Comments for Bradley Robb http://www.bradleyrobb.net I'm Here Purely To Amuse Myself Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Grammys Go A Trollin’ by bradley http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2012/02/the-grammys-go-a-trollin/comment-page-1/#comment-4920 bradley Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:02:06 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/?p=1068#comment-4920 @Jeb - Yeah, factor in the Curse of the Best New Artist and it gets even more trolly. http://theenvelope.latimes.com/galleries/photo/grammys/la-et-grammy-new-artist-pg,0,4286786.photogallery @Jeb – Yeah, factor in the Curse of the Best New Artist and it gets even more trolly. http://theenvelope.latimes.com/galleries/photo/grammys/la-et-grammy-new-artist-pg,0,4286786.photogallery

]]> Comment on The Grammys Go A Trollin’ by Jeb Hoge http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2012/02/the-grammys-go-a-trollin/comment-page-1/#comment-4918 Jeb Hoge Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:42:37 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/?p=1068#comment-4918 They did that with Shelby Lynne several years ago. Lynne had been putting out albums on country labels for years, had some modest success but a lot of critical acclaim, and then when she won Best New Artist for "I Am Shelby Lynne", she kicked off her acceptance speech with a comment about "I don't know how you can call me new after ten years in this business..." They did that with Shelby Lynne several years ago. Lynne had been putting out albums on country labels for years, had some modest success but a lot of critical acclaim, and then when she won Best New Artist for “I Am Shelby Lynne”, she kicked off her acceptance speech with a comment about “I don’t know how you can call me new after ten years in this business…”

]]> Comment on The Gray Lady’s 40 Million Dollar Folly by P. Bradley Robb http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/03/the-gray-ladys-40-million-dollar-folly/comment-page-1/#comment-342 P. Bradley Robb Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:54:07 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=968#comment-342 I don't think $40 million over a year counts as rapid iteration by any stretch of the imagination. It is interesting that you bring up the transition from print to digital being the focus of income. Why doesn't the Times Company have print and digital competing against each other? I don’t think $40 million over a year counts as rapid iteration by any stretch of the imagination.

It is interesting that you bring up the transition from print to digital being the focus of income.

Why doesn’t the Times Company have print and digital competing against each other?

]]> Comment on The Gray Lady’s 40 Million Dollar Folly by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/03/the-gray-ladys-40-million-dollar-folly/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Guy LeCharles Gonzalez Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:41:46 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=968#comment-341 The assumption you're making here, though not as egregiously as some who have commented on it, is that this is the final step in their strategy, set in stone and never to change. It also completely misses the point that print is still NYT's primary source of revenue, and this program is structured to favor that relationship. For now, at least. Rather than doinitrong, I think they're doing it right, launching a strategy that puts a value on their digital content, complements their print content, and positions them to make further adjustments in response to user behavior that won't require this first step to be an all or nothing success. Isn't that exactly what everyone has said publishers need to do? Experiment, fail, rapid iterations, rinse, repear? The assumption you’re making here, though not as egregiously as some who have commented on it, is that this is the final step in their strategy, set in stone and never to change. It also completely misses the point that print is still NYT’s primary source of revenue, and this program is structured to favor that relationship. For now, at least.

Rather than doinitrong, I think they’re doing it right, launching a strategy that puts a value on their digital content, complements their print content, and positions them to make further adjustments in response to user behavior that won’t require this first step to be an all or nothing success.

Isn’t that exactly what everyone has said publishers need to do? Experiment, fail, rapid iterations, rinse, repear?

]]> Comment on Enter the Blue Pen by Katie http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/03/enter-the-blue-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Katie Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:48:01 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=961#comment-340 Whenever you need a break I have 3 crazy kids for you! Zac always comes here to look at your site - that's why I knew you had a new post! By the way - you are amazing - I know why I never wrote - too much to think about. Whenever you need a break I have 3 crazy kids for you! Zac always comes here to look at your site – that’s why I knew you had a new post! By the way – you are amazing – I know why I never wrote – too much to think about.

]]> Comment on Profound or Profane? Swearing in Literature by Dennis.E. http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2009/01/profound-or-profane-swearing-in-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Dennis.E. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:26:11 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=508#comment-131 I'm coming to this years late, but as a result of searching the internet for an article just like this. Thanks for it! And some of the responses, the moralistic ones, are just what I have experiences in my writing seminar when a character used the word f--k as her first bit of dialogue. I was told unceremoniously to cut it out, she "would never say that." But I said, "Wait a minute. It's her sentence, her first impression on you. She does actually say that. That's her." But just got more one-liners like "it's just not done" or "it's just not her." Well, to me saying that a girl in fiction cannot or should not swear (I should say it was all older men talking about a young female character) or that swearing has no real place in ficiton, or it's for the intellectually stunted, it's better cut out... is all moralising. And untrue. It's the equivalent, a female writer friend said to me, of saying "all women should be virgins on their wedding night." Some might believe that, but it doesn't make it a fact of life. Or a fact of fiction. Some of the best stories and books out there have swearing and while I'm not claiming to be Hemmingway or anyone like that, it's a bit dull to tell new writers that it's just a no-no, when it really boils down to genre, the character, the integrity of the story (I mean if some characters do NOT cuss, it's just a joke) and what effects you are after. I’m coming to this years late, but as a result of searching the internet for an article just like this. Thanks for it! And some of the responses, the moralistic ones, are just what I have experiences in my writing seminar when a character used the word f–k as her first bit of dialogue. I was told unceremoniously to cut it out, she “would never say that.” But I said, “Wait a minute. It’s her sentence, her first impression on you. She does actually say that. That’s her.” But just got more one-liners like “it’s just not done” or “it’s just not her.”

Well, to me saying that a girl in fiction cannot or should not swear (I should say it was all older men talking about a young female character) or that swearing has no real place in ficiton, or it’s for the intellectually stunted, it’s better cut out… is all moralising. And untrue. It’s the equivalent, a female writer friend said to me, of saying “all women should be virgins on their wedding night.” Some might believe that, but it doesn’t make it a fact of life. Or a fact of fiction.

Some of the best stories and books out there have swearing and while I’m not claiming to be Hemmingway or anyone like that, it’s a bit dull to tell new writers that it’s just a no-no, when it really boils down to genre, the character, the integrity of the story (I mean if some characters do NOT cuss, it’s just a joke) and what effects you are after.

]]> Comment on Bye Bye Twitter? by Jim http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/01/bye-bye-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Jim Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:41:13 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=946#comment-339 Look at this guy: http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_008a12be0ead9b936331c5c8c4ec68fa.jpg "Love Kills Slowly" hahahahahahaha Look at this guy:

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/26/l_008a12be0ead9b936331c5c8c4ec68fa.jpg

“Love Kills Slowly” hahahahahahaha

]]> Comment on Bye Bye Twitter? by Angela Perry http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/01/bye-bye-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Angela Perry Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:04:13 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=946#comment-338 That's not a technicality, that's ridiculous. It's a publicly posted business number, not a private number. Boo on Twitter! That’s not a technicality, that’s ridiculous. It’s a publicly posted business number, not a private number. Boo on Twitter!

]]> Comment on Bye Bye Twitter? by shari http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/01/bye-bye-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-337 shari Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:38:02 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=946#comment-337 That there is some bull poo. I really hope Twitter realizes this & fixes it. Im really interested in knowing what's on your mind. That there is some bull poo. I really hope Twitter realizes this & fixes it. Im really interested in knowing what’s on your mind.

]]> Comment on Bye Bye Twitter? by P. Bradley Robb http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/2011/01/bye-bye-twitter/comment-page-1/#comment-336 P. Bradley Robb Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:56:35 +0000 http://www.bradleyrobb.net/on/?p=946#comment-336 @Jason Yeah, that's the real rub. Really hoping the SPAM account gets knocked off soon. @Jason Yeah, that’s the real rub. Really hoping the SPAM account gets knocked off soon.

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