This just in from the BarlowFriendz mail list……
DANCING IN THE STREETS: REVOLUTION WITH A SMILE
I spent most of my political life as a Republican. While that’s a little hard to imagine now, I have sufficient experience to know that the commonly held view that Republicans either can’t dance or won’t dance is inaccurate. When I […]

Brad Fitzpatrick wrote an excellent explanation of LiveJournal’s backend in the #124 issue of LinuxJournal.
Now Robert Kaye has an excellent article - on his impressions of that backend and where MusicBrainz fits into the cycle.
[O’Reilly Network: OSCON]
Highly recommended reading for geeks. Marketing guys and gals stay away.

Dude,
You (and your company) got where it is via innovation, chutzpah and lots of luck.
You were the first to fiure out the balance between meatspace and cyberspace in regards to content-on-demand.
Congrats!
But now I hear that you’re doing a me-to movie download play and I’m sorry - that’s just not enough!
You REALLY need to think seriously […]

I should have known this would already exist. The Dashboarder:
The Dashboarder is the original and most complete archive of Apple Dashboard Gadgets (widgets) on the internet. Consisting of user-created gadgets for Apple’s forthcoming “Tiger” operating system, The Dashboarder is your one-stop shop for all Dashboard needs.
[Backup Brain]
This is totally coolio.
Now just dump the Apple […]

Eric Rice does a pre-emptive strike…..
The short version of this is, “Yo, let’s hook up for drinks and talk some shop.”
The long version of this (sans Wiki, but written in 10 minutes):
When: Thursday 8/12/2004 7:30pm

Where: The Living Room (the lobby/lounge/bar) of the W Hotel, 3rd & Howard, San Francisco

What: Conversations on rich media, audio/video as […]

Xeni Jardin is one of the shining lights in the blogosphere. She crosses over to maintream journalism with style and grace.
Here’s her latest….
I just filed this story for MSNBC about the business value of social networking services. Truth or hype: can some SNSes become helpful professional tools for businesses — in particular, independent entrepreneurs […]

Wanna know what’s wrong with our industry?
Success through failure.
Take this story - for instance:
The San Francisco Chronicle has named Peter Negulescu as vice president of digital media. Prior to this, he was with with America Online as VP of product management/personalization.
SFGate.com is the nation’s fourth largest newspaper website, according to the company, with 5.3 […]

Om Malik writes……
Amdist all the hoopla around Motorola’ new products, one news which got little mention was the deal struck between Moto and Blackberry for MPx. By now, Blackberry has signed-up most major phone makers, and has worked out plans to embed its software/service on all sorts of SmartPhone OS platforms. We are looking at […]

JD reports…..

Zoto wants beta testers

One of the companies that poked up at the BlogOn conference last week was Zoto. Bloggers, techies, media folks and anyone else interested in exploring the next wave of blogging and social networking technology is invited to beta test Zoto. The site launched July 19 and will be gathering feedback […]

All in favor - say “Aye!”
In fact - it should probably say “Publish” or “Publish and Share”.
We’re having a love fest over here.
Roland Tanglao agrees with Ross Rader. Even though I’m not a Canadian (at least not yet) these Canucks seem to have their heads screwed on right.

Here’s Roland’s post…..
Ross nails it! Every […]