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Sips from the firehose
A site that attempts to render the internet down into one easy-to consume mental beverage.
A Long Tail on My Face(book)?
Human nature shows up, gets drunk and pisses in the Web2.0 party punchbowl...No, my cats haven't gone on strike and let the mice scamper all over my head while sleeping. I've been geeking around with Facebook for the last couple of months, enough time to start...
“The iPod Moment” for Newspapers Has Come and Gone
...while for TV & Movies, it is fast approaching, favoring the whip... Over at BuzzMachine, Jeff Jarvis asks when the "iPod Moment" will arrive for the other media (newspapers, magazines, TV, etc.). Well, since you asked ... The iPod moment for newspapers...
Joost Takes Away the Red Velvet Rope
Joost now offers their beta to anyone who wants it For anyone wondering what all the hype has been about, the upstart online video-sharing service Joost, founded by the guys behind Kazaa and Skype, is now available to the public. The site claims to have more...
The Oakland Tribune: Another Newspaper, Slowly Fading Away…
There is a very sad and wistful column by legendary Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez. In it, he goes back to the paper where he cut his teeth as a young journalist, the Oakland Tribune. Like old newspapermen are wont to do, he waxes elegiac about...
Meanwhile, Over At CBS, They’re Raising the White Flag…
I guess they've figured if they can't beat the pirates, they might as well make it easier for them to swipe the content and re-purpose it in mash-upsThe CBS execs dutifully made the trek to Silicon Valley, as so many other entertainment execs have done over the years,...
Is Digg Trying to Become Myspace?
I'm somewhat mystified by their announcement that they're putting more emphasis on the whole "hey, let's allow people to be friends and build a community on our site" functionality. The nut grafs from today's announcement, sent out to all Digg registrants:...