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January 2007 - Posts
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:54 PM
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Chris Anderson does a great thing in his blog today --he picks the top incorrect criticisms of the Long Tail and debunks them all at once. What a smart use of a blog. It is a perfect example of how a strong linkage between a book and a blog can be such Read More...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:30 AM
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Salon has a very thoughtful piece on the impact of reader input on journalism. It's a good read, and touches on some very important issues regarding the ongoing democratization of the writing process, and what it portends. Gary Kamiya writes in the lead: Read More...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007 9:47 PM
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I'm here in New York for the launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007. I'm looking out the Window of the hotel and watching the snow fall over Times Square, blowing as much up as down. The only cars coming up Broadway are yellow cabs, the lights and the Read More...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:03 PM
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My brother's blog about technology and nonprofits has just gone live. Blogs have the potential to be a huge source of good info for nonprofits, in the same way NPower has providing real world support, now the same support arrives via the blogosphere. Read More...
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Sunday, January 28, 2007 12:00 PM
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Wow, been a rough few weeks for Wikipedia. Here's the latest, a look at the real challenge of keeping a living persons biography up to date. Mark Bernstein takes a good look at this issue. My take is that what we are seeing in slow motion is the disintegration Read More...
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Saturday, January 27, 2007 1:35 PM
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Over at The Long Tail and at Wired, Chris Anderson has been writing and blogging about Radical Transparency , the idea that growing recognition of the power of openness will be what marks the first decade of the 21st Century. And over on Rough Type, Nick Read More...
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Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:46 AM
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Like Dave, I've been playing with music in the home. When I moved to Seattle, I left a house that I'd wired -- so there was Cat 5 everywhere, making the networking of things pretty easy. The new place isn't really new, and there isn't any networking, Read More...
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:44 AM
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Given the ongoing angst about who and when and in what form someone is allowed to edit/add to/delete an item in wikipedia, Dahlia Lithwick's story about "wiki-parenting" is a fun read. Best of all, it's funny on two levels -- for anyone who's given or Read More...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:46 AM
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Okay, I'll admit I'm a closet foodie. I like to cook, I have shelves of cookbooks and books about cooking and books about restaurants. The only think I don't do is watch the cooking channel; I've avoided that bug so far! So today's Frank Bruni column Read More...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:24 PM
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Tim O'Reilly has a provocative and short piece on the growth and value of short form content. While I agree w/ the growth, and certainly see some value in large numbers of short pieces of data, any insinuation that this is or should be the future for Read More...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:42 AM
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Also from the Los Angeles Times, a great history of Rocketboom. Of all the things I've read about the company, this is the one that seems closest to the truth -- or at least to the middle. I'm sure Amanda and Andrew will have more than a few things to Read More...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:39 AM
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In an LA Times article reprinted in the Seattle Times, writer Ann Powers makes some important observations about buzz. Focusing mostly on the music industry, she looks at what counts as buzz now, and more importantly, how it is created. A couple of key Read More...
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Friday, January 19, 2007 6:15 PM
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From the consider the source column comes this post from Valleywag surmising about why there was no magazine cover story on the announcement of the iPhone. Most of it, particularly the speculation about why individual writers didn't get tapped for the Read More...
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Friday, January 19, 2007 7:05 AM
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Slate magazine has an an awesome article that perfectly captures the way technology can change society, both for good and for ill, often in unanticipated and surprising ways. Using the example of the cell phone camera, the article showcases how the technology Read More...
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Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:50 PM
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Chris Anderson of Long Tail fame has a head-scratching post about hyperlocal news and its impact on the media. Here is how he concludes: There's nothing new about this (it's a truism of the American newsroom that Paris, Texas counts for more than Paris, Read More...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:00 PM
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Building on the theme of how to interview from last week, Nick Douglas takes a look at how not to flack. In the interest of equal time, his points, his bullets, my response; his full ideas are in the link above. 1. You're smarter than you think. Sez me: Read More...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:15 PM
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Lee Gomes from the WSJ in his subscription only column, makes a key point about the importance of storage and what changes are happening in the industry. For example: Even though not many people are expected to buy them, at least initially, it's not as Read More...
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Monday, January 15, 2007 9:40 PM
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We've been having a bit of cold weather here in Seattle. The weather hasn't been above freezing for a few days, and the ground is still covered with ice in many places. The weather folks say it will snow again tonight, then we'll revert to your basic Read More...
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Monday, January 15, 2007 8:08 AM
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Interesting and long-ish article in the NYT today about the steps Time, Inc is taking to try and remain profitable. In a snapshot, you can see the growing business pressure on the corporation to cut costs. As the article notes: Time Inc.’s challenges Read More...
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Friday, January 12, 2007 12:59 PM
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In a thoughtful piece about Apple patents and disclosure, Dave Winer also makes some comments about embargos and the link to positive coverage. We've talked about embargos before, so my perspective on when they are/aren't appropriate are clear. The bigger Read More...
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Friday, January 12, 2007 8:21 AM
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In the latest example of Madison Avenue following buzz without much critical thinking, a bunch of advertisers are going to showcase UGC ads in the Super Bowl. Wow, is this a bad idea. First, the fact that the big showcase for ads will have UGC spots will Read More...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:38 AM
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Okay, so this article has nothing to do with the changing nature of communications, but is is just flat out funny, both the articles and the comments. I'm waiting on the next post -- how to successfully use your new iPhone once the screen is smudged and Read More...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:54 AM
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I've said before I think I have a great job, and one of the reasons I feel that way is that I get a chance to spend time with a lot of really smart people, both clients and the people they often talk to -- journalists, analysts, bloggers, etc. So I'm Read More...
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Monday, January 08, 2007 1:40 AM
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It's day's like this that remind me that I have the best job in technology PR in the world. I get paid to spend time with people like Robert Scoble , Brian Lam , the team from Engadget, and others. For those who couldn't attend the keynote, check out Read More...
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Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:19 AM
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Nothing to start off a Sunday at CES like a good snark from Nick Carr. And while I think he might be a bit overly harsh, I share some of his concerns. In my new hometown, the Seattle Times has been running a series of stories looking at the way courts Read More...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:50 PM
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I'm here for CES -- it's always a bit surreal to come to Las Vegas during a big conference - the place is a bit transformed. It's just such an interesting spot -- where the real and the imaginary meet in surprising ways. I'm sure I'll have more time to Read More...
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Friday, January 05, 2007 7:11 AM
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Via a link from Chris Anderson, we can all look at the scads of money noted blogger Guy Kawasaki raked in last year via his popular blog. Or not. :) Turns out there was not much direct money in this for Guy. But money aside, here is the piece that resonated Read More...
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Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:11 PM
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I see that Mary Jo Foley tagged me. Here you go: 1. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan and have almost everything he's ever recorded. I've been known to go for weeks without listening to anyone else. 2. I can hit a man-sized target nine times out of 10 at 500 yards Read More...
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Monday, January 01, 2007 9:48 PM
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Anil Dash points to a common problem in media -- the emphasis on the controversial often ensures the total unwillingness of an executive to say anything remotely interesting. We've all seen the interviews -- talking point after talking point after talking Read More...
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Monday, January 01, 2007 9:35 PM
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And right off the bat, we need to deal with the same question we've been talking about for the past five years -- what is a blog? Dave Winer has an excellent take on this . Two quick snips: In 2003, when I was beginning my stint as a fellow at Berkman Read More...
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