Todd Simmons

Farmville has a new ad deal with organic food company Cascadian Farms where players can plant branded virtual crops: http://nyti.ms/cc57cJ

Chile passes law guaranteeing net neutrality: http://bit.ly/bgN1Ib Again, the U.S. should take note and pass similar legislation.

Brazil has proposed a new copyright law that protects public domain and limits DRM: http://bit.ly/bC0MYJ The U.S. should learn from this.

Rumor — Google’s building a site to compete with Facebook & they’ve invested $100 mil in Zynga, makers of Farmville: http://bit.ly/a1NEES

Insightful blog post from Chris Dixon on disruptive tech and why “the next big thing will start out looking like a toy” http://bit.ly/cSc9u9

Desperate to offset lower CD sales, big record labels branch out into concert promotion, reality TV, t-shirts, etc: http://nyti.ms/c1g1kN

LOVED this slideshow analyzing what makes video games fun + how these ideas can be applied to UX design for web & apps: http://bit.ly/9NMwbx

OK, males could actually work too. Basically, we just want a crowd of people having fun, playing the game. This is your chance to be a star!

We’re shooting video for a QRANK ad today at Highball and our actors flaked. Any females available today between noon and 2pm?

As a fan of experimental video, this Onion piece about “Obama’s Video Addresses Becoming Avant-Garde” cracked me up: http://onion.com/d6COYQ