Todd Simmons

Lots of talk lately about search spam & content farms filling up Google results: http://nyti.ms/dSwcrp I’ve definitely noticed an increase.

Cool that Arcade Fire won the Grammy for best album. For the first time, over half the nominees were on indie labels: http://n.pr/eZ2WA5

It’s official — Nokia embraces Windows Phone 7 as its smartphone OS. Good news for Microsoft, but maybe not for Nokia: http://bit.ly/fyOBDu

The FTC is kicking ass lately. First, they appoint anti-DRM advocate Ed Felten, and now net neutrality expert Tim Wu: http://engt.co/hVttAz

Congrats to the people of Egypt, especially the net generation: http://nyti.ms/hCDAjn Now let’s hope for a smooth transition to democracy.

Activision discontinues development of Guitar Hero: http://on.mash.to/exE0pz They definitely ran it into the ground with mediocre sequels.

My wife is on a roll with some great blog posts lately, including 80’s themed Valentine’s gift ideas from Etsy: http://mirror80.com

Brutally honest leaked memo from Nokia’s new CEO — “Our platform is burning”: http://engt.co/gffMX5 Wonder if he can turn things around…

AOL’s acquisition of Huffington Post has some interesting parallels to the old Time Warner merger: http://nyti.ms/ijgqgf All about content.

Finally saw “Catfish”, a documentary about a strange Facebook romance. Had avoided due to mixed reviews, but loved it: http://bit.ly/eHP2eA