links for 2007-05-25

• Rejoice, The Hummer Is Dead / It might be the end of the world’s most phallically sad SUV. But has the damage been done?
  The late Rev. Jerry Falwell? He was exactly like a Hummer H2. Oh yes he was. Bloated, arrogant, offensive to millions and deeply wrong in a thousand ways and yet blindly worshipped by a shockingly large and happily uninformed throng of devout minions for
  (tags: humor opinion hummer suv environment conservation h2 fuel economy politics)

• The Juggle – WSJ.com
  In his new book, Cameron Stracher (pictured) talks about his own struggle to simplify. His book “Dinner with Dad” is just out today. Mr. Stracher admits that for years he was a workaholic and “Absent Dad,” working as a corporate lawyer, professor a
  (tags: blog blogging parenting thejuggle women moms media worklifebalance entrepreneurship dadblogging)

• David LaPlante Featured on the Cover of the Nevada Business Journal
  David is quoted through the article giving excellent insight into some of the top Nevada issues. “As for downtown revitalization in Reno, it’s not so much the projects, but the increase in cultural opportunities that has us excited.
  (tags: david_laplante davidlaplante David+LaPlante David davidlaplante.com LaPlante environmental Economic economy EDAWN development entrepreneurship entrepreneur NCET Nevada Reno creative class design arts NBJ)

• Power Poll 2007: Business Leaders Optimistic Despite Challeges
  Business Leaders Optimistic Despite Challenges: David LaPlante, CEO of Twelve Horses, a marketing technology company based in Reno, also mentioned large-scale construction activity as a reason for optimism.
  (tags: davidlaplante David david_laplante David+LaPlante LaPlante NBJ Economic nevada reno LasVegas las+vegas)

• Improving Email Marketing with Blogging
  The following article, published by BtoB, is an interview with our CEO, David LaPlante about the subject of improving email marketing with blogging:
  (tags: davidlaplante David LaPlante David+LaPlante davidlaplante.com Twelve Horses Twelve+Horses TwelveHorses email marketing blog blogging integrated branding content web analytics)

• Using e-mail to promote your blog :: BtoB Magazine
  If your company has its own blog, experts such as David LaPlante, CEO of interactive agency Twelve Horses, based in Reno, Nev., say you can and should be leveraging it via your e-mail marketing program.
  (tags: davidlaplante David LaPlante David+LaPlante davidlaplante.com Twelve Horses Twelve+Horses TwelveHorses blog integrated branding content web analytics)

• Visualizing Wikipedia: Power struggle – 19 May 2007 – New Scientist
  Very cool story: How do you keep track of the bubbling mass of information that is Wikipedia? This chaotic-looking mosaic is one attempt to show which topics are contained in the online encyclopedia, and those most hotly contested.
  (tags: visualization design visual wikipedia ontology organization navigation structure web tagging clouds)

• Visualizing the ‘Power Struggle’ in Wikipedia
  These researchers have developed some really cool ways of visualizing activity on Wiki. This stuff is sooooper cool. It’s the future. Too much data requires better viz tools. This is hot.
  (tags: behavior blog data design Internet research socialnetworking socialsoftware statistics visualization web2.0)

• Going Postal: As e-mail makes the rounds these days, we’re all getting a lot more done. Or are we? The merry chatterers are torn about e-mail, the quick pick-me-up that’s scarily addictive.
  E-mail’s intoxicating qualities are now well known: It’s convenient, efficient, simple, and informal, a way to stay connected to more people, a democratizing force in the workplace and less intrusive than the telephone. But as e-mail proliferates
  (tags: email communication social networking e-mail addiction behavior)

• Adotas » Who Can Do A Headstand As Interactive Marketing Gets Turned Upside Down?
  The interactive marketing agency and ad server licencing industry is consolidating, with Google’s $3.1 Billion acquisition of DoubleClick, Microsoft’s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive and WPP acquisition of 24/7 Real Media.
  (tags: interactive marketing agency M&A mergers acquisitions DoubleClick Microsoft aQuantive WPP)

• Adotas » Microsoft Buys aQuantive for $6 Billion
  This morning Microsoft announced its aquisition of aQuantive Inc. for $6 billion. As of 10 a.m. EST, aQuantive stock had increased nearly 80% from the closing price Thursday evening of $35.87. Investor confidence obviously reflecting excitement
  (tags: Microsoft DoubleClick mergers acquisitions M&A interactive marketing agency)

• RGJ.com: UNR business competition presentations May 24
  The winners of the 2007 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition will give brief presentations during the Tech Thursday gathering May 24 in Reno.
  (tags: reno nevada unr university donald Reynolds governor cup business plan competition center entrepreneurship technology ncet)

• Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology » Blog Archive » UNR names new business school dean
  Greg Mosier, a professor of business ethics and legal studies at Oklahoma Greg MosierState University, has been named dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno.
  (tags: Greg Mosier, Oklahoma State University UNR College of Business Administration Nevada Reno Spears School Dana Edberg Mike Reed System Higher Education Milton Glick NCET Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology)

• RGJ.com: Hotel rates hoped to keep rising
  The Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority is basing its $42.76 million annual budget on expectations that the average rate in Reno, Sparks and North Lake Tahoe will top $74 in fiscal 2007-08, which begins in July.
  (tags: reno nevada hotel room rate tax rscva adr economy growth brand branding)