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The Long Tail

I had written a complicated post about Long Tail distribution and how it will affect Hollywood. It came from Chris Anderson's Wired article and his subsequent blog. However, Typepad lost it (interestingly enough, I also lost this post during it's writing phase). Nonetheless, I've been looking more into Long Tail economics as I prep to rewrite.

One of things I did was buy The Long Tail today, written by Chris Anderson. It just came out and wow, is it good. It's a look into the changes of "hit" generated market to niche markets. This book may be one of the best non-fiction books I've read. It's a fascinating look into my generation's cultural economics. I've just hit Chapter Three and it's really gripping stuff.

I also bought Snow Crash but I haven't even touched that yet, The Long Tail is too awesome. If you have any interests at all in economics or business, get this book. It is the future of 21st century business.

Go niches,
- Maddog
bringer of water

'dem Old Bones

    I just finished Bone. I thoroughly enjoyed it, what an great and wonderful read. Bone is a fantasy/epic comic by Jeff Smith that has a lot of diversity in it's style and art. My good friend the Hardcore Party Frat Boy Chad loaned the One Volume to me while he was away and I plowed through it in the course of a few days. It was expotentially awesome. I highly recommend it. Great characters, great story, good read. I'm going to make sure all my friends read it, especially Sarah. I know she'd love it. It has dragons.

Speaking of which, I get to see Sarah tomorrow. I'm all a 'twitter.

Norse Mythology is the coolest stuff, ever. I'm going to write a huge post on it over the weekend, I think, to tie in with my big paper I'm writing on it. I'll post it all later. But believe me, the Norse had the coolest culture ever. They were like...the first badasses ever.

Oh and Happy Birthday to the MLE. She's fully legal now! Oh yes. The big 1 to the 8. She's partying hardy! Happy Birthday MLE! Keep....doing....whatever you are doing. And 1 2 Stepping. You know, staying funky fresh. Here's a shot of my reaction upon hearing the aging of the MLE:

Oh yea. That's the stuff. Stay coo' everyone.
- Maddog
that's why sometimes I'm feelin' under