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Former MTV exec, Courtney Holt named Myspace Music president. Can he bring home the bacon?

Courtney Holt will become president of its MySpace Music joint venture with the four major record companies.
-Story on Reuters

Congratulations to Courtney Holt on moving to Myspace. Myspace is looking to increase both the stickiness of the site as well as revenue with this deal to increase commercial content.

I am interested in seeing what Myspace will do to integrate the bridge between the independent music that is prevalent on Myspace with the more commercially viable artists.

I want to do more research but it would be interesting if they move towards a Amazon type "Customers who bought this bought that" deal or if they work on Pandora type interface that links like-minded music.

We shall see. Love your comments.At some point we'll see if we can chat with the great Courtney Holt....

$873 million Facebook award could add fuel to CAN-SPAM lawsuits...Yeah for our side I hope.

$873 million Facebook award could add fuel to CAN-SPAM lawsuits By Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews

The courts have officially awarded a lot of money to both Facebook and Myspace from companies that used the networks to SPAM people. This is generally speaking is a good thing. Hopefully it will scare the crap out of SPAMMERS in general.

The challenge is that SPAM has been bad for the direct marketing world in general making it harder and harder to get messages through filters. The reality is that traditional marketing is going soft because of it's cost and it's return on investment roi.

Direct Marketing is on the rise and will continue to be on the rise including Social Media and Email Marketing. The challenge for most traditional mind sets is to step away from the "lead with the sale" mentality and start with the relationship. WHAT HUH!

You have to have to create the ability to do less with more by improving the relationships that you have with your database by working on value added content, mixed with sales content and  mixed with just sharing the challenges of the day.

Co-pilot loses it over Atlantic, Flight Attendant takes over. I hate when that happens.

Steward Helps Land the Plane

Seriously, I hate when this happens. One moment your trying to break old stereotypes of Flight Attendants and then you have to help land the plane. lol

Lively is going to die...Bummer

Google has decided to pull the plug Lively

Speaking of Google, just as the sun rises on Searchwiki the Sun Sets on Lively.com googles answer to Second Life. Second Life pretty much owns the market in the virtual world. But as much as I follow the trades to be honest this is the first that I've heard of Lively. That is a little bit of a bummer.

I guess the lesson here is simply to know and accept that the sun rises and falls on projects. A lesson that even Google is learning. The Microcosm is the Macrocosm.

David Kamatoy is an Entertainer, Entrepreneur and Internet Marketer, a juggler both literally and figuratively. He currently works in businesses and media development working with companies to develop social media on the way to broadcast media. Join the email list at www.DavidKamatoy.com, very latest video projects on viddler or youtube complimentary trial of the email marketing system www.jugglemail.com

Google goes Wiki Wiki Baby with SearchWiki

Look I created a weird headline for the keywords..lol

Google unveils customized Search

So I log onto Google today and saw these two little boxes and thought what the heck is that. Google is allowing you to customize searches and if you comment then apparently other users may be able to look at the comments. This is google's way of getting more interactive and getting closer to sites like Stumbleupon.com etc.

I think this is going to be really interesting to see how popular this becomes. Just because it's google I believe it will catch on especially since a lot people don't know what sites like stumbleupon are like.

You should check this out, well to be honest it's going to be hard to ignore if you use Google.

If you're using this I would love to know your comments both here and on google Wiki.

David Kamatoy is an Entertainer, Entrepreneur and Internet Marketer, a juggler both literally and figuratively. He currently works in businesses and media development working with companies to develop social media on the way to broadcast media. Join the email list at www.DavidKamatoy.com, very latest video projects on viddler or youtube complimentary trial of the email marketing system www.jugglemail.com

E=mc2 is proven correct. It only took 103 years...

This is amazing. I am a fan of science, would have been more involved if i only had the math head...

I wonder what the ramifications will be now that this is a proven...Excerpt

The answer, according to the study published in the US journal Science on Thursday, comes from the energy from the movements and interactions of quarks and gluons.

In other words, energy and mass are equivalent, as Einstein proposed in his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905.

The e=mc2 formula shows that mass can be converted into energy, and energy can be converted into mass.

David Kamatoy is an Entertainer, Entrepreneur and Internet Marketer, a juggler both literally and figuratively. He currently works in businesses and media development working with companies to develop social media on the way to broadcast media. Join the email list at www.DavidKamatoy.com, very latest video projects on viddler or youtube complimentary trial of the email marketing system www.jugglemail.com

Ball of Hair + Genome Map+ 10 Million= Jurrasic Park?

How odd that the passing of Michael Crichton is followed by this publishing...

Schuster told The Associated Press that eventually it should be possible to re-create any extinct creature that lived within the last 100,000 years, given suitable genetic material.

Wow! what a complete and total insane wonderful reality. However like Jurassic park I dont think it would be the best Idea to reintroduce certain species. Let's face it it's a different world but the Wooly Mammoth is only slightly different than the African Elephant.

Apparently there is an estimate for just under 10 million dollars apparently they can reawaken the sleeping fury giant.

David Kamatoy is an Entertainer, Entrepreneur and Internet Marketer, a juggler both literally and figuratively. He currently works in businesses and media development working with companies to develop social media on the way to broadcast media. Join the email list at www.DavidKamatoy.com, very latest video projects on viddler or youtube complimentary trial of the email marketing system www.jugglemail.com

Pirates doing well in Somalia: I have the wrong job..Argggg

Somalia's Pirates are doing well, so well that their spurning economic growth. It wouldn't be so funny if it wasn't true.

Here is an alarming quote from this article...

"In northern coastal towns like Haradhere, Eyl and Bossaso, the pirate economy is thriving thanks to the money pouring in from pirate ransoms that have reached $30 million this year alone."

I have heard random stories of modern pirates taking advantage of people in certain areas of the world but this is off the chart...

Windpipe Grown from Stem Cells Transplated: Europe is way ahead of the US right now.

In much of this work, Europe is leading the way. "By putting our brains together," says Prof Martin, "we are ahead of the US in the clinical application of stem cells."

30 Year Old Claudio Castillo is the pioneering patient that has received a windpipe grown from Stem Cells. This seems like the stuff of Science Fiction until you realize how far the UK has taken this medical technology. Read this article and you'll wonder as I did, "Why is this happening in the UK and not in the US?" It feels as though we only see this on Sci-Fi.

Regardless this is a landmark in medical history and a glimpse of part of the future that is already here. Hopefully soon the rest the world will be looking at us and saying the same things regarding energy technology.

CORN: A main ingredient in your fast food's food.

In the US it is not required for food suppliers to trace their sources for ingredients or materials used in their food production.....The statistically significant results showed conclusively that the beef and chicken meat used to make the sandwiches was from animals whose food source was mainly corn. The animals are feed the corn to maximize their calorie intake and also to maximize their tissue growth in attempt to keep up with the ever increasing demands of the fast food industry.

In John Robbins landmark book and Documentary, "Diet for a New America" now The Food Revolution he talks about how our diets can change the world.

I remember when I would talk to hardcore meat eaters that seemed to be hateful of hug a tree vegetarians I would bring up the point that Robbins makes is his work.

We have to realize that meat as we know it is heavily subsidized, so that the cost of meat is not the real cost of meat. If farmers had to pay what we pay for water the price would be through the roof.

Think about it for a second we grow crops like corn and feed them to animals which then we kill and eat. Why don't we just skip the animal part and eat the vegetables instead. We'd save resources and feed a lot more people.

I personally am not a vegetarian  but I try to be more aware of my choices in food and I am on a path to eat more vegetables, lighter proteins with a mix of complex carbs.

An unbalanced heavy meat diet is not the best for everyone and it's not the best for the planet. I think within my lifetime we will see a higher price placed on meat products and more of a balanced diet.

The reality is that we are all living longer and as we look forward and watch our parents and grand parents have issues at the end of their lives with diet we can see the change already happening.

By they the photo that this blog gives me pause...