When the Past Catches Up With the Future

July 10, 2006

The NYT goes in-depth on AOL’s downward spiral and the plan (hope? aspiration? wish?) to resurrect its fortunes by dropping the paywall on services. The challenge is whether to stick with a shrinking but very profitable dial-up business, or morph into … what exactly? And that, of course, is the problem – this has been […]

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There’s Also Rarely Even Any Sweating

July 9, 2006

Jeff Jarvis takes a curious shot at emotional soccer players.

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No, It Can’t Be Very Long

July 9, 2006

Before it happens.

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The Ideal Restaurant Guest

July 9, 2006

I’m not sure I’d want to break bread with him, but I want this judge at the next table whenever I eat out.

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More on Digg v. NYT

July 7, 2006

The Digg v. NYT meme rears its head again today as LeAnn Prescott of Hitwise crunches the numbers. Om isn’t so sure this matters, noting: What I have to say about Digg is that it doesn’t cost as much to make, it doesn’t win Pulitzers, but it is still a lot of fun. Surely, you […]

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And Then We’ll All Be Rich Beyond Our Wildest Dreams

July 6, 2006

I’m not sure why but I feel compelled to begin this post with the customary passing compliment to Microsoft’s history of creativity, innovation and mastery of extraordinarily complex software development processes. Now that that’s over, I can move directly to expressly complete befuddlement over its plan to compete directly with the iPod. Some particular observations: […]

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“For The Record”

July 6, 2006

If I had any doubt before that we’re in a bubble, it’s gone. When young ‘preneurs start believing that the world so rotates around them and their businesses that this is necessary or even a good idea, it’s time to sell. And there are few things more vulgar, immature or destructive than a public divorce, […]

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You’re a Star, Baby

July 5, 2006

Calacanis makes an offer to Congdon (own your creative, just give us a 6 month exclusive, etc.). All of it, departure, rebuttal and offer, played out in the ‘sphere. Pass the popcorn. (Can it be very long before agencies represent high-profile bloggers and vloggers?). Update: “I’ve read some of the correspondence between them”: perhaps the […]

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Tonight, Everyone is Italian

July 4, 2006

An astounding attack at the end of overtime puts Italy ahead, and Toronto erupts.

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Now Bloggers Really Can Be Journalists

July 1, 2006

No doubt I’m going to hear from Mathew and Mark about this title. But it was the first thing to jump into head after I read of the blogging brouhaha du jour (if this is Saturday, there must be a controversy brewing somewhere in the ‘sphere) over PayPerPost, a new service that proposes to automate […]

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Trains, Planes and Wireless

June 30, 2006

Only days after the news that Boeing is thinking of pulling the plug on Connexion, its inflight wifi service, comes much news of wifi on trains: Japan’s bullet trains by 2009, trials for California commuter trains, and Virgin Rail in the U.K. I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out Stuart’s recent gloating while watching […]

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Changes in Sympatico Terms of Use

June 29, 2006

David Fraser has an update to his recent piece on the controversy over Bell’s change to its Sympatico terms of use – a change that seems to anticipate the return of lawful access legislation to Parliament’s agenda.

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