Monthly Archives: April 2009
Are Apple’s ads better than Microsoft’s?
Adman Chris Matyszczyk ponders over at Technically Incorrect whether Apple’s ads are in fact better than Microsoft’s. If you’re gut says yes, you’re gut is right, but Chris lays out just why this is. If you asked anyone in the … Continue reading
For-profit GlobalPost aims for world coverage
Serendipity led me to the GlobalPost this afternoon as I tried to clear out the tons of unread items in my Google Reader (after two hours, I still have 1000+ unread items). First I read an article linked from McClatchy’s … Continue reading
Brasil’s best beaches
I have a never-ending love for Brasil, a country I’ve never been to, and when I finally get there, I’ll be referencing the Guardian’s list of Brasil’s top 10 beaches.
What should I do with this blog?
This isn’t the first time I’ve attempted keeping a blog; several other version have lived at doughamlin.com since I registered it in 2002. Past versions are lost to posterity, and I’m OK with that. The latest iteration of this blog … Continue reading
27th Annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
I was hoping to see Thursday night’s opening film at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, “500 Days of Summer”, but my sieve of a memory prevented that from happening. I did, however, manage to take in “The Girl from … Continue reading
News comments suck
Heffernan muses on online news comments, which she calls a “bête noire for journalists and readers alike.” Turns out most comments on news stories aren’t intelligent. Who knew? Commenters, in short, rarely really sock it to a columnist. They also … Continue reading →