Sunday, August 17, 2003

Kool Aid, Scoble, Gillmor. I gave this line from Dan Gillmor a couple of days of thought: "Robert Scoble is a good guy, and he's good for Microsoft. But there's a some kool-aid seeping out of this piece." What is Dan is saying? That Microsoft is like Jonestown? That Scoble has stopped thinking for himself? That Scoble is forced to say something dishonorable or unethical on his weblog to keep his job? Gillmor doesn't substantiate it. My opinion, Scoble tells us more about Microsoft than Dan has told us about his employer. We supposedly have a blogger inside one of the biggest media companies in the world, yet we are no better informed about media companies. I think Scoble does a good job of balancing his employer's interests against the interests of his readers. According to Google Answers, they didn't actually drink Kool Aid at Jonestown. Wow. [Scripting News] 8:11:10 PM    comment []

CHIEF WIGGLES has more stuff worth reading. Don't miss it.(Instapundit.com) 8:05:04 PM    comment []

Targeting campus speech codes (WND) Hallelujah! Someone in authority is finally fighting back against political correctness. The Bush administration has warned campus thought-control bullies that it is monitoring their imperious tactics. 6:02:33 PM    comment []

RSS Hitting Critical Mass. Note: This is also my Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News: Every morning I learn the latest from... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 3:46:25 PM    comment []

WHAT GRAY DAVIS'S FRIENDS ARE SAYING ABOUT HIM: Ouch. (InstaPundit.com) 3:41:31 PM    comment []

ERIC OLSEN LIKED MAUREEN DOWD'S COLUMN ON BLOGS, but says that she completely missed the lessons of the blackout: "This is just churlish piffle." All the piffle that's fit to print, as they say.... [Instapundit.com] 3:37:56 PM    comment []

MARK STEYN DIVES INTO ARIANNA HUFFINGTON: (InstaPundit) I was delighted to hear that Arianna's running for governor of California. Although many dismiss her as a shallow self-promoter driving around in a silly car, I love those big Hollywood billboards of her with that fabulous cleavage you just want to dive into . . . Oh, wait. That's not Arianna, that's Angelyne, the other shallow self-promoting elderly sexpot who's running for governor. I told you the recall would be worth it just for the Steyn meanness it would unleash. (Via Kaus, who observes: "I like Arianna Huffington. Really. Any author who can come up with $410,363 in deductions is a friend of freelance writers everywhere."). 3:35:19 PM    comment []

Dan Shafer points us at a Flash animation for you to send to all your friends and family who insist on sending you stupid emails for various things. You know the ones where people think they are gonna get rich if they just forward all their friends some email?[The Scobleizer Weblog] 2:16:08 PM    comment []

Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member.[The Scobleizer Weblog] 2:12:11 PM    comment []

Bill Gates: "Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." Heh, how times have changed.[The Scobleizer Weblog] I was one of those weirdo 10 percenters who actually paid for the software in 76 while living in Hawaii.  Thanks for the memories. (LP) 1:29:27 PM    comment []

Arab News Gloats, Whines. The Arab News gloats about the opening of a mosque in Spanish Granada: [little green footballs] 1:08:27 PM    comment []

Cardboard Chicks in Baghdad. The guys in our military are some cool bastards. This is awesome. [Right-Thinking from the Left Coast] 12:48:15 PM    comment []

Bad company Schwarzenegger campaign takes on some odious baggage. (Fresno Bee)  8:03:46 AM    comment []