Daily Archives: Monday, August 15, 2005

Tiny bubbles: Home prices surged 13.6% in the second quarter. Observation: For the past year, predictions of a housing market bust have been a staple of the business press. Home buyers must not be reading the same stuff I do. … Continue reading →

A key to understanding blogging’s popularity: (From Tuesday’s NY Times) “Gossip appears to be a very sophisticated, multifunctional interaction which is important in policing behaviors in a group and defining group membership.” (Gossip is a big topic in Tuesday’s Times, … Continue reading →

Other stuff people don’t understand: In addition to not knowing what RSS is, people don’t know how to use alarm clocks. (Joe has a solution.)

You can learn stuff from people who tag like you: A really cool del.icio.us feature has just been added. I am not going to try to explain it. If you’re a del.icio.us user, Matt McAlister does a great job of … Continue reading →

Flash – even people who read blogs don’t know what “trackbacks” are: No, wait. It’s not that they don’t know what trackbacks are that people are getting all buzzy over this morning. It’s that they don’t use RSS feeds — … Continue reading →

AdAge RSS feeds: If you’re a registered user of their site, you can find them here. Steve Rubel has a link (I’m guessing it will be temporary) that doesn’t require registration.