Archive for May, 2006

Where is Cory Doctorow on this ‘Web 2.0′ broo hah hah?

Friday, May 26th, 2006

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that Cory Doctorow is one of the leading critics of DRMs, DMCA, copyright laws and the status quo - which often pits lawyers vs us.  He’s worked for the EFF for years and helped found the #1 blog - Boing Boing.
But he’s also a close buddy of Tim […]

What is OpenLaszlo, and what’s it good for?

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Don Hopkins, a close friend who I partied with in Amsterdam recently - has been Slashdotted on his EXCELLENT article about my favorite rich media interface technology - Laszlo.
Don goes over what it is, how to use it, major concepts, and just about explains everything you’ll need to know to make an intelligent decision on […]

Tues night links

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

Ashish raps out the GoingOn Network.
New client - Wee World. Persistent Digital ID Avatars. 8M and counting.
Pre-BloggerCon IV blogger dinner - May 31st.  Dave’s notes of BloggerCon IV.
Another blogger is into Matisyahu.

Podcast with Dan Farber

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006

My favorite journalist of all time interviewed me.  Enjoy:
Marc Canter, the founder and CEO of Broadband Mechanics, is known in the industry as a techno rabble rouser, with an operatic voice. In 1984, he co-founded MacroMind, which became Macromedia in 1991, and has continued to pioneer multimedia authoring and standards. Now at Broadband Mechanics he […]

Fundings, findings and flounderings

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I can’t decide what to talk about first:  Friendster getting some measly crumbs from KP, aSmallWorld hoodwinking Bob Pittman or Bebo cashing in.
DISCLOSURE: We are currently working with Wee World - who’s offices are in the same Benchmark offices where Bebo just got their money.  And they also funded Habbo Hotel and…… Visual Media - […]

Sunday morning link clearage

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Now that AIMpages is testing and modules are all the next big thing - there’s a blog dedicated to these two concepts.
VideoEgg’s business model is happening. I agree with Josh - its not about building a destination site - its about empowering LOTS of destination sites.  We’ve been doing the later and we’re about to launch […]

Finally made ValleyWag

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

I feel honored to have finally been soiled by the rantings of the latest cynical blog around.
Indeed I felt obligated to liven up Steve Gillmor’s presentation - as I think what he’s talking about is important.  He just leaves a LOT open for imagination and I wanted to make sure folks understood him.
I didn’t fly […]

Please Phil - do the right thing - and KISS

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Phil is debating which exact format and examples he should follow for our PeopleAggregator APIs.
We’d appreciate anybody who’s got an opinion.  Phil goes over the choices…..
FOLLOWUP:  Lots of great input being sent to me directly - thanks!

5 weeks to go and counting

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Gaurav is explaining a new feature we’re putting in - which connects one’s blogs to our PeopleAggregator publishing system.  Its an instantiation of the StructuredBlogging code we did - and properly implements the OutputThis web service.
In fact you’ll be able to blog - all over the place: into one’s internal blog, into any number of […]

Content 2.0 - next up

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

OK so I’mback in SF - after running out to the East coast earlier this week to hang with AOL and a couple of new clients you’ll be hearing about.  I stopped off in NYC for Syndicate - in time to hear Steve Gillmor rap out the Attenion scene and talk about the GestureBank.
Next up […]