Janet Asteroff
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- jastro: Review of Consent of the Networked http://t.co/0IQc8qWM February 5, 2012
- jastro: RT @ebertchicago: Kubrick's publicist, Mike Kaplan, remembers the first private screening of "A Clockwork Orange." http://t.co/VGO2R4K2 February 5, 2012
- jastro: @ebertchicago Only two stars for "Clockwork" - it's better than The Godfather. It's the true 21st centry film. Let's hope for a new review February 5, 2012
- jastro: RT @ebertchicago: "Upstairs Downtown Abbey." Some of the original stars in a video parody. They did it for charity. http://t.co/zqxPKcca January 29, 2012
- jastro: RT @ebertchicago: RT-ing my entry in this week's New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest because you should enter too. http://t.co/WiRd3YVE January 24, 2012
- jastro: @ebertchicago Roger Ebert is a national treasure January 24, 2012
- jastro: @DavidCarnoy Best picture nominee "Midnight in Paris" was way overrated. I like Woody, but it was disappointing. Agree/disagree? AGREE! January 24, 2012
- jastro: @ebertchicago And the Phil Ochs documentary was great! January 24, 2012
- jastro: ."For Giffords, House Comeback Is One Too Many" January 23, 2012
- jastro: Thomas Edison's incredibly daunting to-do list written in 1888: http://t.co/Ucw6X26k via @ListsOfNote. Wow -- good stuff January 23, 2012
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New Forms of Work
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Did any economists see virtual gifts as a viable revenue stream/model for income? None of them thought credit card companies would sanction the micro-transactions of people buying music, and that the volume wouldn’t be there anyway.
We need more people who can think differently to make new forms of work thrive.
Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and BRAD STONE
SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.
These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels on a Web page.
But it is quickly becoming commonplace for people to spend a few dollars on them to get ahead in an online game or to give a friend a gift on a social network.
To Read more…
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/technology/internet/07virtual.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
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