Weekly Blogistan Round-Up no. 52/2008

Ready from some good ole fun after the dreadful distress of buying all your X-Mas presents? Word your way through Dan's list of Friday Funnies and meet the Tiddy bear! He'll make you feel more comfortable than a pint of pure Christmas spirit or this weekly round-up. So sit back, relax and keep wondering about the miracles of modern web society.

Vote for your PPC, America

TechCrunch heard an interesting rumor: supposedly Digg is working on their own ad system by adding a social mechanism to determine the click price:

One experiment Digg is working on, says one source close to the company, is a self service advertising product that will be somewhat similar to Google AdWords, but with a twist. The product would insert advertisements into the Digg news stream (presumably clearly marked). Where those ads end up, and how much an advertiser pays per click, would be based on user feedback.

Sounds like a pretty smart plan – theoretically it might improve overall ad quality a lot. On the other hand I highly doubt that user are willing to cast their votes on ads. It's much more likely that Digg-mobs embrace a more profitable kind of business model.

The key factors of success

If you want to become a millionaire, try to serve others first. If you offer them something of true value, the will appreciate your work and eventually pay your really good. Work through Crap:

C riticism
R ejection
A ssholes
P ressure

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vldjedAashA[/youtube]

It's all simple truths, cut down to a 3-minute TED presentation without any unnecessary bells and whistles. And there's good news, too: try to have fun, will you? [via Blogpiloten]

In the mood for charity?

People usually are around this time of year and Seth has picked out some ideas like collecting money via twitter or getting peeps to sign up for some new service. That's the true spirit of X-Mas: during other seasons you could never directly buy attention without looking like a complete loser, but hey, it's Christmas: that seems to render any kind of begging and buying the G-love absolutely acceptable! Don't worry though: I'll just give some of my yearly income to charity, but I won't ask you, my readers, to send me money or to sign up anywhere. If it was a successful year for you, pick some humanitarian cause that appeals to you. Give them some of money directly: finding a proper project is easier than ever before – there are literally millions of Facebook groups trying to improve the world, Africa, animal rights, human rights etc. I won't and can't tell you what good deed you should spend your hard-earned bucks on.

Video(s) of the week: tangible interaction

Tangible Interaction's graffiti wall takes the illegal part out of spraying house-walls. The only problem is that these interfaces are probably far too expensive to be put up on every city wall. Still, using them looks like a lot of fun:

And there's more greatness on Vimeo: Scott Beale of Laughing Squid test-drove his brand-new Canon 5D Mark II against mighty Doc Popular's Yoyo tricks: the sequence is short, but watch it in HD on Vimeo and behold the incredible video quality:

So much for this week – one more round-up to go, and we're done with 2008 or “the year of 140 letters” as some like to call it. So good luck with grabbing your last-minute X-mas presents, have a nice Sunday and great holidays, see you next week.

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