Comments for Red Nova Labs http://www.rednovalabs.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Expert Guides for the Non-Intuitive by Pam http://www.rednovalabs.com/expert-guides-for-the-non-intuitive/#comment-260 Pam Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:33 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1820#comment-260 Ah! Pinterest is also my guilty pleasure, since ummm well its been a long time. As much as I love it for pinning images of hobe jewelry and charm bracelets and books everyone should read at least twice, lately I find myself cringing when I see the "is now following" notice show up in my emails. I wonder, how long will it be until the marketing people start hijacking my favorite homey-style recipes pins that charm by showing a picture of all the ingredients lined up on the counter....and making them into ads for pineapple juice. Like MySpace and Facebook, one day Pinterest may be just another advertising time sucking irritation...or heaven forbid the tyranny of Zynga games. Yet everyday until then, I pin therefore I am. Ah! Pinterest is also my guilty pleasure, since ummm well its been a long time.

As much as I love it for pinning images of hobe jewelry and charm bracelets and books everyone should read at least twice, lately I find myself cringing when I see the “is now following” notice show up in my emails.

I wonder, how long will it be until the marketing people start hijacking my favorite homey-style recipes pins that charm by showing a picture of all the ingredients lined up on the counter….and making them into ads for pineapple juice.

Like MySpace and Facebook, one day Pinterest may be just another advertising time sucking irritation…or heaven forbid the tyranny of Zynga games.

Yet everyday until then, I pin therefore I am.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Reading Books by Nadine http://www.rednovalabs.com/why-i-love-reading-books/#comment-250 Nadine Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:56:59 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1815#comment-250 I love books for the same reason I (sometimes) hate movies: pacing. I can read a book at whatever pace I want to (usually lightning speed...I am very clever). With movies, I'm at the mercy of the director and the CGI guy and the studio's insistence that Tom Cruise's car garage fight scenes take up at least 75% of screentime. Plus, books are more immersive. I feel so much more involved in a world or a character's life in a book than I do in a movie. I think about it throughout my day, whereas with a movie I might talk about it for ten minutes and then only remember it when someone references scences from it later. But with business books, I end up reading end-of-chapter summaries, because those books are almost always Powerpoint presentations that were extrapolated to 150 pages so the writer could say they wrote a book. I love books for the same reason I (sometimes) hate movies: pacing. I can read a book at whatever pace I want to (usually lightning speed…I am very clever). With movies, I’m at the mercy of the director and the CGI guy and the studio’s insistence that Tom Cruise’s car garage fight scenes take up at least 75% of screentime.
Plus, books are more immersive. I feel so much more involved in a world or a character’s life in a book than I do in a movie. I think about it throughout my day, whereas with a movie I might talk about it for ten minutes and then only remember it when someone references scences from it later.
But with business books, I end up reading end-of-chapter summaries, because those books are almost always Powerpoint presentations that were extrapolated to 150 pages so the writer could say they wrote a book.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Reading Books by Elyas Shaiwani http://www.rednovalabs.com/why-i-love-reading-books/#comment-249 Elyas Shaiwani Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:55:24 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1815#comment-249 My position: In the first chapter, give me the concise cliffs notes version with reference to let me drill down in subsequent chapters. If I want to expand on a certain idea. I will, I hate the linear format. Dig the Descartes quote. My position: In the first chapter, give me the concise cliffs notes version with reference to let me drill down in subsequent chapters. If I want to expand on a certain idea. I will, I hate the linear format.

Dig the Descartes quote.

]]> Comment on Why I Love Reading Books by Chris Cooley http://www.rednovalabs.com/why-i-love-reading-books/#comment-248 Chris Cooley Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:53:29 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1815#comment-248 There's a great TED video by Tyler Cowan on the danger of stories. There is certainly value into distilling things into a simplistic format but we shouldn't always ignore the mess of the details. http://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_cowen_be_suspicious_of_stories.html There’s a great TED video by Tyler Cowan on the danger of stories. There is certainly value into distilling things into a simplistic format but we shouldn’t always ignore the mess of the details. http://www.ted.com/talks/tyler_cowen_be_suspicious_of_stories.html

]]> Comment on Why I Hate Reading Books by Why I Love Reading Books | Red Nova Labs http://www.rednovalabs.com/why-i-hate-reading-books/#comment-247 Why I Love Reading Books | Red Nova Labs Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:32:01 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1506#comment-247 [...] The CEO of Red Nova Labs, Dan Miller, wrote an interesting blog post entitled, “Why I Hate Reading Books.” Immediately I thought of Ray Bradbury and that haunting line he wrote nearly 60 years ago; [...] [...] The CEO of Red Nova Labs, Dan Miller, wrote an interesting blog post entitled, “Why I Hate Reading Books.” Immediately I thought of Ray Bradbury and that haunting line he wrote nearly 60 years ago; [...]

]]> Comment on Bringing Mystery Ball to Life by King http://www.rednovalabs.com/bringing-mystery-ball-to-life/#comment-206 King Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:26:20 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1774#comment-206 Final result looks great. I'm sure it will make an impact. Final result looks great. I’m sure it will make an impact.

]]> Comment on Bringing Mystery Ball to Life by David http://www.rednovalabs.com/bringing-mystery-ball-to-life/#comment-202 David Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:51:47 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1774#comment-202 Love the pics - so glad you guys chronicled this when they were being made! Really cool stuff. Love the pics – so glad you guys chronicled this when they were being made! Really cool stuff.

]]> Comment on Leveraging Google+ Pages for Better Search Results by Steve D\' http://www.rednovalabs.com/leveraging-google-pages-for-better-search-results/#comment-201 Steve D\' Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:28:42 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1768#comment-201 Better now then later. I got mine. <a href="https://plus.google.com/109191908486340771494/posts" rel="nofollow">Just Do It</a> Better now then later. I got mine.

Just Do It

]]> Comment on SEO Best Practices: The Proof is in the Puddin’ (Compete Data) by Vancouver Self Storage http://www.rednovalabs.com/seo-best-practices-the-proof-is-in-the-puddin-compete-com-graphic/#comment-200 Vancouver Self Storage Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:42:46 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1492#comment-200 You can have great content, but it must be promoted. Sites like Digg and Delicious, blogs and message boards help out. You can have great content, but it must be promoted. Sites like Digg and Delicious, blogs and message boards help out.

]]> Comment on Sweet Linkage: Beer Simpletons, the iPad Coffee Table and Lady Gaga+Google by Nadine http://www.rednovalabs.com/sweet-linkage-beer-simpletons-the-ipad-coffee-table-and-lady-gagagoogle/#comment-196 Nadine Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.rednovalabs.com/?p=1764#comment-196 He told me to put Boulevard on there because he wanted it to be listed as a "Terrible Beer." Clearly, that backfired. He told me to put Boulevard on there because he wanted it to be listed as a “Terrible Beer.” Clearly, that backfired.

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