“…there’s lots to gain, and little to lose, in having the confidence of one’s own ideas to publicly debate the issues. At the very least, it forces people to make a better case for their own views, because the other side(s) will poke holes in flimsy arguments.” – Dan Gillmor
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Solving Math Through Podcasting
With apologies to all the godcasters, the “Nine Wives” episode of Numb3rs uses a religious leader’s podcast to track him down. I can’t believe how many times I heard the word “podcast” used in bad dialog….and this is after I was baffled why they didn’t have an iPod in the Prius. Crazy TV.
Blurring Identity to Clear It Up
“What if there was an agreed upon microformat…that would telegraph to others our capabilities, experience, strengths, knowledge and, especially, our availability to be hired?” – Steve Borsch Must be something in the warm Janurary in MN air. A lunch earlier this week – unfortunately without Steve (need to remedy that) – was all about the …
A New Year of Indirect
“Just another reminder that the reason to be a Long Tail producer is not direct revenues. Instead, it’s exactly what Guy uses it for: marketing for his books, VC firm, speeches and consulting. For which he’s exceedingly well paid. Indirect revenues rule!” – Chris Anderson For a review of my thoughts on blogs as persistent …
Ellison – The First Post-Scarcity Politician
“We need a politics of generosity based on the reality of abundance as opposed to a politics of not-enough.” – Keith Ellison
DRM: Done (Getting) Reece’s Money
“I’m not sure what is going to replace my use of iTunes yet, but for now I think I’ll lean on Amazon Prime’s free 2-day shipping and just order and rip CDs to good old fashioned high-bitrate MP3s.” – Manton Reece
Gang of One
“We use words to helps us group people efficiently, but sometimes the grouping loses sight of the individual in the groups” – Liz Strauss
First Crack 93. Five Things You Don’t Know About Me
Tagged by evoljennifer, here are 5 things you probably don’t know about me. #5. I actually get the itch to podcast far more frequently than I do. Really. Listen to 5 Things You Don’t Know About Me [7 min] for the other 4. Passing the meme to Kris, Matt, Tim, and Darrin.
Niche like a Weather Forecast
Eric Rice asks about the relationship between niche information and income levels. At first glance, I don’t think there’s a relationship. Everything is niche. I trust people all along the income scale are looking for very relevant information. Though, it could be I live so far down the tail, that I doubt the existence of …
Stop the Presses – Save the Journalism
NickelNuts pointed me to an article by media lawyer, Steven P. Aggergaard article via instant messaging, I read it in my web browser, and then posted this to a weblog. Aggergaard is arguing we need to keep paper in newspaper – because that equals journalism and full-time jobs. Despite all the costs and overhead he …