Monthly Archives: March 2006
Wikipedia Hits Milestone
I had an interesting chat yesterday with Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales (a short story is here; the Q&A is behind the National Post's walled garden) as the free online encyclopedia closes in on its one millionth English-language article. While it … Continue reading
Toronto Conference…More Details
We've been getting a lot of interest in the conference we talked about a couple weeks ago exploring the impact blogs are having on journalism, p.r./,marketing, business/finance and politics/society. Now, we've got a few more details to share. It's a … Continue reading
Do 1.5M Vonage Customers Matter?
Vonage has just passed through the 1.5 million lines in service barrier but does it really matter? I mean, what's a big number mean if you need to spend $200 million a year on marketing to attract them? And does … Continue reading
Navel-Gazing Within the Blogosphere
There's been a huge amount of chatter in the past week or so about how fast the blogosphere is growing (Dave Sifry) and whether there is parallel growth among blog readers (not according to the WSJ). Tom Evslin (hat tip … Continue reading
End of the Line For Small Music Sites?
Based on pretty good authority, Bell Canada is close to buying Puretracks, a small Canadian music downloading service that has been around since late-2003. There are a number of ways to look at this deal. It suggests Puretracks is struggling … Continue reading
