Oct
7
Google Problems?
October 7, 2007 | Comments
Both the Google Reader and the regular Google search seem to take forever to load tonight. A comcast or a google problem?
Oct
5
PayPerPost was working with TIVO?
October 5, 2007 | Comments
(via Jason Calacanis’ Pownce updates)
WTF? Seems like I missed the ball on this one during the whole Techmeme ruckus yesterday.
Apparently PayPerPost had its “Posties” make fake, paid testimonials and spam YouTube with it.
God, how I hate PayPerPost. But how can respectable companies work with this scum?
Those testimonials are being pulled as we are [...]
Oct
5
Technorati CEO on Techmeme
October 5, 2007 | Comments
Technorati’s new CEO Richard Jalichandra seems to have some good perspective when it comes to talking about Techmeme:
WN: What’s your take on TechMeme’s leaderboard?
RJ: It’s a great little site and there are a lot of cool things on there, but when I look at the assets we’re sitting on it’s clear that we’re doing [...]
Oct
5
GeekBrief now showing on CrunchGear?
October 5, 2007 | Comments
I must have missed this a few days ago, but for reasons I can’t quite figure out, GeekBrief (the slightly annoying, not very technical show about gadgets that most geeks probably only watch because there is a girl on it) is now cross-posting its episodes on Mike Arrington’s (still mostly commentless) CrunchGear site.
Weird synergy going [...]
Oct
5
Boing Boing TV Heading to Virgin America
October 5, 2007 | Comments
According to Airline Biz, Boing Boing TV has partnered with Virgin America to provide:
“cheeky exploration of the world through Internet culture, DIY technology and geeky curiosities” through inflight daily video reports with the same irreverent and eclectic content that has struck a cord with pop culture junkies on BoingBoing.net.
Sounds like a good idea, given that [...]
Oct
4
Difference Between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
October 4, 2007 | Comments
From Geek and Poke:
Oct
4
The whole ruckus on Techmeme today feels… well… fabricated. Not sure what to think about both the posts by Jason Calacanis, Scoble, and Dave Winer today. And now Mike Arrington is joining in as well.
It seems to be on its way to become a shouting match, though. Come on guys. Keep your cool. No need [...]
Oct
4
Dave Winer Figured it Out
October 4, 2007 | Comments
Why Techmeme is a cesspool (love the use of tinyurl to not give more attention to the links):
Techmeme was already severely polluted by people saying stupid shit to rise to the top of the page. That was an ephemeral high. Now there’s a way to accumulate points toward more persistent rank, and everyone who isn’t [...]
Oct
4
The Optimus Maximus is lame
October 4, 2007 | Comments
because the Fairlight Xynergi is a lot more interesting (via Music Thing). Overkill for most people, but just imagine editing your podcasts with this (yes - it has it’s own screen…):
Technorati tags: fairlight xynergy, optimus maximus, keyboards
Oct
4
Dave Winer Figured it Out
October 4, 2007 | Comments
Why Techmeme is a cesspool (love the use of tinyurl to not give more attention to the links):
Techmeme was already severely polluted by people saying stupid shit to rise to the top of the page. That was an ephemeral high. Now there’s a way to accumulate points toward more persistent rank, and everyone who isn’t [...]
Oct
4
Last Word on Rankings
October 4, 2007 | Comments
From Doc Searls:
I’m just me, dude, not a number. Bloggers are people, not institutions.
Oct
4
Howl Against Indecency
October 4, 2007 | Comments
Only in America: A judge decides a poem is not indecent in 1978. In 2004, a boob shows up on American TV and ruins a generation. In 2007, you can’t read Allen Ginsberg’s Howl on the radio without running the risk of being bankrupted:
Fifty years later, with draconian FCC fines for language infractions, you still [...]
Oct
4
NYTimes on Linux
October 4, 2007 | Comments
This article in the New York Times on Linux today is definitely worth reading and paints a pretty realistic picture of Linux on the desktop.
I only take issue with its conclusion - the author says that Linux is comparable to other operating systems by MS or Apple, however, here is the catch:
But since common tasks [...]
Oct
4
Calacanis defines Web 3.0 - It’s Mahalo
October 4, 2007 | Comments
As an update, see Jason’s response to his own post here.
Jason Calacanis yesterday tried to define Web 3.0 and in a somewhat pompous move, calls it the ‘official definition’:
Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.
In other words, it’s, [...]
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