He would know: I’ll take his word for it. This the listmeister’s list of the top 20 lists of 2005.

(rexblog flashback: my interview with Rex Sorgatz about his list of lists.)

Gadgetpaloosa: Paidcontent.org’s Staci Karmer is reporting and Flickr photo streaming from CES.

Quote from Staci:

“Given the torrent of subscription announcements, content deals, DRM-driven devices, this actually could be the “silo CES” — the one where convergence works as long as you stay within certain boundaries, where some content becomes more available and less accessible at the same time, where the content universe become even more fragmented, where the consumer gets both the flexibility and tyranny of even more choice. “

(However, I must admit that Doc Searls‘ Flickr photo stream from Las Vegas is a bit more, well, colorful than Staci’s.)

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Small Business Summit 2006: I’ll be in New York next month for longtime (as in, way pre-blogging) friend Ramon (Smallbiztechnology.com) Ray’s Small Business Summit 2006. [No doubt, Steve Rubel and I will start screaming at one-another on that "roundtable" about communicating effectively. : )]

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Google add ads to front page: Well, at least on its Belarusian version.

Update: It’s a fake (see comments below).

Update II: And the comments on this post on Searchblog.

(via: Publish.com)

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Out from the pay space: The new CNNMoney.com has launched and now previously walled-off content from the websites of magazines Fortune, Business 2.0, Fortune Small Business and Money are out from behind the cost-wall and in, as we call it around here, the free-space.

Gee, I wonder what the business model is (note: that was a joke).

(via: PaidContent.org)

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Ethernetricity? Linksys said Tuesday (press release) that it is offering two new access points aimed at small businesses that support power-over-Ethernet (POE). POE provides the power for access points and other equipment without the need to plug them in to standard electrical outlets. It enables use of wireless LAN equipment in hard-to-reach places. An indoor version will cost around $250, and outdoor one, $450.

Gee. I guess this is like when a telephone supports “power-over-Telephone-line” (but has it ever been called POTL?).

(via: smallbizpipeline.com)

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byeFly: Independence Air will cease operation on Thursday. I wanted them to succeed as they flew between Nashville and Dulles a few times daily. But after trying the flight numerous times, the consistently poor service convinced me to continue flying Southwest into BWI.

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What Fred Wilson says: More on the airport wifi debate.

Quote:

“There’s the free and ubiquitious approach, which I favor, and then there’s the greedy bastards approach which apparently Boston’s Logan Airport favors. I have no issue with Logan’s interest in offering a paid wifi offering in its terminals, but if some smart visionary company wants to offer a free alternative, they should be allowed to do that. The market wants competition, not monoplies that offer crappy service and charge a fortune.”

I agree with Fred.

I’ll even go a step further. I believe in free wifi for airport spaces primarily funded by taxpayers and by mandated fees (taxes) of those who fly. (Later clarification: I’m not suggesting new taxes, I’m saying that  airports are already funded that way.) I believe we’re moving into an era where “free wifi” in airports should be expected, even demanded by passengers. I don’t think airport authorities — especially those who compete with other airports for connecting passenger traffic — should try to squeeze another $8 from a passenger who chooses a flight that originates or connects from that airport. And then, when the authority wants to keep a competitor (a coffee shop or an airline) from offering free wifi in its space, it’s outrageous.

Coming later: Why offering free wifi saves airlines money and why Southwest should demand the airports it serves offer passengers free wifi — or offer it itself.

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5,075 posts later: While I set this weblog up on August 28, 2000, I consider January 3, 2002, the day I began blogging. That’s when I started making daily posts. I guess that makes today my fourth blogversary. I’ve posted an average of 3.85 posts on approximately 90% of the 1,461 days since January 3, 2002. That’s about 5,075 total posts.

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