2×10 hellyeah! show: MCA, grab the mic and Ma Bell will connect you
In this funky episode of the hellyeah! show, we discuss Beastie Boys, digital cameras, web comments, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Craigslist scams, Yahoo’s current state, Microsoft’s $99 Xbox 360, and the welcome decline of social reader Facebook applications.
Check out the show notes after the break…
Emory’s stuff
- MCA :(
- buying a camera
- micro 4/3rds
- everything else
- not that into SLRs
- http://incumbent.org/work/cry-it-out/
- use with Mindful Browsing
Alan’s stuff
- Netflix: Midnight in Paris
- Netflix: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
- David Cross and Will Arnett
- new listing alerts from http://ifttt.com
Yahoo CEO in trouble
- Scott Thompson only has a degree in accounting, not “accounting and computer science”
- Forbes argues Yahoo cannot recover going forward
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikamorphy/2012/05/08/the-dirt-on-scott-thompson-will-bury-yahoo-too-something-dan-loeb-probably-didnt-consider/
Microsoft selling $99 Xbox with 2-year subscription
- Xbox 360 + Kinect + Xbox Live Gold membership
- $99 upfront, and then $14.99/month for two years
- only available at Microsoft Store locations
- http://www.giantbomb.com/news/microsoft-is-going-ahead-with-the-99-xbox-360two-year-subscription-plan/4128/
Facebook social readers on the decline
- Open Graph apps are often more spam than value
- “social reader” apps declining in popularity
- Spotify is doing just fine
- http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/7/3005580/facebook-open-graph-frictionless-social-reader-decline
2×10 hellyeah! show: MCA, grab the mic and Ma Bell will connect you [ 1:02:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download