September 2008
25 posts
Why Tomorrow Matters (or, "futures thinking" as... →
This is a great post by Jamais Cascio, who is the co-founder of WorldChanging.com, among other awesome things. In his post, Jamais asks:
“When the world seems to be falling down all around us, can we afford to spend our time thinking about the future?”
He acknowledges that:
“In the midst of ongoing wars, accelerating economic collapse, and cascading environmental ruin,...
Taking Stock: Analysis of the Top 5 Technology...
I’ve been thinking about this all week, and with the wife away for the weekend and yours truly on the lam, I’ve got a little extra time write on a Sunday morning. Caveats: this is a work in progress. See something that stands correcting? Have information that I don’t? Lemme know here. Also, for the most part, I’m focusing on the parent properties, not the satellite ones...
TechCrunch on "The State of Location-Based Social... →
This is a really great side-by-side comparison of the current LBS offerings, regardless of which app you’re partial to. And, to be frank, it’s a great example of the more analytical, in-depth kind of reporting that IMHO we would do well to see more of on ye olde top blogs.
It’s not that it doesn’t happen — in fact, I think that we’re trending in the right...
The new Alltop →
The new Alltop rocks. Congrats to Guy and team!
Alltop, if you don’t already know, is an amazing way a.) for mainstream Web users to utilize the power of RSS; and b.) for anyone to quickly learn about a topic and get acquainted with the key influencers in that area.
Flickr: The LEGO Album Covers Pool →
This is flippin’ AWESOME. I heart the interwebs once more.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb on "The Limits of... →
This is a fantastic piece up on EDGE by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who is an essayist and former mathematical trader, and a prof of Risk Engineering at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute.
In it he talks about the idea of a Black Swan — a severe statistical unlikelyhood, such as, in his example, the downfall of Fannie Mae, that nonetheless comes true more often than statisticians would...
Looking for a good explanation of the current... →
Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt calls on U. Chicago’s Doug Diamond and Anil Kashyap.
Invite: Austin Data Mob →
Next Tuesday the 23rd we’re going to be gathering over pizza and beer at Conjunctured to make sure that every Austin-based company is fully represented in Crunchbase.
Please join us!
Live Search: Powerset Integration Already Going... →
Congrats to the team — they’re moving quickly! Compare to Google, which has a propensity to devour startups whole, never to be seen again…
The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All time →
This is highly amusing — and a great trip down memory lane;)
The Associated Press article on our wedding ran! →
Yes, I PR’ed my own wedding.
A shout out to Martha Irvine, the reporter who wrote the story, and Charlie Neibergall, the photographer, who rock.
And if this isn’t enough to convince you to visit Iowa, I don’t know what will;)
More pics here if you wanna see ‘em.
Zemanta gets new funding from USV →
Major congrats are in order to Andraz and team. This is a huge bet in favor of the usefulness of semantic technology in automating everyday processes. Zeanta is also an example of a company that doesn’t run around spewing the term “semantic” left and right — but that rather lets its (wonderful) service do the talking.
We had Andraz as a guest on Falken’s Maze a few...
InternetNews -- Yahoo Exec: 'People Don't Want to... →
Dave Needle has a really good piece up summarizing the Future of the Web panel at DEMO. Some really newsworthy things were said by top brass from Yahoo, MSFT and Google. And, Howard Bloom was…freakin’ hilarious.
Disclosure: Twine is a client.
Online Movie Premiere -- Will It Work? →
I’m really excited to see how this plays out.
What is the Semantic Web? →
I just got off the phone with a friend who is a journalist and he told me that this video gave the best explanation he’s heard yet, and that there’s still a lot of people out there who are struggling to understand what Semantic Web really means, especially given that “semantic” has been reappropriated (and misused) as a marketing term.
I wanted to share it again,...
Gapingvoid -- More thoughts on "the edges" →
Hugh’s series about living on the edges is just incredible. In this post particularly I like his attention to the concept of personal sovereignty. Very TX, too;)
