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=================== Good Experience - 07 Nov 07 ====================
By Mark Hurst
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
- Now available: Uncle Mark 2008
- Jerry Seinfeld on the word "blog"
- For more reading...
- 1 Job Opening: Santa Clara, CA
- Fun Stuff
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Now available: Uncle Mark 2008
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I'm happy to announce the new Uncle Mark 2008 Gift Guide and Almanac
available for download, right now:
http://unclemark.org/unclemark2008.pdf
If you *have* read Uncle Mark in the past (this is the fifth year!),
you'll still find new material in this year's guide:
- my new digital camera pick
- my new cell phone pick (hint: same as the camera pick)
- an unsung hero of consumer technology
- new kitchen tool
- a new (and very old) wristwatch pick
- and items for parents
The "expecting and new parents" section is all new, and it
represents some of the most important purchases I've made since
becoming Daddy Mark a few months back. If my wife and I had had
"Uncle Mark 2008" as a resource, we would have saved a LOT of time
in researching baby gear.
If you know anyone who is a new or expecting parent, just send them
the guide - they'll almost certainly find a nugget or two to thank
you for.
Please do share the guide: print it, e-mail it, forward it, and pass
it along. If you have a coworker, friend, or loved one who needs a
clue about today's technology choices, just hand them Uncle Mark 2008.
Uncle Mark 2008 Gift Guide and Almanac:
http://unclemark.org/unclemark2008.pdf
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For new readers:
If you're not familiar with Uncle Mark, here's the deal: I review
all the major consumer technology products and give my ONE favorite
pick in each category... not the "17 top digital cameras", but the
ONE camera that you should buy. The guide concludes with an Almanac
section where I say whatever comes to mind, mostly tips and tricks
that I can't fit anywhere else.
Get it here:
http://unclemark.org/unclemark2008.pdf
Let me know what you think - post a comment:
http://www.goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010150.php#comments
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Jerry Seinfeld on the word "blog"
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Jerry Seinfeld appeared on The Daily Show a few nights ago and, in
the middle of what presumably was a promotion for Bee Movie,
Seinfeld said this:
> Is that the worst new word of the culture, "blog"? It's so
> unattractive. It's like something that you spit up and it's, it
> has like, it congeals, and is, you know, and you kick dirt on it.
Seinfeld is good - maybe the best - at saying what everyone is
already thinking, or experiencing, in broad cultural trends. And he
hits it exactly right here. "Blog." Ugh.
I've always thought that blog sounded like the combination of "blah"
and "bog." In other words, a boring swamp. Appropriately enough, in
many cases.
Now, I don't pretend for a minute that this is going to change; the
word, like the trend, is here to stay. But it's just unfortunate
that we didn't get something nicer sounding.
Here's the Seinfeld clip, by the way:
http://urlx.org/comedycentral.com/9155e
Post a comment:
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010148.php#comments
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For more reading...
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Why Orkut is beating Facebook and MySpace in India
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010143.php
Yet another "2.0" usage:
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010147.php
MIT sues Frank Gehry:
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010149.php
On NYC vs. Silicon Valley (Heiferman)
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010140.php
58th review of "Bit Literacy":
http://goodexperience.com/blog/archives/010141.php
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Job Opening: StarCite, Inc. (Product Manager)
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Company: StarCite, Inc.
Title: Product Manager
Location: Santa Clara, CA
StarCite Inc, the largest on-demand global meetings management
company, seeks an outstanding Product Manager. The Product Manager
will define highly usable products within a suite of solutions
providing great value to a rapidly growing market. For more
information please visit http://www.StarCite.com.
To apply please visit: www.starcite.com/html/english/about/jobs.html
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Fun Stuff
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Fun Cirque du Soleil clips:
http://urlx.org/onemansblog.com/952f0
Extreme unicycling (thanks, kottke.org):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AMRjaKdmjv8
An infomercial for Make My Logo Bigger Cream, which just proves that
the world doesn't even need overpriced designers. Just apply the
cream directly to the logo.
http://whoneedsdesigners.com/
Finally, a great design for hosting trick-or-treaters. Video:
http://urlx.org/metacafe.com/6ac51
My online game picks:
http://goodexperience.com/games
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Until next time,
- Mark Hurst
mark@goodexperience.com
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ABOUT MARK HURST
Mark Hurst, founder of Creative Good and Good Experience, has been
advocating for good experiences for over ten years. He also writes
this newsletter.
Mark Hurst's bio: http://goodexperience.com/about/mark.php
Contact Mark Hurst: mark@goodexperience.com
Mark's book, "Bit Literacy," solves information & e-mail overload:
http://bitliteracy.com
Gel (Good Experience Live) conference:
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Uncle Mark 2008 Gift Guide and Almanac:
http://unclemark.org/unclemark2008.pdf
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