Google Maps Darfur

This is a really interesting CNN article about Google Map mapping out the atrocities of Darfur

here here to that

Thanks!

THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT SEMESTER MARISSA!!!

final paper due date: EXTENSION

I want to give you as much time as possible to complete the final assignment and now that I know when I have to hand in your final grades, I'm happy to announce we can push back the due date for the final assignment.

The new due date is Monday, May 7th by 5pm. No late papers will be accepted. I'll be on a plane a few hours later and unreachable, so please make sure you hand in the paper by 5pm. No extensions, no exceptions.

Thanks.

tomorrow's speaker: david towers

tomorrow's speaker is david towers of avenue a/razorfish. you can find his bio here or check out his website.

Vice President, Managing Director - LA

David Towers was named managing director of the Los Angeles office in October 2006. David leads the Los Angeles team and is responsible for overall client satisfaction.

Prior to joining Avenue A | Razorfish, David was vice president of e-commerce for Liz Claiborne where he led the interactive strategy across all 40+ brands of the fashion conglomerate. Before that, he was the vice president of e-commerce operations for J.Crew where he grew the online business to over $100 million. David has also held various marketing management positions at American Express and Diagnostic Research. He holds a BS from the University of Southern California and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

In our thoughts and prayers...

I hope you all will join me in taking a moment to pray for those who lost their loved ones yesterday.
I have a lot of friends that go to Virgina Tech and so far all are ok.

Another take on the EMI/apple announcement

my business partner (and USC lecturer) aram sinnreich has an article today in truthdig (bob scheer, professor at annenberg is the editor-in-chief) offering another persepctive on the EMI DRM announcement - one that has been ignored in more mainstream publications.