Dec
20
Took a few days off from blogging (some involuntarily because the electricity went out here in Portland on Thursday night and again on Friday - and again on Saturday), and some voluntarily (made some headway on some important other project = my dissertation).
Too many things happened in the last few days to really keep up, […]
Dec
13
this can happen.
Technorati Tags: leweb, le web, leweb3, loiclemuir, loic le muir, conference
Dec
13
Latest JibJab Video a Bust
December 13, 2006 | 1 Comment
Even though Natali Del Conte over at TechCrunch think the latest JibJab video is the funniest thing ever, the sad truth is it is a boring, mild, not even close to funny recap of the last year.
TechCrunch reviewed some JibJab videos in October. Not only did we LOL, we maintained that JibJab has some serious […]
Dec
12
There is some interesting news in the Washington Post today:
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday said that companies engaging in word-of-mouth marketing, in which people are compensated to promote products to their peers, must disclose those relationships.
In a staff opinion issued yesterday, the consumer protection agency weighed in for the first time on the practice. Though […]
Dec
12
There is some interesting stuff happening on Jason Calacanis’ blog these days. He is offering $100 to anybody who can bring some proof that digg.com is being rigged by PR firms who try to get their clients’ content up on the front-page.
While one can argue about Calacanis’ method here, he is on to something. Services […]
Dec
12
Today’s Dave Winer vs. Mike Arrington ‘debate’ on TechCrunch was a pain to watch. I am with Dave on this one, by the way - why did Mike Arrington get so angry?
Dec
11
Foneshow Now in Beta
December 11, 2006 | 1 Comment
I wrote about Foneshow a while back. They offer podcasts through your cellphone, using your unlimited night and weekend minutes or any other minute you might have. While I was not exactly enamored with the idea when I first heard about it, it is starting to grow on me (though I am still not sure […]
Dec
11
David Cohn writes (via Scripting News):
The strength of YouTube isn’t the mass of copyrighted material and television shows, many of which have been purged. Rather, it’s the loyal community of viewers and users who upload content. That’s what Google was buying and what other media companies don’t have.
But, as he rightly points out at the […]
Dec
11
When did content from the New York Time start taking over Techmeme?
p.s. there are a million things I want to comment on today (and yes, some related to the New York Times), but my students have an exam in an hour and I am still finalizing some details…
Technorati Tags: new york times, nyt, techmeme
Dec
8
Jon Udell has announced he is leaving Infoworld and has taken a position at Microsoft, doing screencasts, podcasts and videos for Microsoft’s Channel 9 and 10. It seems, his role will be similar to what Robert Scoble was doing there before.
His podcasts have been absolutely excellent lately, so I can only hope he will keep […]
Dec
8
Friday Fun: Being Five Comic
December 8, 2006 | 1 Comment
I just discovered the Being Five comics: A Kid Who Blogs Using Voice Recognition Software. Brilliant stuff.
Dec
8
We Need Pilots
December 8, 2006 | 1 Comment
Seth Godin says that pilots do well on job interviews because they are able to follow instructions to the point and get stuff done according to checklists, on time, every time. Sounds good, but then he says:
Here’s the thing: I think (outside of the airline business, of course) that our need for pilots is diminishing, […]
Dec
8
Compete’s Top 20 Domains - Really?
December 8, 2006 | 1 Comment
Compete has compiled a list of the top 20 domains over the last year, up until October. There are a few surprises on the list, most notably geocities.com, which I thought was long dead; target.com and adobe.com which I never thought of as major attractions on the web, with almost as many uniques as […]
Dec
7
According to this New York Times article, the spam problem, which seems to be going away in the last few months has gotten worse rapidly recently. Softscan, reports that 89.73% of email is now spam.
According to the NYT, it is especially new forms of spam that make up the bulk of this resurgence. For example, […]
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