Random Articles

• We Aggregate and Filter Each Other Great post over at the Pomo blog, Pardon my removal of the blacklisted buzzwords. “Because there are far more people creating content than there is time for people to consume it. Therefore, trusted, smart filters… become desirable. Who does the filtering? Sometimes, it’s a person or people, but increasingly we consumers do it ourselves” -
• Wanted - A Better Gillmor Gang I’m the first to admit I frequently listen podcasts for the guest not the host - TechNation, PodTech, Larry’s World, and more recently - Gillmor Gang. For the latter, it wasn’t the ads that bugged me, or the hub-bub around them. I’ll fast-forward past them until a new podcast-appropriate ad format is introduced. I completely
• Eric Larson Reviews My ID3 Mag Article on Listener Metrics Eric Larson from the Ericast.com digs into my ID3 Mag article on podcast listener metrics. He brings up some good points (it’s a platform-specific solution) and talks about some ways to extend it. Listen here: Ericast 62 - “Tracking Your Attention” mp3
• The Bottomless Feed and the Need for Now Context “I’ve punted on trying to catch up on 19,000+ updated posts in Bloglines. I don’t have the time, or interest, in trying to sift through them all. I picked out a few blogs from a few categories that I’m absolutely interested in and skimmed through them and then marked all as read.” - Ed Costello I
• Using Search Engines and Tags to Get A Specific Someone’s Attention Scoble pointed out this Google search for Susan Dumais, look at the ad in the right-hand column. It’s less of an ad and more of a unique recruiting method. I hope this is the future of Google Ads - very specific messages targeted to a single individual. This reminds me of the how venture capitalist Fred