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Analysis: The YouTube Tea Leaves: Stock Imagery, as a Business, is Not Sustainable

By Jason Moriber • Jun 17th, 2009

The recent analysis of YouTube’s earning potential by Credit Suisse (reported here and here) points to a big red blot of ink, YouTube is losing lots of money, remains totally subsidized by Google earnings…



Please don’t skimp your clients

By Jason Moriber • Jun 16th, 2009

Last night my family chose to get together at a restaurant we’ve enjoyed in the past. Food has been good, the service, the atmosphere, all good. The waitress asked us for our drink order…



Google, Artists, & a Value Grade

By Jason Moriber • Jun 15th, 2009

Technology can be a friend to creatives, offering them tools to enrich their creative process. However technology is not a friend to the produce, which enables copy/paste virality by the millions. In order to compensate, Creatives need a shiftable “value grade”



PJ Harvey, John Parish & Band, June 11th, Vogue Theater, Indianapolis

By Jason Moriber • Jun 12th, 2009

The pre-roll of blues music, meant to set a tone, could’ve been the foreboding instruct, a tell, of the bare-essential instrumentation of the PJ Harvey/John Parish set and band. In larger venues the sound system is the big brother, putting the band on its shoulders, carrying them. At the Vogue….



Boxing photos from Chia Messina

By Jason Moriber • Jun 9th, 2009

Boxing is a mystery to me, a violent game of strategy and pain that honors a tradition of rules, fellowship, and personalities. I can make lists of favorite boxers; Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Boom Boom Mancini, Marvin Haggler, Larry Holmes, Thomas Hearns. Beyond the violence, there were deeper stories about risks, strategy, [...]



Social Media Delusions of the McBiz Era

By Jason Moriber • Jun 9th, 2009

In social media, however, since there is less “real” money in play (time and effort vs. $dollars in investment) being “spent” within an immense amount of uncharted waters, delusions are freely adopted (mermaids!)…



I’m turning off the mainstream news

By Jason Moriber • May 21st, 2009

At Wise Elephant it’s part of my job to listen to small businesses, sole proprietors, and creative professionals discuss their dreams, plans and goals.



David D. Timony

By Jason Moriber • May 19th, 2009

David has a unique creative economy solution/case study where his school “traded” their unused space with a not-for-profit…



Great use of video/sound http://www.inbflat.net

By Jason Moriber • May 19th, 2009

Great use of video/sound http://www.inbflat.net (love the different combinations)



shout out to photographer Pamela Jones on her show “Haiti: Les Visages de Joie” at http://loft30.com

By Jason Moriber • May 18th, 2009

shout out to photographer Pamela Jones on her show “Haiti: Les Visages de Joie” at http://loft30.com