San Jose State forbids staff member from podcasting to students.

This makes no sense. More when I find out more. [Ryan Sholin's J-School Blog]

1:57:35 PM    
  

Flattening the blogging world.

Leslie talks about MS RSS, prompts me to say the blog world is about to change -- again.

Leslie Michael Orchard (aka 0xDECAFBAD): Four thoughts on MS RSS so far.

Heh, I love how he thinks he's not an important blogger. Um, here's a clue: every blogger is just as important as I am. Why? Search engines and something new coming soon.

I'm playing with some secret new technology that makes the tech blogging world even flatter. Not from Microsoft (the inventor asked me to keep it quiet until he's ready to release it). But, it totally is going to change how I blog (and it really already has although I can't change my style until you all get it too). It brought me Leslie's blog, for instance.

It also will make comments unneccessary. Why? Because there are systems coming that'll match up -- in minutes -- a main post and all the comments being made about that post.

I'm getting a bit of heck because I don't have trackbacks and my comments are down (and I'm probably going to remove them especially when this new technology comes out). But, when you see this thing (probably a couple more months) you'll see that all you need to do to leave a comment on my blog is to have a blog yourself and link to it.

I can't wait until I can talk openly about this new service.

[Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]
1:52:46 PM    
  

The digital Mafia.

Spammers are giving up ... and going to spyware.

12:48:00 PM    
  

Wall Street Journal reports on podcasting.

This technology is taking off fast, although many people either "don't get it" or get it wrong. Even Apple's implementation has some shortcomings.

"The premise behind podcasts is that they let consumers listen to audio programs when they want to, rather than when broadcasters schedule them. ... For now, podcasts are generating more grassroots excitement than profits. More than six million American adults say they have downloaded and listened to podcasts ... Still, few podcasters are selling advertisements, much less charging subscription fees for their content. The more commercial podcasts become, the more likelihood that they may come to resemble aspects of radio that turn off some consumers."

[WSJ]

 

12:33:05 PM    
  

Investing in "the online conversation."

Dave Winer says:

"John Palfrey, executive director at Berkman Center (where I used to work), announces a new venture capital fund that focuses on investments in "tagging, RSS, OPML, search, social software, and related next-gen standards." According to Jim Moore, another former colleague of mine and JP's partner, they have raised $20 million from Ritchey Capital, and plan to raise another $80 million."  [Scripting News]

12:25:45 PM    
  

Windows Desktop Search

Microsoft released APIs (in beta) to facilitate desktop search beyond the browser. As hard drives increase in size and drop in price, expect this to become significant in eLearning applications, especially in "workflow learning."

[CNET]

12:20:43 PM    
  

Using RSS to deliver malware.

Watch out when Longhorn arrives, according to this article. Comment spam may turn out to be the least of our worries.

"Richard Stiennon, director of threat research at anti-spyware company Webroot Software Inc., has long predicted that RSS will be used to serve up malicious code. 'It's not yet a big target, but once RSS usage becomes as widespread as e-mail or instant messaging, the hackers will find a way to use it to distribute malware,' Stiennon said in a recent interview with Ziff Davis Internet News."

[eWeek News]

Update: Microsoft ready to discuss RSS Security [ComputerWorld]

12:07:59 PM