Links 3-4-11: Time unemployed climbs, Who scans QR codes?, Ramen protest, Foursquare upgrades
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Top of the Interwebs:
The latest statistics report that the average amount of time people are spending unemployed has climed to 37.1 weeks.
Self-aggrandizement:
I explain my concerns with zero-day DLCs and why it means I may not be buying Dragon Age 2 during its initial release.
I started blogging again a little over a month ago, with the decision that, come hell or high water, I would put out 2 blog posts a day. I’ve kept it going and have now passed 50 posts.
Pwety:
Who’s actually scanning QR codes?
This! Is! Code!:
Niche controversy of the day:
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is all over Natalie Portman for being pregnant without being married. Then he stepped back a bit. Dear god… how is this man a front-runner for leading our nation?
Worth looking at today:
Interesting analysis of the growing bubbles caused by huge valuations of Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and related companies. The valuation of these companies is skyrocketing rapidly but there are no guarantees that the bubble won’t pop and some people are already trying to get out.
Microsoft launches IE6Countdown, a site dedicated to showing IE6 use around the world and encouraging people to switch to a new browser. Seriously folks, no more IE6.
Community college students in L.A. and San Francisco plan to deliver thousands of packages of ramen noodles to governor’s office in protest of rising student fees. Can we take them all, find a huge thing of water, and make enough soup to feed all of them at once? Will we redefine the meaning of soup kitchen? College students might know, if they can afford an education.
Foursquare upgrades venue statistics.
ReadWriteWeb has an excellent article analyzing recent failures within the hyper-local news reporting field.
Steve Buttry responds to assertions that TBD didn’t understand communities.
China fears that citizens will emulate Middle East protests.
Fifth Resident Evil movie in the works.
Worth watching today:
Conan O’Brien discovers the hidden iPad 2 ad.
