Not quite, Times
The Times — like many people in power — seems to have trouble grasping the full impact of the internet handing control over to the people. They have real trouble turning their personal prisms around ...
Death by Smiley Face: When Rivals Disdain Profit
THE tectonic changes facing media companies are by now the topic of an often-recited sermon. Put briefly, digital technology is placing control over much information squarely in the hands of consumer...
Web Directories...are They Relevant to SEO?
With Zeal recently closing (I think Looksmart are dumb to have closed it) some people have recently been questioning the value of directories. — $hoemoney recently had a mini interview of a few SEOs...
You got Pepper in my Rubel
I've known both Jeremy Pepper and Steve Rubel for over a year now and like many of you, I've found their feud amusing, and at times frustrating. Frustrating because they are two of the best, smartest...
What Does "Windows Vista Capable" Mean?
Next month, new PCs will show up with stickers identifying them as being "Windows Vista Capable." But "Capable of Running Certain Versions of Windows Vista, But Maybe Not Stupendously Well" might be ...
RSS: I'd Rather Switch Than Fight
Jason Young posed a question on Workbench recently: … As we work through the long-unresolved issues in Really Simple Syndication and spark up long-smoldering flamewars, people keep asking me why I don...
Announcing The Emo Programmer book
I'm pleased to announce the release of my latest book, The Emo Programmer. Most of you all know my co-author David Heinemeier Hansson (aka David HH) as the guy who created Rails to build 37signals lo...
World of Starcraft
News & Previews - Images - Videos - Downloads - Hints & Cheats - Related Games - Forum - - Buy It — World of Starcraft—World Exclusive Hands-On Preview Impressions First Look — To put it mildly, ...
Yahoo Buys Web 2.0
Yahoo is tired of buying Web 2.0 companies one at a time. They just want tje whole package. — "We're in the midst of buying Dogg (a Web 2.0 cross between Digg and Dogster "Where Every Dog Has A Web...
Blogging April Fools
Here are a few of the many April Fools related entries and spoofs occuring today. — Google's New Ad Sizes — MSN Search Spoof (via InfoWorld) — Google Rooms — Google launches a new service called G...
Deep Thoughts About the Web
I've been online since 1995 (pre-Netscape) and consider myself a creature of the Web (obsession to e-mail, willingness to try just about any Web 2.0 application/service, blog-oholic, etc.) but I was b...