FanTrust was just the kind of well-informed guide we needed for launching our content on non-traditional platforms."
Might the Long Tail actually reduce choice?Nick Carr notes a NYT column that suggests that if all content is “unbundled” and forced to fend for itself, the cultural products subsidized by commercial junk may go away. Carr writes: “It’s not a sure thing…
Long Tail software development mailing listThere’s a mailing list for people who want to discuss the Long Tail of software development, something I’ve talked about here and here.
Railroads: the Long Tail of 1869Nathanial Talbott, in a long meditation on software that goes from rails (iron variety) to Rails (the programming language), makes an interesting analogy: “The transcontinental railroad was to the real estate of inland A…
New ideas in indie film financing and distributionScott Kirsner reports at length on a recent meeting of the Institute for International Film Financing. Lots of good ideas, from compressed released windows and video iPod strategies to indie film “house…
Another example from the LT of timeA Boston Globe story on Steve Hines, who finds out-of-copyright books and stories with modern appeal and republishes them. Excerpt: “Hines found a forgotten Louisa May Alcott story titled “Patty’s Place” while looking…
