Rosie Writes About Britney

I’m a fan of the rosie blog and her haiku, almost non-sensical posts.

But today Ms. Ro posted one about Britney Spears and she even used full sentences!

I’m Britney’s age (well a couple of months younger), and if I had her life I think I would have fallen off the deep end a long time ago. I thought Rosie’s words were amazing, comparing Brit to Princess Diana.

She also highlights the fact Brit is just 26! Lay off her already….

It’s a must read: TWENTY SIX

An Open Letter to CBSNews.com

I’ve read a ton of business stories on how “old media” news networks are trying to reach younger viewers through the web. I currently work at one of the major TV-to-Web sites (won’t say which one), and let me tell you, many have no idea what the hell they are doing. They’re run by TV producers who know less about the internet then my parents.But one site that annoys me the most is CBSNews.com. I wish I could just take over your site for one day, there’s so much potential…but, obviously won’t happen. I’m young and grew up with the web so, here’s some free advice.

• First up, consider redesigning your homepage. It’s ugly and looks like a huge CBS advertisement. The site gets even uglier when you simulcast the Evening News and put in a huge banner that over takes the site and pushes your important headlines even more down. People are moving to the web because its easy, we can go and scan the headlines and get a grip of the news. When I go on CBSNews.com, the first thing I see are the names of shows all across the front. It seems like you have more show titles then you do headlines on some days.
• Now CBSNews.com, hear this! I HATE, HATE, HATE, the fact that in your stories you always bold the name of the TV reporter and the name of the show (LIKE THIS STORY). IT IS SO POINTLESS! No one cares who your reporters are. We want news…do you really think bolding the reporters names helps your readers? It doesn’t it only shows that you don’t understand the Web and just think its there for promotional purposes.  

Poor on a Boat – Links

• A pretty quirky article ran in the Times today about poor 20-somethings living in a boat near New York City. I can relate, minus the boat.
• Speaking of poor, I’ve been reading this book by Alan Corey called “A Million Bucks by 30.” I’m loving it. It’s not a typical how to get rich book, it’s his story and you get very inspired to live cheaply.

Pollsters Suck

What’s the point of these early polls and surveys if they are always wrong? Remember when they said Giuliani was in the lead? Or when they said Obama would beat clinton in New Hampshire with double digit leads? All wrong. Check out the Huffington Post for their interpretation of yesterdays events.