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Destructuring.net belongs to Jonathan Vanasco. I'm a technology and advertising professional who tends to work around exciting topics like media, music, art and startups.
Some of the things I've done include: inventing one of the earliest technologies for decentralized social networking, and social media indexing for behavioral analytics / media buying; online strategy for a few labels the music industry, working on countless branding + advertising initiatives for large companies.
At the 2011 Digital Media Summit hosted by Harvard Business School and the Committee for Concerned Journalists, I shut down [insert name here]'s line of reasoning over analog dollars vs digital pennies as the only person in the room who noted the obvious -- Apple was winning with iTunes because they made it much easier to legally buy media than to steal it.
I am actively consult to media companies, and am involved with a handful of startups in the NYC area.
I most recently ran Technology and Product at IAC's Daily Beast, and worked on the merger with Newsweek.
I manage the IP Portfolio and R&D activity of FindMeOn.
One of my companies sells limited editions of contemporary fine art online @ ArtWeLove.com.
Random thoughts are on this blog. Links to my various web-presences are below.
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Facebook Product Quirks, Part 1
As an Internet Professional who works with both Consumer & B2B Products, I’ve been keeping a growing list of issues with Facebook. I figured it was worth publicly sharing them — maybe others have thought this way. Top 5 Product [...]
Fancy Blenders
I’m looking into the top blenders out there; there seems to be many pros & cons with the VitaMix and the BlendTec. Most notably I’ve found this: VitaMix Great Warranty – 7 years The motor has issues for many people [...]
its 2010, and browsers still don’t have a way to stop javascript
var annoying_catchphrases= [ "D'oh!", "What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?", "Did I do that?", "Beam me up, Scotty", "Look boss, De plane! De plane!", "Resistance is futile", "Yadda Yadda Yadda", "I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!", "That's hot.", "Cut, It, Out!" [...]
Regarding the Facebook TOS debate – Social Media Standards drafts now public
This past week there’s been an uproar on TOS concepts , chaining from the Facebook TOS update. In mid-2008 I started working on a whitepaper for FindMeOn & my own consulting/advising clients dealing with these exact issues — the concepts [...]
Carly Fiorina should shut the fuck up. She was a failure as a CEO and is an idiot as a politician.
I hate Carly Fiorina. She’s consistently promoted and lauded over, but her track record has been nothing but colossal failures offset by fancy PR. After she eviscerated HP’s stock, brand and personnel she finally tried her push into politics. Her [...]
Yes, I know the archives pages are ugly
I’m using this install to play with some stuff under movable type to dynamically change entire styles per template. It’s half done.
Publishing Engine Comparison – MovableType 4.2 vs WordPress 2.7
Somehow, these are the two most popular blogging packages. I really can’t believe it – they’re both crap. I’ve come up with a listing of pros & cons for each one, with hopes that others find this useful. This entry [...]
I upgraded MovableType, and lost my blog.
I upgraded MovableType, and lost my blog. The upgrade from MT3 to MT4 a few months ago completely wiped out the site design. It’s been a PITA getting things back and running, as I’ve been overcommitted on some projects. I [...]
Upgrading
I decided to upgrade the MT install to 4.2 ( from 4.01 ). Since the theme was migrated from 3.x , a lot of things broke. I hope to have a blog again one day soon.
Sarah Palin and Motherhood
The country is buzzing with the rumors, and some pretty impressive media, suggesting that Sarah Palin’s youngest child is not really her daughter – but granddaughter. It wouldn’t be surprising – and the facts of the matter are quite interesting: [...]