The Long Tail, reviewed. - Slate Magazine
The Long Tail theory is so catchy it can overgrow its useful boundaries. Unfortunately, Anderson's book exacerbates this problem. When you put it down, there's one question you won't be able to answer: When, exactly, doesn't the Long Tail matter?
The graph below is the Long Tail in a nutshell.
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Why Chris Anderson's "Long Tail" theory might be all wrong.
Why Chris Anderson's theory of the digital world might be all wrong.
Nearly four years ago, first in a widely cited article and later in a best-selling book , Chris Anderson posited that the Internet, with its vast inventories of books, albums, and movies, would liberate the world from blockbuster schlock. Anderson, the editor of Wired, labeled his concept "the Long Tail," after the shape our...
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10,000 Birds | South Africa’s endemic birds
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My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! Although in raw numbers (843 species recorded to date) it doesn't compete with tropical countries to the north or on other continents (especially South America), South Africa makes up for this in several ways:
o the highest number of endemics on the continent: 19 true endemics, 2 breeding endemics, 1 winter...
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Identification - Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius ...
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37 - 41 cm. 300 g. Bill stubby and short, black, darker at tip. Wings slender. Flight feathers of wings blackish. Legs gray. Nonbreeding adults (November-March): Forehead and crown black. Black mask. Back grayish brown. Sides of head, nape, neck, throat and belly buff white. Gray ban on chest and flanks. Feathers that cover undertail dark with white bands. Central tail feathers long and slender. Breeding adults (March-October): Cap black. Sides of head, nape, neck and chest white. Upperparts brown. Flanks, lower belly and feathers that cover undertail dark buff. Central tail feathers slender, longer than nonbreeding...
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