Friday, July 18, 2008 10:49 AM/EST
Om Malik says, "even Silicon Valley can't ignore what's been going on in the overall economy." It's an important post. The consumer-spending analysis is not pretty, and it resonates far beyond the tech industry. But something that jumped out...
Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:18 AM/EST
While you're coming to terms with the fact that your blog stinks, you might want to consider that your social networking effort is lame, too. Thirty-five percent of the online communities studied have less than 100 members; less than...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:53 PM/EST
I'm going to keep going back to Zephyr Teachout's online-is-about-offline meme until I run out of pixels. Today's excuse is the grand opening of new Obama field offices in North Carolina (I guess the Greensboro office isn't on the...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:49 PM/EST
Dave Winer on the iPhone: "[P]eople who believe in open systems who bet heavy on such a closed system are going to learn again why they love open systems." Dave references Nik Cubrilovic, who writes: "Geeks and enthusiasts wearing...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:49 AM/EST
YouTube says, "We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information." Viacom seems to have reacted to the...
Monday, July 14, 2008 4:01 PM/EST
I was trying to make it through the day without mentioning the iPhone, but a few items jumped out at me through the swirling ticker-tape -- things that are relevant to corporate IT. As Clint Boulton says, "the variety...
Monday, July 14, 2008 2:23 PM/EST
If this snippet of conversation about social nets for the enterprise leaves you wanting more...you can get more from this article....
Monday, July 14, 2008 11:39 AM/EST
So it's Bastille Day, and that got me thinking about the Minitel -- the French teletext system that seemed so cool back in the pre-web era. When my wife and I moved to Paris in 1989, the Minitel was...
Monday, July 14, 2008 10:43 AM/EST
Forrester says IT departments were slow to the Web 2.0 party, but they're catching up: "Budgetary controls, the need for integration and technical skills, and the growing importance of Web 2.0 tools are all putting IT departments in the...
Friday, July 11, 2008 1:55 PM/EST
FCC chair Kevin Martin comes out against Comcast, for net neutrality. Ars Technica: "Score one huge, precedent-setting win for net neutrality backers." Related: "Telecoms are poor-mouthing existing capacity to make their case against net neutrality."...