Year end market summary

Today's Wallstrip. Kind of stupid but slightly amusing.

Take the Wallstrip survey!

There are only two vlogs I watch regularly - this one and Webb Alert. We already know my feelings on Morgan however I actually find this one entertaining and informative.

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero - everyone loves it, but I just don't get it. On today's Wallstrip Lindsay asks a good question - "Why not just learn to play the real guitar?" I already know how to play guitar and while I might be a decade or so out of practice I think that playing Guitar Hero would just confuse my real guitar playing.

Are there any people out there who know how to play the real guitar who also play guitar hero? Doesn't it seem a bit silly if you can actually play the instrument to play a video game where you push buttons?

Feedback or comments would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the Wallstrip in question:



And here is a text message I got from a friend/coworker who is really into Guitar Hero last night: "going to be laate. Drunkar sis weddimg"

Friday Again at Last

An interview with the founder of Etsy. Like the site, find the guy to be an ass though. Not on Zuckerbergian levels but an ass none the less. We actually got some really nice stuff from Etsy.

A studio exec's point of view on the writers strike:



Apparently email is dying. With teenagers or something. They prefer IM. Or Twitter. Or something. I tried Twitter, I found it largely useless, although others like Dave Winer seem to find it useful. Email is not going to go away, no matter what the idiots at Slate.com say. IM, SMS and Twitter might be good for teenagers trying to plan their social life but will absolutely never work for professionals trying to run their businesses for a variety of reasons. There's a discussion board on this article but I got bored before I even started reading it.