Todd Simmons

Facebook is hiring politically connected people to ward off regulatory scrutiny: http://nyti.ms/idOXV2 Latest candidate: Robert Gibbs.

Signs that we’re in another tech bubble — Hot job market in Silicon Valley: http://nyti.ms/f7sHoe Crazy valuations: http://nyti.ms/fdgiTL

Congrats to the makers of the beautiful new iPad game “Sword & Sworcery EP” for hitting #2 on the Apple sales charts! http://bit.ly/gtTS6Q

Record industry claims damages in the Limewire piracy case of $75 trillion — more than the GDP of the ENTIRE WORLD: http://bit.ly/eHcUVv

Great article about how Sony and Nintendo seem to be ignoring the threat they face from free mobile and social games: http://bit.ly/fvDZom

Saw the documentary PressPausePlay at SXSW: http://presspauseplay.com Awesome film about the impacts of digital media on art, culture, etc.

The AT&T/T-Mobile deal is bad for consumers, competition, innovation: http://bit.ly/hqggGg Want to complain? Here’s how http://bit.ly/hDWeyk

AT&T announces plans to acquire T-Mobile (my carrier): http://bit.ly/hfPSxu Wonder if FCC will approve this. If so, I’m switching to Sprint!

Seen several stories about how SXSWi was too big and promo-heavy this year: http://tcrn.ch/e9NB6g Wonder if they’ll cap attendance next year

The bumpers that play before SXSW films are generally good, but I especially like this Nintendo-inspired one: http://bit.ly/h7aOqk