Monday, March 14, 2005

blogosphere(4^2) = 16b Sifry Updates Web 2.0 Preso: Man, A Lot of Folks Are Blogging!. Dave Sifry of Technorati has updated his "State of the Blogosphere" presentation from Web 2.0 last October. The growth in blogging is really amazing. From his note announcing his new findings: "Technorati is now tracking over 7.8 million weblogs, and 937 million links. That's just about double the number of weblogs tracked in October 2004. In fact, the blogosphere is doubling in size about once every 5 months. It has already done so at this pace four times, which means that in the last 20 months, the blogosphere has increased in size by over 16 times." Dave will be adding more to his presentation, so keep an eye on his site.... [John Battelle's Searchblog] 9:16:54 PM

JotSpot Is JotSpot an Open Company?. Here at JotSpot we honestly want to be an 'open' company. Transparency, "do no evil", real conversation with your market -- these are a few of the hallmarks of an open company in 2005. Random bits of evidence suggest we're trying. For example our CEO Joe Kraus talks straight talk to customers about a situation we're embarrassed about, or blogs about openness within a company. And our CTO Graham Spencer blogs about our commitment to open data... But how might we measure our openness? Jonathan Nolen recently posted his version of an open company test, and I thought it would be interesting to take it for a spin. Here we go, one by one. "1. ... [JotBlog] 9:07:06 PM

Tahoe 2006 - Save the Date Yeah, it's a while off, but we had such a good time this year that we want to make sure you plan for the 2006 Vans Cup at Tahoe. 2006 Vans Cup at Tahoe March 3-5, 2006 Northstar-at-Tahoe The 2nd Annual Vans Cup at Tahoe will bring the world's best snowboarders to the cradle of freestyle snowboarding, Lake Tahoe. In early February, Vans and Northstar teamed up to stage the inaugural Vans Cup at Tahoe with Wyatt Caldwell, Danny Kass and Hannah Teter taking a big chunk of the more than $200,000 given out over the weekend. If you were not able to join us, the Vans Cup at Tahoe airs during the Vans Off the Wall hour on Fox Sports Net the next two Fridays, March 18 and March 25, at 3 pm nationally. Check your listings for subsequent airings that follow on the FUEL action sports network. Chris Overholser Marketing Vans 15700 Shoemaker Ave. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 562.565.8372 http://www.vans.com 8:32:32 PM

Flagstaff Web Cams Today's Arizona Buzz. (FLAGSTAFF) - Flagstaff WebCams Provide Peek at Local Arizona Weather Flagstaff, AZ -- At last report, some 4-8 inches is expected to fall across.. (1429 words) [Arizona Reporter Newswire] 8:27:24 PM

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Decibully - I am the Bug (MP3) Decibully [2]. Decibully is a group made up of ex-Promise Ring and Camden members. Seven members overall, the group has a very trippy and spacey midwestern rock country-esque feel that includes a lap steel and a banjo. “Penny Look Down” and “On The Way To Your Hotel” are from their newest album, Sing Out America. : Penny Look Down : On The Way To Your Hotel : I Am The Bug : Do I? [Mystery and Misery] 6:50:41 AM