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Our TownExtra Cost Of Google Email To L.A. Probably Worth ItThe LA Weekly notes that the city's contract with Google to provide email services will cost $1.5 million more than the old system, and questions the wisdom of the extra cost during a massive budget deficit. A valid point, to be sure - but it's worth considering what you get for that extra cabbage. From DailyFinance.com: Randi Levin, general manager of the city's Information Technology Agency .... said that unlike the city's current GroupWise system, the Google platform won't require 16 city employees running 60 servers. She also criticized GroupWise for being "slow, limited in memory and prone to crashing." It's difficult to measure the cost of wasted time and effort by city employees who have to struggle with an inefficient system, but it is undoubtedly considerable. You want people to do a good job, you've got to give them the right tools.
Google Wins Email Contract With City Of Los AngelesCity employees have had it with their rickety old email system, and are going Google. From the LA Times: The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to outsource its e-mail system to Google Inc., making it the largest city in the nation to make the move and handing the Web search giant a major victory in its quest to become a software provider to the world's cities and businesses. Paul Haggis Leaves Scientology
Haggis writes: This was my state of mind when I was online doing research and chanced upon an interview clip with you on CNN. The interview lasted maybe ten minutes - it was just you and the newscaster. And in it I saw you deny the church's policy of disconnection. You said straight-out there was no such policy, that it did not exist. Yeah, after a couple of months figuring out the church lies, we get it. After 35 years? This reminds us of the scene in Casablanca where Captain Renault declares, "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!" Your winnings, Sir. Photo Credit: Alexandra Gibson Hello Kitty Celebrates 35th Bday With Star-Studded ClusterfuckHello Kitty is marking her 35th with three weeks of art, events, and weird food at cafe and gallery Royal/T. Thursday night was the invite-only opening party, and attendees included Dave Navarro, Kimora Lee Simmons, Paris Hilton, Tim Biskup and other celebrities not stuck in a line stretching down the block. "Everyone is on the list!" an exasperated publicist explained when we inquired about the miserable wait. We gave up on the event, but it wasn't a total waste - the girls waiting in line were as cute as any of the art inside. LAPD's iWatch is Watching YouYes this is universally thought to be creepy and not unlike we've imagined PSA's on Orwell's telescreens to be like. But our reaction is why did this take so long? Hello! September 11th 2001 was like eight years ago. It's taken the LAPD this long to ask Angelenos to be on the look out for anything suspicious in regards to terrorism?! What did they get stuck in traffic for the better part of a decade? We've been put on HOLD after dialing 911 to report a fire. Is gang violence considered terrorism? Or do they have to be Muslim? Because maybe you want to stick with cleaning up the gang problem before tackling what law enforcement considers "terrorism." We'll report something suspicious, we'll start with reporting iWatch. LAPD Poster Gallery Of Stolen ArtAfter spending some time at the LAPD Art Theft Detail's website, Greg Allen has created a "small, curated showcase of some of LA's greatest stolen art." The full showcase can be viewed at Greg.org
James Ellroy Zócalo RecapAn event we're sorry we missed - Zócalo Public Square hosted a talk this past Monday with author James Ellroy at the Hammer Museum. The Zócalo website offers a rundown: Atypical fans sat for an atypical interview between Ellroy - most recently the author of Blood's A Rover - and writer [Erika] Schickel, who confided that she is Ellroy's girlfriend. Fortunately for those of us not in attendance, a video of the interview can be viewed here. Greg Burk Remembers Brendan MullenFellow music journalist, aficionado, and punk rock alumni Greg Burk has penned a remembrance of his friend Brendan Mullen for the current issue of the LA Weekly. Mullen's unexpected death this past Monday has broken a lot of hearts - and inspired some lovely words. Burk's words are entitled "MULLEN: SOME FOREIGN BASTARD" and begin: Dreams don't come true by themselves. Read the rest of the piece at the LA Weekly website. The McCourts Confirm Divorce
They have announced they will be divorcing. So is it too soon to make half marathon jokes? (Photo credit LAT) Previously on FBLA: LA Will Finally Have an Awesome Marathon Barbie Has Cankles
Mind you, this is the same socially sensitive Louboutin that, during a worldwide recession, introduced a $6,295 shoe named after Marie Antoinette, that timeless icon of royal excess in the midst of starving masses. Here's hoping Louboutin's over-hyped luxury brand goes bankrupt in the recession and gets purchased by Wal-Mart. Red soles on aisle five. Fingers crossed. PreviouslyBrendan Mullen Has Gone To Rock N' Roll Heaven As Promised, Vince Gonzales Getting Ripped on Camera Attention Brilliant Writers: You're Needed to 'Flush' Out Characters The Charles Bukowski Tapes of Mid-1980's Hollywood Local Geniuses Win MacArthur Grants Daveo Mathias Takes on Scientology Two Officers Placed On Leave As LAPD Probes Rihanna Photo Leak Michael Jackson Is Good For Cemetary Economy Memorial Service For Fallen Firefighters A Guy Bites Off Another Man's Finger at a Health Care Reform Vigil Michael Jackson Private Funeral Held Today We're Wheezing As We Type This Mt. Wilson Transmitters Threatened Two Firefighters Killed Battling Blaze LA is on Fire...Again...But Now We Have Twitter Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe Still Available Ebay Auction For Crypt Above Marilyn Monroe Ends At Noon David Nadelberg: This Landlord Should Be Mortified Remembering Lily In The LA Weekly Taco Truck Bandits Terrorize East L.A. LA Weekly Reporter Reacts to Bratton Stepping Down Police Chief Bratton to Step Down LA Will Finally Have an Awesome Marathon 20th Century Props is Going Out of Business - Everything Must Go Suspect Charged With Murder Of Lily Burk Suspect Held In Burk Murder Case Facebook Page In Memory Of Lily Burk Statement From Lily Burk's Parents Journalist's Daughter Murdered, Arrest Made Frank McCourt Dead at 78, Other Frank McCourt Still Alive California Unemployment Hits 11.6% Bad Press For Medical Mary Jane LA City Council Has Pot Epiphany, Calls for Taxing It Octomom Says Her House is Haunted Don't Forget Today is Furlough Friday in CA LA's Spamalot Takes on Sarah Palin Steve Lopez Takes on MJ Memorial City Needs Help Paying for MJ Memorial A View Of The Michael Jackson Memorial Michael Jackson Memorial Will Cost $25 A Head The Jackson Memorial and the Actual Ringling Bros. Circus The Jackson Memorial: A Fitting Tribute Mayor V Will Announce Whether or Not He's Running For Governor Today on CNN Eric Garcetti Responds to FBLA The Trial Of Jesse James Hollywood Continues Eric Garcetti is Given 2009 "40 Under 40" Award RadarOnline.com Charged With Child Labor Law Violations For Filming Babies Lakers' Fans Boo Mayor Tony and His City Hall Peeps Sizeable Layoffs On The Horizon For MySpace LA Churches Outraged at Hours Long Inconvenience One Day a Year Mayor V and His Love/Hate Relationship with the Press The Trial Of Jesse James Hollywood City Council Approves Funding For Rape Kit Backlog NBC Executive Nora O'Brien Dies Van Nuys Tea Party Clear: No to Socialism and Fix the Potholes! LA City Attorney Debate Next Week at Town Hall Laura Chick Slams City's Hiring Practices Phil Spector is Wigging Out Right About Now Former Fox Entertainment Employee Arrested A Local Bookstore Struggles To Stay Alive Woody Allen In Catfight With American Apparel Exclusive: Cenk Uygur Reacts to MSNBC Calling Off Their Search for a 10PM Show Deadline Extension For LA Press Club Awards Welcome to LA, President Obama MetBlogs Maps Local Unemployment Rates Prez Obama to Appear on "Tonight Show" on Thursday Congresswoman From LA on the Front Page of NYTimes Seas Maybe Not So Friendly To Female Passengers USC Student Writer Disappointed By The Professionals LA Papers Weigh In on Mayor V's Gubernatorial Chances |
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