Monday, February 17, 2003

Why eBay is more business than marketplace  Doc Searls Weblog -> Why eBay is more business than marketplace    Check this out.   Think Google would do the same thing? I kinda doubt it, in spite of whatever may be true among the items listed here.   If you're in the infrastructure business, you're dumb where it counts, and aren't even in a position to narc on anybody.   Thanks to Ernest Miller at LawMeme for the link. THE NEW RADIO - Doc Searls, Oct. 2000 -> "Radio was hardly any better. Even the largest cities had fewer than a couple dozen signals that didn't fade within a few exits of downtown. For music stations, you could usually count the choices on one hand. Every one of those few stations tried to attract the largest numbers of listeners with the smallest varieties of tastes, so they could sell those numbers at top dollar to advertisers. The result was demand as homogeneous as supply, plus the ironic notion that the narrowest tastes comprised the broadest markets. Also ironic was the belief that listeners comprised markets in any real sense. By the economics of commercial radio, listeners were the product, not programming. Stations and networks sold time to advertisers, not programming to listeners. Music and other programming was just bait. What listeners really wanted meant approximately nothing, which is what they paid for the goods. After all, they were consumers, not customers." [Doc Searls Weblog] 3:59:30 PM  comment []       Google Acquires Blog Software Firm nternet.com: Business News -> Google Acquires Blog Software Firm -> "The Pyra Labs purchase is not the first time Google has bought into online content and there is widespread speculation the company soon begin selling targeted news packages (including niche weblog content) to large-scale enterprise clients looking to plug feeds into intranets and internal news services. "  [internet.com: Business News] 2:56:41 PM  comment []       Vivato releases pricing for phased-array WiFi antennae Boing Boing Blog -> Vivato releases pricing for phased-array WiFi antennae. Vivato is a company that demoed a super-sweet WiFi antenna that uses phased-array technology to lock onto (and track) the locations of all the users on its system and project thin beams of connectivity to up to 150 stations, which allows it to emit at very high, focused power, extending range without running afoul of FCC regs. They've cleared their regulatory hurdles and been Part 15 certified by the FCC, and they're ready to ship. The unit goes on sale in May, and will cost $9,000 -- just about the price of a regualr WiFi access-point circa 1999, before Apple shipped the $300 Airport. Link Discuss (via WiFi News) [Boing Boing Blog] 1:08:05 PM  comment []       I guess my neighbors won't be going out today. 10:50:15 AM  comment []       Holy Toledo!!  What's that at my door? 10:38:41 AM  comment []       ZigBee to keep network market buzzing CNET News.com -> ZigBee to keep network market buzzing. A group of leading technology companies will meet this week to further develop an emerging wireless networking technology aimed at home automation. By Richard Shim, Staff Writer, CNET News.com. [CNET News.com] 10:33:53 AM  comment []       Audioblogging might find a niche after all The Shifted Librarian -> Audioblogging Goes to the Next Level? "Combine this with another of Harold's finds - Singing Fish - that indexes streaming media, and it appears that audioblogging might find a niche after all. audblog supposedly works with any blog and there's a free trial period, so let us know if you give it a whirl." 9:29:37 AM  comment []         It is THAT Noah Glass   Marc's Voice -> Noah launches Audblog "Yes Harold it is THAT Noah Glass - who used to work for Broadband Mechanics and actually was my roomate for a while.  I'm not sure how many people want to post audio - versus voice-to-text - but it'll be interesting to see who does - and what they do with it.  Obviously it will be nice to see it working with Moveable Type or Radio." Speech to text is on the roadmap -> Noah's comment in response to the above post at Marc's Voice: "Hey marc, ahhhh the good old days of the house on Potrero hill…sitting on the deck…a little slice O’ heaven. Thanks for being so generous with your pad! Speech to text is on the roadmap. But for now…you of all people need to be using this tool. Now you can blog it opera style, unedited in real-time on location. Marc’s Voice needs VOICE! Try it. It’s so easy…it’ll make ya proud. " [Marc's Voice] 9:06:49 AM  comment []       GPS shootout Gizmodo -> GPS shootout. Ok, so GPS can be a little bit confusing, but Pocket PC Thoughts has the first installment of what looks like a three part series about how to get the best GPS system for your Pocket PC. The first part gives an overview of GPS, how it works, the difference between a car's GPS system and a Pocket PC's, and error rates. The next installment is supposed to look at which GPS hardware is best, with the following installment looking specifically at the options for mapping software. Read [Gizmodo] 7:58:17 AM  comment []

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