Todd Simmons

For the record, I think that Microsoft is overpaying for Skype. $8.5 billion seems totally exorbitant to me: http://bit.ly/jpaBAX

Are songs purchased on iTunes a “license” or a “sale”? The difference could be worth millions for artists and labels: http://n.pr/jY3tiU

Sensationalism, aggregation, SEO pandering, audience engagement & innovation. Is HuffPo good or bad for journalism? http://bit.ly/ma5qL9

Enjoyed tonight’s gathering of Austin indie game developers/enthusiasts at Highball: http://bit.ly/mtzKaG Looking forward to the next one.

Two weeks away from graduating with an MBA, and now the NYTimes claims it’s a degree for slackers? http://bit.ly/lpEGYz Awesome timing.

Great editorials for and against the AT&T/T-Mobile merger: http://bit.ly/klkHCs http://bit.ly/mIFz52 Both say the mobile market is broken.

Portal 2 used a pretty elaborate ARG to market the game: http://on.mash.to/hh0cEm Included text hidden in the spectrograph of audio files.

Yesterday, we trapped an orphaned baby possum in our yard and took it to wildlife rehab. It looked sort of like this: http://bit.ly/ecszmw

I’m a big believer in the power of data, but this is a great argument for the value of ambiguity in certain contexts: http://nyti.ms/dWUA8s

Great article about Radiolab, a public radio show with moving explorations of science and experimental sound design: http://nyti.ms/euiWuf