[2006-04-30] Let’s Ban 'Cool' Codenames that Don’t Pass TestLast week I had a great meeting with the guy (David Webster) who runs naming for Microsoft. He enumerated the ways that fun code names suck. Why?
[2006-04-28] Nearly Everyone Uses The InternetShopping, working, and pursuing personal interests have improved greatly as experiences for the typical Internet user continue to benefit from faster access and new interface technologies.
[2006-04-28] Steve Case Keynote At LOHASSteve Case just finished his keynote at LOHAS.
Here's what he said. Good stuff, sensible guy.
[2006-04-27] Net Neutrality Amendment Shot DownTelecommunications giants scored a victory over Net Neutrality advocates in the U.S. legislature yesterday as the proposed "Markey Amendment," a provision to prevent Internet providers from creating access chokepoints was voted down in the House of Representatives.
[2006-04-27] 33 Wikis ResourceIf you want to find out how organizations are using wikis, the
33 wikis project from
eastwikkers is a terrific place to start.
[2006-04-27] Copyright Infringement & the Real Meaning of 'Google'Being the true search marketing professional that I am I have to admit that Google is my home page.
[2006-04-26] Microsoft To Wallop Social NetworkingTechnology available through the Microsoft IP Ventures program will take its first big step onto the Internet in 2006 when Wallop.com officially launches in the social networking arena.
[2006-04-26] eBay Affiliates In The Swim Of ThingsThe online e-tailer thinks people offer a great opportunity to bring more users to eBay, and has put up the cash to reward those who bring traffic, and buyers & sellers, to the site.
[2006-04-26] A Social Network for Feed FansFeed Collectors is a site where users can collect and share their RSS feeds in a social network environment.
[2006-04-25] Palopia: the Next FaceBook or MySpace?The Daily Trojan, the USC student newspaper,
profiles Palopia founder Trent Bigelow (no relation to
Deuce).
[2006-04-24] Steve Berkowitz Leaves Ask.com for Microsoft Interesting news for a Saturday,
Reuters reports Microsoft has snagged Steve Berkowitz, Ask.com's CEO, to head up its internet business.
[2006-04-23] Technorati Bug Raises MSN Spaces Blogs TemporarilyI see some people are talking about Technorati's
top 100 blogs list (
more on this issue on Memeorandum) and the fact that several MSN Spaces blogs appeared in high spots on that list in the past few days and that some "A list" bloggers, like Dave Winer, were no longer on the list.
[2006-04-21] WebmasterWorld Boston 2006 Pubcon WrapupThis year's Pubcon in Boston was held at the Elephant in the Castle, a good sized Boston bar/pub.
[2006-04-21] Google Offends Artist's Family These days Google offers up a customized logo for just about any event, so it's no longer news.
[2006-04-20] No Goodmail For GmailLeaving AOL further out on a limb holding its Goodmail playbook, Google said it will not be instituting a payment system to ensure email delivery to Gmail users. The power of email filtering, said the company, should rest in the hands of its users.
[2006-04-20] Google Mexico Blog Zorgloob writes that Google has launched an
official Mexican company blog.
[2006-04-19] Malcolm Gladwell at Pubcon Lee Odden does a fine job keeping up with the wisdom offered forth by
Malcolm Gladwell at the Boston Webmasterworld Pubcon.
[2006-04-19] Agony Of The Blog StarsWhen one is a high-profile blogger, and an employee of a prominent Internet presence, sometimes the prospect of posting an entry can cause some personal misgivings.
[2006-04-19] Facebook Gets $25MM In FundingThe hits just keep on coming.
Facebook has landed an additional $25MM in funding, and
Bambi Francisco is reporting that the pre-money valuation of Facebook was $525MM.
[2006-04-18] Cashing in on Online MapsForbes magazine has taken a look at who's cashing in on online mapping services (mashups).
[2006-04-18] Feedburner: Podcasts Growing at 15% a MonthIn a report on podcasting, RSS feed management company
FeedBurner say that their service is now managing just under 45,000 podcast feeds.
[2006-04-18] Males Are the Predominate RSS UsersThe
Media 2.0 blog breaks down a bunch of really interesting statistics from the latest
AdAge Interactive Fact Pack (PDF):
[2006-04-17] Blogs Leap To 35.3 Million OnlineTechnorati's David Sifry released his latest State of the Blogosphere assessment, and found that his blog search engine now tracks over 35 million blogs. That's a lot of baby pictures and political rants being posted online.
[2006-04-17] Blogosphere Continues to Grow David Sifry updates his "
State of the Blogosphere" with new numbers on the growth of blogging.
[2006-04-17] State of the BlogosphereDave Sifry has posted his quarterly
State of the Blogosphere with these results including the observation that technology product launches attract a significant amount of interest:
[2006-04-14] 65 million hit Internet map sites - Top 10 Map SitesSome interesting numbers out of Internet research thinktank, ComScore media metrix ...
[2006-04-13] Google Undermining Christians? Would you expect Google's "Don't Be Evil" mantra to include not attacking a major religious group?
[2006-04-13] Gmail For Domains Reviewed Devin switched his site's email over to Gmail For Domains, and he's written up a review, complete with screenshots.
[2006-04-13] The Social Media Billing GapSo my earlier post on the
social media services gap kicked up some
discussion, and as always, that's a good thing, right, but I purposely left something out of that post that's worth touching on now, even if consensus is still lacking -- that's billing.
[2006-04-11] The State of Online Feed Readers - An AddendumMy pappy used to say, "You've got to crawl before you can walk." Ok, I don't have a pappy, I have a Dad. Truth be told, he never used to tell me that.
[2006-04-10] BlogBurst Ready to Start Newspaper Syndication eWeek
reports that
BlogBurst will launch on Tuesday and syndicate more than 600 bloggers to traditional newspaper publishers.
[2006-04-08] CGM in the NewsConsumer Generated Media (CGM) has been in the news the last couple days. Two items in particular caught my attention.
[2006-04-07] Facebook + (No PR) = Car Crash Facebook is an interesting phenomenon. It's a college-only social network -- oh, wait, college (but no junior colleges, and still some ignored colleges) and select high schools and some 8th grades -- that is supposed to connect college students that are on the same campus, and then extend that to other friends on other campuses, so you get the Breck shampoo effect (tell two friends, they tell two friends ...).
[2006-04-07] IABC Launches Conference Podcast and BlogFor the
IABC 2006 international conference in Vancouver, Canada, in June,
Shel and I are co-hosting and producing
ConferenceCast, the official podcasts of the conference, as we announced in February.
[2006-04-07] PodBop: Will Accelerate Podcasting's UptakeTwo things will accelerate the uptake of podcasting. One is ease of use. The other is innovative podcasts to which people will want to subscribe.
[2006-04-06] Platforms and EcosystemsThe word "platform" has become quite popular in the Yahoo! vocabulary in recent months.
[2006-04-06] RSS Appreciation DayIke Pigott, a public affairs officer with the Red Cross in Birmingham, Alabama, has a bright idea.
[2006-04-05] Google Video Kills Autoplay Google Video has turned off automatic continuous playback, responding to complaints from customers, including
my own rabbi/lesbian example.
[2006-04-05] You're Up, They're DownThe Washington Post's Leslie Walker says growth is skyrocketing at sites focused on social networking, blogging and local information.
[2006-04-04] Yahoo Launches New Stock Forums with RSS Do you like to keep track of message boards for a particular stock? I admit, I still keep an eye on what's being said about a certain company from my past. ;-)
[2006-04-03] Could Google Romance Become Reality? The Motley Fool
suggests that the recent Google Romance April Fools joke, could become a reality in the near future. Why?
[2006-04-02] Facebook Faces the Gulf of RealityThe Journal
is reporting (subscription required) that
Facebook is shopping itself for as much as $2 billion, but that potential acquirers don't agree with this valuation.
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