Apr
18
Murderous Vlogging?
April 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
Update: Dave took his post down for a while because he felt it was not clear. Please see his comment here and his new post here. I do stand by my general assesment, though, that I don’t think this is anything new. I think this is very similar to the way terrorists and murderers have […]
Apr
18
Where is the Tribe Going?
April 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
Tim Bray is asking some interesting questions about the tribal nature of us tech folks (and if you are reading this, you are probably one of ‘us’). He recounts how a joke he made about Twitter at a tech conference (Web Design World) fell flat because nobody there had heard about Twitter.
It became apparent that […]
Apr
18
244… that’s it (via: newlaunches.com). I am surprised there is even a distributor who is willing to stock any software in China.
Technorati Tags: vista, china
Apr
18
I was listening to the PC Mag Radio podcast this morning. I had subscribed a few weeks ago and actually enjoyed the show.
In the latest episode, though, the group starts talking about how useless blogs, citizen journalists and crowdsourcing are. Besides trashing every blogger out there (here?), they take on wikipedia, and the idea that […]
Apr
17
Am I the only one who hates the fact that every story on every Gawker blog (Gizmodo, Fleshbot, Defamer, Idolator, Jalopnik, Gridskipper, Wonkette, Kotaku, Screenhead, Lifehacker, Valleywag etc.) points to the category listing on that blog and not to a site outside of the Gawker universe? Thinking about it, Engadget is maybe the most […]
Apr
17
Comic Strip Blogger VS. Nemcoff
April 17, 2007 | 2 Comments
This interview that Comic Strip Blogger did with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff of Podshow is strangely appealing, even though it basically two guys swearing at each other. There is definitely some comical value in this… or maybe it is because CSB asks Nemcoff what he is going to do after Podshow runs out of money in […]
Apr
17
With Intel’s earnings report due tomorrow, it seems the company is interested in getting as much news as possible out of the door. Today, there is the announcement of a multi-core chip prototype capable of producing 2 teraflops of performance, a “Core 2 Duo on Steroids” that overclocks itself, and the announcement of the winners […]
Apr
17
There is no dearth of coverage of the recent decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board to uphold the rather excessive increase in royalty fees for Internet radio broadcasts. Betanews reports that the hike isn’t as bad as it could have been:
While the new ATH rates will represent a rise over 2005, they may […]
Apr
17
Just when it seems Scoble is doing some interesting stuff again, Valleywag reminds me that he is going to talk at PostieCon, PayPerPost’s blogging conference) soon.
The Posties are nervous, because they are afraid to be trashed publicly (and rightly so) and Scoble should be afraid, too, because if he is too friendly, he might just […]
Apr
16
The somewhat annoying Snap Preview Anywhere service is no more. The most prominent site that experimented with it was TechCrunch and many, many readers there were highly annoyed by this.
But Snap did not give up. Instead, they now actually released a useful product: SnapShots. Here the focus is on only displaying preview information to useful […]
Apr
15
Is OpenSource Good for Shareholders and CEOs?
April 15, 2007 | 3 Comments
Update: Sam Ramji of Port 25, Microsoft’s Open Source Labs, posted a response to Hugh’s ideas which gives some great inside into the thoughts at Microsoft about Open Source.
There is a basic problem when people frame “traditional software vs. open source software” – the assumption that there is a zero-sum game to be played and […]
Apr
15
It looks a bit diabolical, but I guess I can measure how fast you type…
Apr
15
Scoble’s constant mentioning of his linkblog in almost every single blog post makes me wonder why he is pushing this idea so hard. Don’t get me wrong, there is interesting stuff there, but when I read Scoble, I want Scoble’s opinion and not just the stuff he reads. I can already hardly keep up with […]
Apr
14
According to a certain venture capitalist from NYC, thanks to the sale of DoubleClick to Google, banner ads are back and here to stay. The reason is pretty simple, banner ads can carry a branding message that text ads simply can’t deliver.
But, banners carry branding value that text ads don’t. The return on investment measure […]
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