Tuesday, April 09, 2002

I like this post! I had sushi with Adam Green tonight.  We had a long talk about what the next big thing is going to be.  What comes after the Web? The conclusion: PCs, Web Services, and lots of great apps.  It's subversive. It turns the Internet into an operating system. It flys under the radar of the bigs (which means that there is plenty of room for independent developers to have fun and make money) and it has a low price of admission: $39.95. [John Robb's Radio Weblog] How does one get "positioned" to play a part in this? Is there a money-making opportunity here for someone not employed at Userland and not involved in programming? Guess not, but I still like the sound of it all. 9:32:43 PM     Comments[]

Do You Trust Your Newspaper? I'm behind in getting much of Craig Cantoni's writing to this web site. However, he has just completed a new essay that deserves your attention, particularly if you are wrestling with any of the weblog vs. BigPub journalism questions. Provocative or strident? If that one doesn't do it for you, take a look at A Tax Quiz In Honor of April 15. 5:34:29 PM     Comments[]

The Good Stuff What Is Content Management? For us end-users. Do we know how many management features are wrapped into Radio without our realizing it? [Russ Lipton Documents Radio] I, for one, don't have a clue! I know some stuff is in there, but even with the help of the Discussion board, I haven't understood how to change the name of a category - much less how to do all the cool stuff. It's terribly discouraging. 1:14:17 PM     Comments[]

The real reason? Postal rates to increase. Stamp will jump three cents in June to fund costs from anthrax contamination, declining business. [USA Today : Front Page] 1:10:01 PM     Comments[]

We'll be forced to state a firm position! Israel vowed to continue its military offensive until Palestinian militias have been crushed, despite a renewed call from the U.S. to withdraw troops. Powell said he will meet with Arafat. [Wall Street Journal] 12:10:57 PM     Comments[]

Connect these dots! Oil has gone up in price and is going higher. Travel depends on oil. Many people prefer to work from home. Work from home requires reliable bandwidth and collaborative applications that are capable of simulating the face-to-face experience. Doesn't this support Jim Crowe's position that the "so-called glut" of fiber will burn off in six months or so? Level 3 Communications may soon make a move to acquire one or more of its telecom rivals, including possibly Global Crossing. [Wall Street Journal] For arguments counter to what you've just seen, check out The Stupidity Paradox by George Gilder. Then, read The Paradox of the Best Network by David Isenberg & David Weinberger. 9:42:25 AM     Comments[]

Yeah, but we knew this! At Microsoft, three's a crowd. Microsoft COO Rick Belluzzo reflects on working with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer and what it's like to compete in the software company's famously competitive corporate culture. [CNET News.com] 9:22:50 AM     Comments[]

Dependence on foreign oil... has been a weak link in our economy for many years. Couple that with an artificially low price for gasoline in the U.S. and we are faced with quite a quandry. Now we're being "held hostage" for a change in our political views at a time when we are desperately trying to turn our economy around. We could be facing "The Perfect Storm." IRAQ SAID it would halt oil exports for 30 days to show support for the Palestinians. The move sent oil prices higher and put OPEC in a quandary as to whether it will add some of its oil to the market or hold back for fear of appearing to back the U.S. against an Arab country. [Wall Street Journal] 9:20:05 AM     Comments[]

Now that's journalism! Pic a Mile. Matt Frondorf drove from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate bridge and clicked his camera every mile on the 3,304 mile trip. See the story: Taken On The... [meryl's notes] 9:15:19 AM     Comments[]

Can I make this work? RssDistiller: "Extract rss feeds from most regular web pages." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] Probably not! At least not after my weekend of wrestling with RemoteEdit for Radio Userland. Wait a minute - late breaking help! Paolo gives his RSS distiller for Radio a stretch:  screen shot.  Nice.  My experience is that any scraping of a website (I did it for Boston.com) requires a little work analyzing the source and finding the appropriate points in the page's HTML to nab the headline.  A couple more iterations usually gets you the news feeds you need. [from John Robb] 9:12:29 AM     Comments[]

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