June 28th, 2005

This just in: The NY Times’ John Markoff is reporting there’s a lot of user-generated content on the Internet.

Quote:

From
photo- and calendar-sharing services to “citizen journalist” sites and
annotated satellite images, the Internet is morphing yet again. A
remarkable array of software systems makes it simple to share anything
instantly, and sometimes enhance it along the way.

I need to start keeping up with this stuff.





From the WSJ’s “econoblog”: “From Rental Cars to CEOs: A Review of ‘Freaky’ Research”

(a WSJ “freebie”)





June 28th, 2005

They’ll Miss America: There are some folks in Atlantic City fretting about (the possibility of) Miss America moving to Nashville since CMT is now televising the show. (I’ve got an idea. Nobody tell them CMT is actually headquartered in New York.)





June 28th, 2005

Double feeding: Note to self - as you subscribe to podcast feeds via iTunes, remember to unsubscribe to the same feed via NetNewsWire.





June 28th, 2005

Apple support: How to create a podcast using GarageBand. Not quite my suggestion for a GarageBand - Podcast Version with new metaphors, but a start.

(via: NorthWest Noise)





June 28th, 2005

iTunes 4.9: How’s this for a URL? www.apple.com/podcasting.
Downloading now. Instant review: Needs a one-click subscription to
podcasts not in the iTunes store. Podcasters who are not in the iTunes
store need to educate their listeners how to subscribe under the
“Advanced” tab. Quite easy to do.





Bloggers Fighting Government Regulations“: From an AP story: “Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations.”





June 28th, 2005

Trash talk: Something you’d expect from a hip-hop magazine rather than the AARP, the LA Times notes there is some smash-mouth going on at AARP, the magazine, about Sly, a magazine for men over 40 published by Sylvester Stallone. Says, the Times: “AARP mocked Sly’s “steroid-packed pearls.”