I’m taking the night off to play with a new toy. See ya!
FTC will start regulating bloggers soon
October 5, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced today that they will begin regulating bloggers starting December 1st. The FTC’s new web guidelines will regulate how bloggers in the US disclose information about product reviews and/or trips sponsored by companies.
If you’re a blogger and you’re concerned at all, take note of this:
…the FTC will more likely go after an advertiser instead of a blogger for violations. The exception would be a blogger who runs a ‘’substantial” operation that violates FTC rules and already received a warning, he said.
As you may or may not know, Doobybrain.com receives products for review quite frequently and generally speaking, I write about them only if I like the products (or if the product flat-out sucks). I understand that in the past I haven’t disclosed which products were sent to me and which ones I bought and wrote about on my own, but rest assured that I’ve never been coerced into swaying my reviews in any particular direction by any company (and should they ever ask, you can also rest assured that I’m ready to tell them tough luck).
With that said, I am actually siding with the FTC here. I think it’ll be good for readers and bloggers to have this sort of information disclosed in a clear manner. So from here on in, at the bottom of each review, I will add a note if the product/service was offered to me in exchange for a write-up. If you don’t see one, that’s because I went out and bought it on my own.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the matter in the comments below.
Interrupt any website you want with Kanye West
September 16, 2009 @ 9:26 pm
If you type in http://kanyelicio.us/ and insert a full URL after the last “/”, you’ll end up with a large Kanye West interruption image macro overlaid on top of any website you choose.
For example, the image above was contributed by Benny after he typed in “http://kanyelicio.us/http://www.doobybrain.com/“. Try it.
Yina is here!
September 9, 2009 @ 2:36 am
One of my favorite people from Australia is in New York right now and I’ll be taking the next couple of days off to hang out with her in real life. So don’t expect much in terms of updates until at least Saturday. :)
DO IT HOW WE DO IT: an end of summer mixtape from Doobybrain.com
August 24, 2009 @ 11:24 am
School is starting back up for many students and for the first time in about 18 years I am not going back to classes. It’s a bit weird not having to worry about grades, buying school supplies, and showing up for classes…although in due time I’ll have to worry about showing up for work on time instead.
Anyway, as I watched some of the students move in to FIT across the street yesterday, I realized that summer for me was also ending despite not really having anywhere to be. So what better way to sum up the summer than to create a mix of songs that stuck with me through the last several months, right?
A lot of the songs here familiar singles and for good reason — they’re great songs! Like all of the mixes I make, I intended this one to be played in the car while driving, but you’re free to download it and listen to it on your iPod while walking around campus (or to work) or while you’re sitting at your desk. It’s an overall upbeat mix so don’t expect to put this one on while you’re trying to sleep.
01 Hot Hot Heat – Let Me In
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
03 Passion Pit – Make Light
04 Phoenix – 1901
05 Thunderheist – Jerk it
06 Chiddy Bang – Truth (featuring Passion Pit)
07 Peter Bjorn and John – Nothing To Worry About
08 The Bloody Beetroots – Awesome (featuring The Cool Kids)
09 Calvin Harris – Flashback
10 Clipse – I’m Good
11 Donnis – Country Cool
12 Mat Kearney – All I Have
13 Mute Math – Odds
14 Oren Lavie – Her Morning Elegance
15 Phoenix – Lisztomania
17 Zee Avi – Bitter Heart
Get the mix here: Megaupload.
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