Dec
10
Dave Winer and Robert Scoble are asking (from Paris) how we can make the stuff we write for the web last - a question Dave formulated after the way too early passing of Marc Orchant yesterday.
It is also a question dear to my heart. When not writing here, I normally work with texts that are […]
Dec
10
There is something interesting about the discussion of Doris Lessings Noble prize acceptance speech in the tech blogosphere today.
Duncan Riley at TechCrunch sees her whole speech as a condemnation of the internet and blogs in particular:
Whilst Lessing’s words should be taken somewhat in context: the ditherings of an ignorant old woman, Keensian (as in Andrew […]
Dec
7
Everybody’s least favorite computer store, Compusa, is shutting down for good.
From the WSJ:
Gordon Brothers Group, a Boston-based retail store liquidator, will oversee a piecemeal sale of the Dallas-based business, the company said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Stores will remain open through year-end under the supervision of Gordon Brothers, which will also […]
Dec
7
Edgeio Shutting Down
December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments
Mike Arrington just announced that Edgeio, the blog classifieds company nobody ever used, or had any use for, or ever returned any relevant results, has shut down for good. There is no other news about this, as Keith Teare, the CEO, has not updated his blog since September 6th.
I admit that I never thought much […]
Dec
6
So At&T has managed to convince Leslie Cauley of the USA Today that it now has gone “open” - meaning you can use any device you want to. Apparently they were envious of all the free attention Verizon got after a similar announcement.
“You can use any handset on our network you want,” says Ralph de […]
Dec
5
Thanks to CNET for bringing up this important issue that has flown completely under the radar:
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including “obscene” cartoons and drawings–or face fines of up to $300,000.
That broad […]
Dec
5
More Beacon…
December 5, 2007 | 2 Comments
So Facebook caved in. Good riddance. Maybe we can move on to another topic now.
Only person to disagree seems to be Dave McClure (who also needs to learn how to capitalize his posts (and seems to have a tempter)):
so if you’re Facebook the real question is: do you want 90% of your users to use […]
Dec
5
Digg vs. Reddit
December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment
Interesting comparison of Digg and Reddit over at Social News Watch.
The article is clearly written to get some traction over on digg and reddit (and the author admits so). According to the article, digg is superior to reddit in almost every category.
The author also contents that it is difficult to cross over between the […]
Dec
4
I think if the list of Top Sites by attention on the Compete blog shows anything, it’s that those of us who hang out on Techmeme are anything but good indicators for what keeps the mainstream audience occupied.
The top three - casual gaming site pogo.com, the gay dating site manhunt.net and, the gay dating site, […]
Dec
4
Anatomy of a spam blog
December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments
Sometime last week, Marshall Kirkpatrick twittered about a post glorifying PayPerPost that was making its way up to the Digg homepage. As I have a deep seated hatred for PayPerPost, I couldn’t help but check that post out (and bury it).
As I head over there, it seemed like a decently designed blog, but also noticed […]
Dec
4
The Return of Technorati
December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment
I have been harsh with Technorati in the past, but their relaunch today is actually something they can be proud of.
A few weeks ago, I pointed out that if anybody could take on Techmeme, it would be Technorati, if only it could get its act together. Judging from the this update, they might just be […]
Dec
4
GMail is turning more and more into the nerve center of the Google empire. Today, according to Google Blogoscoped, it looks like Google is starting to roll out the long promised integration with AIM inside the GMail chat interface.
Update: The Google Operating System stresses that the GMail Help explains that this function only uses a […]
Dec
4
How could we not blog about this.
Love the line about “blog even if you’re wrong”, showing Scoble in the background
Via TechCrunch:
Dec
4
I felt good when I switched my hosting from 1&1 to Media Temple about half a year ago after a disastrous encounter with 1&1’s non-existent and bafflingly stupid customer service (they took down my site for almost two weeks, redirecting traffic to 127.0.0.1 after one of the post on this blog was on the Digg […]
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