Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesThe Secret to Original Blog Content: Hockey
Monday, March 31st, 2008It certainly wasn’t the goal but I stirred up a hornet’s nest yesterday with a post entitled “Why Original Blog Thought is so Difficult”.
Just a few more thoughts - with no intention to poke the nest again - in light of a lot of comments and blog posts.
1. It’s not that there’s a lack [...]
Why Original Blog Thought is So Difficult
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Over the past few days, I’ve been thinking about Ed Bott’s recent rant about Techmeme being a “template for a gazillion me-too bloggers who manage to write a dozen posts a day without ever expressing an original thought”.
Given Techmeme’s well-deserved reputation as being the place to quickly discover what’s going on in the tech world, [...]
Will 2.5 Jump-start WP’s Publishing Tool?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008From what I’ve read and seen on the demo, Wordpress 2.5 looks like a huge improvement, especially to the publishing tool, which has been one of WP’s big weaknesses IMHO.
The question is whether the publishing upgrades are enough to attract people like myself who prefer to user third-party software such Ecto, BlogDesk, Microsoft Live Writer, [...]
SearchMe: Search with a Visual Twist
Saturday, March 29th, 2008One of the biggest problems with the search market is Google’s dominance. Nothing like having a dominant, aggressive player to deter new ideas and innovation from taking root, which explains why new and exciting search engines seem to be few and far between these days.
The major challenge is coming up with a search tool that [...]
Canada: Where Art Thou iPhone?
Friday, March 28th, 2008It’s hard to believe the iPhone has been out there for nearly a year…and there are absolutely, positively no signs that it’s coming to Canada.
This is getting ridiculous. I mean, the iPhone looks like it is going to be introduced in New Zealand - a place where there are more sheep than people - 60 [...]
Looking for the mesh Spotlight?
Friday, March 28th, 2008One of the most popular parts of mesh over the past two years has been 15 Minutes Fame - in which six entrepreneurs each get five minutes on stage to talk about what they’re doing and why it matters.
We’re doing 15MOF again this year so if you’re interested - and comfortable talking in front of [...]
Nothing Else is Working! Time for a Tax
Friday, March 28th, 2008So, let’s look at what the music industry has done over the past decade to battle the emergence of P2P and declining CD sales:
1. Essentially killed Napster rather than leveraging it
2. Launched a nasty legal war against consumers
3. Embraced technology such as DRM that consumers totally dislike
4. Gotten into bed with Apple, only to get [...]
What Does eBay Do with Craigslist Stake?
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Update: Silicon Valley Insider estimates Craigslist is worth $5-billion, making eBay’s stake worth $1.25-billion - not too shabby for an investment estimated at about $50-million.
With John Donahue taking over the eBay helm from Meg Whitman next week, I wonder if one of the key strategic issues on his plate is what to do with the [...]
FriendFeed Keeps the Hits Comin’
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008You’re probably going see an awful lot of coverage about FriendFeed’s release of its API that will let third-parties create applications that link into the hottest social network aggregator (aka Louis Gray’s favorite service).
While the API is obviously interesting, what I find particularly fascinating is how well FriendFeed’s strategy has rolled out over the past [...]
Is There a TechCrunch Without Arrington?
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008….or, for that matter, is there a Huffington Post without Arianna Huffington or a GigaOm with Om Malik?
After reading a Fortune story yesterday about how Michael Arrington is the “wizard of Web 2.0″, one thing that struck me is how synonymous Arrington is with TechCrunch. He is TechCrunch. He’s the owner, the main writer, the [...]