May
12
I’ve been out for a few days and just home for one more before I take off for yet another week.
From what I can see, I didn’t miss anything too crazy (though Scoble is crying tonight, I assume).
I liked MG Siegler’s thoughts on giving attribution to fellow bloggers - it’s definitely something I have seen […]
May
6
As you know, I have been a member of the Grand Effect blog network for a while now and today, I am happy to report that my cranky friend Steven Hodson from WinExtra, Mark Evans from MarkEvansTech, and U.K. blogger Joe Anderson from Webby’s World have joined the Grand Effect blog network:
Joe Anderson (Webby’s […]
May
5
Once again, the Elite Tech Podcast crew (aka the “Rat Pack of Blogging”) got together for another fun filled Sunday afternoon to discuss the latest and greatest stories according to the votes on the l33t reddit.
This week the show once again features our regular core group of talkers, including our moderator Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins, our […]
May
4
I didn’t bother writing about the Microsoft/Yahoo non-deal yesterday - there are others more qualified to take apart the minutia of this event.
What was interesting to me yesterday, though (and apparently also to Robert Scoble), was that the conversation on FriendFeed was so much more interesting, in-depth, faster and interactive than anything I was seeing […]
May
2
I find myself partly agreeing with Randall C. Kennedy over at Infoworld when he says that what he calls a “Streaming Office Suite” will eventually kill the pure online office suites (see his post for a full definition of a streaming app - it’s basically a chopped up version of software that is downloaded and […]
Apr
30
77% of Internet Users Read Blogs - or do they?
April 30, 2008 | 2 Comments
A new report from Universal McCann seems to be, at first glance, full good news for bloggers:
Globablly 73% of internet users are reading blogs with 48% including these (sic!) consumer-generated content in their weekly media diet.
The latest survey from media agency Universal McCann shows no signs of a pause in the explosive growth of social […]
Apr
30
What do I owe you?
April 30, 2008 | 8 Comments
Steven Hodson asked an interesting question today: What do I owe my readers? This lead to a number of interesting responses.
Sidenote: What struck me in the responses to Steven’s post was that they often revolved around the meaning of the term ‘blogger.’ Indeed, ‘blogger’ can be a confusing term. I can think of at least […]
Apr
28
Who Ever Thought Twitter Was Mainstream?
April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments
Kara Swisher’s article on how few of her (real life) friends use and know about Twitter and FriendFeed has kicked up some dust today.
But to me, the interesting phenomenon here is not if, when, or why Twitter will go mainstream, but why so many people are even surprised that Twitter is not a mainstream […]
Apr
28
It’s OK to Slow Down: There is Always Another Story
April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments
I notice a bit of a trend among some bloggers these days where Corvida of SheGeeks is quitting Twitter for a day and Allen Stern of CenterNetworks for a whole week. Both have slightly different reasons for this, but for both, part of that reason is that Twitter has taken too much attention away from […]
Apr
27
Do Most People Even Really Want to Produce ‘Content’?
April 27, 2008 | 3 Comments
Clay Sharky’s (how is that for a great name!) article/talk on Cognitive Surplus and Web 2.0 is definitely a very good read, but it also made me think about the following paragraphs:
This is something that people in the media world don’t understand. Media in the 20th century was run as a single race–consumption. How much […]
Apr
27
Pitching to Bloggers: Just Give Me an RSS feed
April 27, 2008 | 4 Comments
I’m not a big fan of traditional marketing pitches - too many of them are hot air packed in an email and few are better than most regular spam I guess, but I gather that’s how PR works.
The last few days saw an interesting discussion swell up among tech bloggers about how, where and when […]
Apr
26
Bloggers are Filters (but not gatekeepers)
April 26, 2008 | 3 Comments
My friend Steven wrote a thoughtful post about handling large amounts of information and about how bloggers have become the news anchors (or ‘gatekeepers’) of the Internet
We become a gatekeeper; a word I really don’t like that much, the moment we get our first blog visitor or RSS subscriber. This happens because the reader or […]
Apr
24
Microsoft send me an invitation to try out its new Live Mesh service last night and I have to say that I’m happily surprised by the quality of the current beta version (or ‘Tech Preview’ as Microsoft like to call it).
If you are unfamiliar with Mesh, TechCrunch did a good overview of the service […]
Apr
24
Video Comments are a Dumb Idea.
April 24, 2008 | 7 Comments
I see TechCrunch now has integrated commenting via Seesmic videos on all TechCrunch blogs (no surprise given that Michael Arrington is a Seesmic investor).
I can’t help but think that this is an utterly dumb idea - kind of like Seesmic itself.
I can see why people would prefer to leave a video comment. I understand that […]
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