http://netvouz.com/tag/kottke?feed=rss Bookmarks tagged with "kottke" on Netvouz http://kottke.org/09/04/pixar-doesnt-care-about-disneys-investors Disney investors are getting a little antsy with Pixar and their irritating need to make movies that are good without worrying about their commercial success or how many action figures of the main characters can be sold. Says Disney's CEO: We seek to make great films first. If a great film gives birth to a franchise, we are the first company to leverage such success. A check-the-boxes approach to creativity is more likely to result in blandness and failure. fjordaan Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:36:31 GMT http://www.kottke.org/09/04/url-shorteners-suck After threatening as much for many months, Joshua Schachter has published a piece about how URL shorteners (TinyURL, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) suck for everyone except the companies which build URL shorteners. fjordaan Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:18:49 GMT http://www.kottke.org/ joe6666 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:42:11 GMT http://www.kottke.org/03/09/bilingual-conversations fjordaan Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:21:58 GMT http://www.kottke.org/about/trackback.html fjordaan Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:04:57 GMT http://www.kottke.org/03/02/faking-the-lomo-effect fjordaan Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:16:14 GMT