2006 July

Okay, I love what Gina and pt do – who doesn’t? Jake and I have been kicking an idea around for a while, and I think we’re ready to unleash it. Nothing revolutionary, mind you – just an idea that might (or might not) work.

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The Science Channel aired “First on the Moon- The Untold Story” this afternoon, and it’s full of holes – according to the Bad Ass astronomer, Phil Plait, and his NASA nerd friend, David Morrison. I really wanted to believe that Apollo 11 astronauts saw a UFO, but according to David at NASA:

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Does anybody out there use Google’s Hello? Hello!? Yeah, Hello – the photo-sharing IM service that integrates seamlessly with Picasa and Google’s Blogger service. Here’s the problem I have with Hello: none of my friends use it. My real question is: why isn’t Picasa pushing people to use Google Talk, instead – and why isn’t Google Talk incorporating Hello technology? Argh.

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I wasn’t sure if I’d be sold on the Office 2007 Ribbon interface. It’s different – almost too different. I know they said it was supposed to increase productivity, but to me it just increased screen clutter. Today, I heard that the Office 2007 Ribbon [is] To Be Tweaked:

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No, I didn’t go to BlogHer – for a few good reasons. It has nothing to do with me being a “him,” though. Largely, I stayed at home for Ponzi’s benefit. I didn’t want to take away from her experience at the event, as the BlogHer conference is ultimately about women in blogging – and she’s a woman who blogs. If I went, I’d do nothing more than (inadvertently) impose my own perspectives on the experience. I really believe she had a chance to learn more without me there.

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Conspiracy theorists are atwitter with the news that Dave Winer will be stepping away from the blogosphere in a mere matter of months. Some groups claim that Dave wants to live out the REST of his days making SOAP in Montana, while others feel that Dave (himself) is an alien and will soon be flying back to his home planet, Skroob.

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News organizations tend to delivering information in a top down fashion. Someone on the editorial teams makes the executive decision about the days news, the news gets produced, and is ultimately sent out into the world. The Internet has quietly chipped away at this idea for over a decade, with blogging bringing incrementally faster change in the process. Recently a few companies are emerging with the intent to rethink the way news becomes news. Instead of a top down approach, companies are getting some or all of the news direct from the readers, allowing the readers to generate or submit stories and then filter the “best stuff” to the top through various voting mechanisms. Newsvine is one of the companies engaged in this new news, publishing reader submitted stories side-by-side with Associated Press stories from the wire. This gives reasonably equal footing to both pro journalists and amatuer newshounds who actively seek out stories a daily basis. Even if you aren’t seeking new stories, you can comment on anything submitted. If you’re creating original material, you might even get paid for your writing, via an advertising revenue split with Newsvine. Chris recently spoke with Mike Davidson, CEO of Newsvine, about how Newsvine is changing the way people consume news, how active participation in a community builds loyalty, and about the slightly controversial move by Jason Calacanis of AOL in hand-picking contributors from community sites like Newsvine to come work for him on Netscape.com.

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From Eisenhower’s farewell speech…

Throughout America’s adventure in free government, our basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among people and among nations. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free and religious people. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt both at home and abroad.

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Oh, just press play…

…yeah, I can’t wait.

I remember watching this press conference a couple of years ago, but if you haven’t seen The Disclosure Project – I’d like to get your take. “This 2 hour video is a distillation of over 120 hours of video interviews made by Dr Greer. Dozens of highly credible military and government witnesses discuss UFO events and projects they have worked on, with introductory and overview commentary by Dr. Greer. The video is divided into sections and is an excellent item to have and show to others, to get a full understanding of what the Project is about. It is more informative to see this video prior to seeing the May 9th Press Conference video.”

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I twisted Gordon’s arm to get it, but here’s an exclusive coupons to get Registry Booster for only $19.95:

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Long Tail important thing. Thag must grok idea to make idea work. It say that markets conversations. Wait, no – that cluetrain. Long Tail claim there new marketplace at end of rainbow. Blog believe rainbow exist, but nobody else care.

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Put your word/prhase on Rent My Chest before it’s taken by somebody else. You gotta like testimonials like Linda’s:

I’ve been waiting for someone to come up with a fun, unique spin on the “sell a word” craze… I just bought AFFILIATES… Checking out Alexa I already see a huge spike in traffic and the new word cloud upgrade just launched. I’ll give Chris a little plug – go check it out, it’s pretty cool!

Sweet. My chest drives traffic!

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Long overdue: an OEM’s worst nightmare. Jeff Jarvis oughta love it, but I doubt Dell will. Nothing illegal here:

The PC De-Crapifier is designed to remove a specific list unwanted software in an unattended fashion. Before running, the user may select exactly what software should be removed. Currently, it is targeted for use on most Dell machines; however it will theoretically run on anything that has the software listed below…

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“When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site’s importance.”