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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Why Original Blog Thought is So Difficult
Over 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, [...]
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Will 2.5 Jump-start WP’s Publishing Tool?
From 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, [...]
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SearchMe: Search with a Visual Twist
One 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 [...]
Posted in Search Engines 8 Comments
Canada: Where Art Thou iPhone?
It’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 [...]
Posted in Apple/iPod 12 Comments
Looking for the mesh Spotlight?
One 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 [...]






The Secret to Original Blog Content: Hockey