Monthly Archives: July 2006

Rate of adoption

Rate of adoption: Next time you want to judge whether something is lame or not based on how many weeks it takes the entire world to jump onto it, consider this: The first .com domain was registered on March 15, … Continue reading

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Blog lite

Blog lite: Traveling today, but still linking (for those who follow this blog via RSS and may not see it, I have added a ‘rexblog linkblog’ to the right-hand column [rss]). I’ll also be posting here with a couple of … Continue reading

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A parting shot

A parting shot: I’ve quit saying, “I won’t be blogging for a few days,” as every time I do, I end up posting from somewhere unanticipated. But I’m traveling through Tuesday and I have a bet with a family member … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Doc

Happy birthday, Doc: Doc Searls turns 59 today. Quote: “I started blogging when I was 52, I just figured out. For whatever that’s worth.” A couple of years ago, Jeff Jarvis used a few other bloggers and me as poster-children … Continue reading

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Friday funnies

Friday funnies – via bLaugh.com: What will Dave Winer do after he quits blogging? Or, as we ask around here, “What Will Dave Do?” WWDD? One prediction: It won’t involve moving to Nashville for a singing career ; ) . … Continue reading

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The tail end of this week’s long-tail wagging

The tail end of this week’s long-tail wagging: Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson, now an official “best-selling author” of the book, The Long Tail, recaps a week of debate on the blogosphere over Lee Gomes’ Wall Street Journal column challenging … Continue reading

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You might as well ban oxygen as a means to rid the world of sexual predators

You might as well ban oxygen as a means to rid the world of sexual predators: [I have voted to suspend my 'no political bogging rule in order to post the following rant.] Civics lesson alert, people. And before we … Continue reading

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Remembering Dixie

Remembering Dixie: Dave Winer asks, “Remember the the Dixie podcast experiment?” I do. Bad singing. Great experiment.

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Quote de Mom

Quote de Mom: Floyd Landis flunked a drug test and an AP reporter was able to get his mother on the phone. Quote: “Arlene Landis, his mother, said Thursday that she wouldn’t blame her son if he was taking medication … Continue reading

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Chasing ones long tail (or, why journalists should blog)

Chasing ones long tail (or, why journalists should blog): Yesterday, I pointed out that a number-crunching debate (a slide-rule duel?) was going to erupt over the Lee Gomes Wall Street Journal piece critical of aspects of Chris Anderson’s book, The … Continue reading

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Backpack adds a calendar

Backpack adds a calendar: My ego-RSS-feeds were pinging me earlier with this nice shout-out from Jason Fried, so I checked in with him and in an e-mail exchange, discovered that Backpack users will have something to cheer about later tonight. … Continue reading

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A long tail fisking with calculators

A long tail fisking with calculators: Good morning, number buffs. Today, we have some fun math smack down taking place between writers who can actually add and subtract. The Wall Street Journal’s Lee Gomes attempts to recalculate the numbers behind … Continue reading

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Shameless self-promotion

Shamless self-promotion: Ramon Ray at Smallbiztechnology.com, who has been blogging on the topic of small business technology since before they were called blogs, has compiled a short list of folks in the “media” he thinks are leading the charge in … Continue reading

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My vegetables are blogging

My vegetables are blogging: Some bloggers post photos of their kids or pets. Over the past four months, I’ve been posting photos of my rookie attempts at growing vegetables. This week, the tomatoes are starting to fully ripen. Nashville food … Continue reading

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