Joe Firmage’s ManyOne is getting ready to launch its first browser and portal. I met some of these folks a few months ago, and am fascinated with their plans–they hope to create affinity-branded portals in partnership with mission driven nonprofits (National Geographic would be a great example), have the partner resell the content, access and… Continue Reading

So the moving truck comes down my little street and it’s huge, built to hold about 45,000 tons. The drive only does long-haul relo-type jobs, and he’s got a crew of three guys who are packing demons. They pack and load most of our household in one day, then hunker down in the truck to… Continue Reading

The packers are coming at 8 am to finish off what’s left of the household goods after our packathon at 1 am last night. Yawn. Today and tomorrow will probably be light blogging days unless I have a chance to creep into a corner and escape the chaos. Saw the last 40 minutes of Minority… Continue Reading

Knight Ridder, a former Google partner, is going to work with Overture products to deliver both contextual text ads and search services. What fun, a competitive landscape is building.

My friend Tammi Haddad is joining MSNBC to produce its 6 pm political programs, “Buchanan and the Press,” the network announced today.. I was lucky enough to work with Tammi for a few months last year on the prototypes for a live interactive news and issues show to be aired on AOL, and she is… Continue Reading

Via Gawker, comments from Dong Resin: “I guess it was only a matter of time until Dave gave up hope of ever finding Liza’s penis.” Jack Osbourne (via Gawker and Moviefone): “[David Gest] is a f—-in’ psycho. You know his deal, right? He was the biggest Judy Garland memorabilia collector. And then he gets the… Continue Reading

Question #1: What will dial-up and broadband Internet users pay for? Check off the items you think will sell: 1) Exclusive videos and streamed live performances of popular musicians 2) Net-only outttakes from Smallville and other WB shows 3) People.com stories and photos 4) ABC news stories 5) Blogging software 6) Online photo albums 7)… Continue Reading

Monica Anderson: You have to walk fast, think faster in New York Fort Worth Star-Telegram “…It is not wise to stand in the middle of the walkway gawking. New Yorkers are in a hurry. They don’t just walk. They speed-walk. I flatten myself against a building and press my mouth into a thin line. The… Continue Reading

Carson Kressley, one of the “Fab 5″ on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” on Bravo, is the Carrie Bradshaw of the group–pretty, sweet, and addicted to hilarious and biting one liners. “There’s a hooker in Trenton who wants her shoes back” was the sotto-voices comment when Lisa, the bellowing blonde bitch who’d entrapped passive,… Continue Reading

Out on the bleeding edge, the technorati are deep into FOAF, ASN (Augmented Social Networks), and all sorts of ways for people to recognize one another (dogs just sniff the piss, why can’t we?) I was talking to Frank Paynter for the first time yesterday–we agreed to do a call since we’d been reading one… Continue Reading