{"id":510,"date":"2004-01-01T13:42:04","date_gmt":"2004-01-01T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/the-meta-roj-direct-hits-2003-awards-show\/"},"modified":"2004-01-01T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2004-01-01T18:42:04","slug":"the-meta-roj-direct-hits-2003-awards-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/the-meta-roj-direct-hits-2003-awards-show\/","title":{"rendered":"the meta-roj direct-hits 2003 awards show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>there are statistics and year-in-reviews and awards shows and ceremonies and trophies and all kinds of other garbage that happens during this time of the year,  and i&#8217;m certainly not going to object.  but,  i thought i&#8217;d put a slightly different spin on things, since this is a blog&#8230; and share the most popular directly-viewed posts from meta-roj (we just have to rank everything):<\/p>\n<p>#1:  (4139) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/walmart_online.html\">walmart online<\/a>.  walmart gets into online music.<br \/>\n#2:  (771) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/rafe_esquith.html\">rafe esquith<\/a>.  inspiration and good work.<br \/>\n#3:  (715) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/katherine_pecore_and_stephanie_haaser.html\">katherine pecore and stephanie haaser<\/a>.  bold individual action.<br \/>\n#4:  (312) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/the_evil_empires_spotlight_on_walmart.html\">the evil empires, spotlight on walmart<\/a>.  walmart is what walmart is.<br \/>\n#5:  (283) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/distributed_blog_modification.html\">distributed blog modification<\/a>.  a hint of an immune system for net pathogens.<br \/>\n#6:  (265) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/music_monopolies.html\">music monopolies<\/a>.  foundation piece on the nature of the business of music.<br \/>\n#7:  (250) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/on_determinism.html\">on determinism<\/a>.  foundation piece on the nature of managing innovation.<br \/>\n#8:  (236) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/back_to_plan_g.html\">back to plan g<\/a>.  the third of three long pieces on a proposal to topple the riaa empire.<br \/>\n#9:  (234) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/a_music_model_at_the_high_end.html\">a music model at the high end<\/a>.  wild speculation on the future shape of pop icon creation.<br \/>\n#10:  (229) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/the_universal_problem_solving_toolkit.html\">the universal problem solving toolkit<\/a>.  the answer to all your problems (though not necessarily the best answer).<br \/>\n#11:  (220) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/geek_props_for_comment_spam_solutions.html\">geek props for comment spam solutions<\/a>.  tools from <a href=\"http:\/\/james.seng.cc\/\">james seng<\/a> &#8211; the technical approach to blog spam.<br \/>\n#12:  (217) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/the_death_of_the_cd_is_greatly_exaggerated.html\">the death of the cd is greatly exaggerated<\/a>.  gazing into the future of a so-called dead technology.<br \/>\n#13:  (214) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/commercial_applications_license_terms.html\">commercial applications license terms<\/a>.  the first, informal, attempt at a cost-imposing response to blog spam.<br \/>\n#14:  (198) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/the_recurring_geek_paradigm.html\">the recurring geek paradigm<\/a>.  just an observation.<br \/>\n#15:  (192) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/cat5_hurricanes_by_duration.html\">cat 5 hurricanes by duration<\/a>.  serious weather.<br \/>\n#16:  (192) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/monetizing_blog_spam.html\">monetizing blog spam<\/a>.  announcing the commercial applications license terms.<br \/>\n#17:  (188) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/hope_stout.html\">hope stout<\/a>.  an inspiration, at 12.<br \/>\n#18:  (186) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/the_deep_blue_beryl.html\">the deep blue beryl<\/a>.  rocks.<br \/>\n#19:  (183) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/johnny_cash.html\">johnny cash<\/a>.  obituary.<br \/>\n#20:  (167) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/fred_berry.html\">fred berry<\/a>. obituary.<br \/>\n#21:  (167) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/tj_knew.html\">tj knew<\/a>.  jefferson was a chocoholic.<br \/>\n#22:  (162) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/distributed_behavior_modification.html\">distributed behavior modification<\/a>.  an immune response to formmail-script kiddies.<br \/>\n#23:  (161) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/weedshare.html\" class=\"broken_link\">weedshare<\/a>.  looking at a music distribution model.<br \/>\n#24:  (159) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/pretty_beast.html\">pretty beast<\/a>.  more weather drama.<br \/>\n#25:  (158) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/patrick_dalzeljob.html\" class=\"broken_link\">patrick dalzel-job<\/a>.  obituary.<br \/>\n#26:  (158) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/monetizing_weather_feeds.html\">monetizing weather feeds<\/a>.  don&#8217;t think about this one too much.<br \/>\n#27:  (146) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/the_death_of_the_album.html\">the death of the album<\/a>.  the cd will live on, but the album as a format is in trouble.<br \/>\n#28:  (143) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/defending_the_cd.html\">defending the cd<\/a>.  like i said, the cd will live on. \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n#29:  (133) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/you_cant_afford_all_this_music.html\">you can&#8217;t afford all this music<\/a>.  foundation piece on attention markets in entertainment.<br \/>\n#30:  (130) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/the_light_gets_hotter_on_sunncomm.html\">the light gets hotter on sunncomm<\/a>.  how not to run a company well (part 4).<br \/>\n#31:  (130) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/wmd_found.html\">wmd found!<\/a>  where you least expect them.<br \/>\n#32:  (127) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/new_music_business_models.html\">new music business models<\/a>.  a bit of a blogologue with <a href=\"http:\/\/bigpicture.typepad.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">barry ritholtz<\/a> on music business models.<br \/>\n#33:  (126) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/social_networking_sites.html\">social networking sites<\/a>.  a warning to social software management.<br \/>\n#34:  (125) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/i_got_blog_spam_for_christmas.html\" class=\"broken_link\">i got blog spam for christmas<\/a>.  my present is your present.  this one even has a happy ending.<br \/>\n#35:  (117) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/the_blogalog_with_tim_oren_continues.html\">the blogalog with tim oren continues<\/a>.  a bit of a blogologue with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificavc.com\/blog\/\">tim oren<\/a> on music business models.<br \/>\n#36:  (116) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/blog_spam_from_tianjin_province.html\" class=\"broken_link\">blog spam from tianjin province<\/a>.  my first blog spam.<br \/>\n#37:  (111) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/creative_prosecution.html\">creative prosecution<\/a>.  keep ashcroft away from my legal system.<br \/>\n#38:  (110) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/testing_bayesian_filters.html\" class=\"broken_link\">testing bayesian filters<\/a>.  with a nod again to <a href=\"http:\/\/james.seng.cc\/\">james seng<\/a>.<br \/>\n#39:  (109) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/square_waves_suck.html\">square waves suck<\/a>.  just one thing that&#8217;s wrong with modern music production.<br \/>\n#40:  (107) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/the_hollywood_model.html\">the hollywood model<\/a>.  adjusting to losing control of distribution channels.<br \/>\n#41:  (106) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/itunes_invention.html\">itunes invention<\/a>.  invention or innovation?<br \/>\n#41:  (105) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/09\/finding_value_in_music.html\">finding value in music<\/a>.  you have three options&#8230;<br \/>\n#42:  (105) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/11\/barlow_call_to_arms.html\">barlow call to arms<\/a>.  i need to do more. you need to do more.<br \/>\n#42:  (103) <a href=\"https:\/\/rojisan.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/declining_social_capital_in_vc.html\">declining social capital in vc<\/a>.  what happens when you don&#8217;t trust the people you trust.<\/p>\n<p>welcome to my dark little corner of the world.  that&#8217;s all folks&#8230; i hope you had a great 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