crisis just got worse | Aaker on Brands – Aaker nails some of the most vexing aspects of social media in this post
Internet wishlist – good starting point for start-ups looking for a purpose
Jag35.com – with the rise of DSLRs as movie cameras has come kit to make them easier to handle like a movie camera
COSINE｜コサイン – amazingly simple furniture design (Japanese language only)
How Apple Dodged a Sun Buyout: Former CEOs McNealy, Zander Tell All – IT Infrastructure – News & Reviews – eWeek.com – the more interesting stuff is about Solaris adoption and the surprise of Java taking off as a web language
collaRge.designs – handy for pitches
pingboard – Project Hosting on Google Code – pretty darned handy
Branded outlets move in – but interestingly not into Guangdong province presumably because consumers can go south to Hong Kong instead?
Groupbuying: mechanics, economics and why it goes wrong – China Daily did this great article explaining group buying schemes in China, but works equally well for schemes in the UK, US
Inquisitiveness the mother of innovation – China starting to think about how to better foster innovation and invention in students
Share your tips and tricks | ClueDB.com – looks as if it could do for tips what Quora did for questions
MacBook Pro 15″ Unibody Early 2011 Teardown – iFixit – is it just me or are you underwhelmed by Thunderbolt
UK ‘needs plan B’ for internet piracy | bit-tech.net – discussions that put the onus of proof back on the media companies
Use It Up, Wear It Out – Consumers Hold On to Stuff Longer – NYTimes.com – fighting designed obsolescence
Yamagirl.net – a community site for the latest Japanese style trend: yamagaaru – mountain-loving girls. Basically fashion influenced by technical clothing. There have been lots of Japanese technical wear brands like White Mountaineering and Burtons collaboration with Hiroshi Fujiwara iDiom so it was no surprise that it extended into women’s style
Fashion Insight – handy research resource for fashion PR
swissmiss | 10 Lessons for young designers – applies to social media | digital just as well
Intel’s Thunderbolt to Strike at Media Transfer: Tech News and Analysis « – power, data, display
Wordlings – like Wordle but room for more creativity
What Data-Mining Apple, Google and Microsoft’s PR Reveals
The 10 Most Profitable Tech Companies In The World – OMG
Porn studio’s antipiracy plan rejects mass lawsuits | Media Maverick – CNET News – taking the iTunes approach to content pricing to make piracy less attractive and not getting bad karma from lawsuits
just ping – Online web-based ping: Free online ping from 50 locations worldwide
Disney Acquires Social Network For Kids Togetherville – seems to be the next step up age-wise from Club Penguin
