I’ve been taking the train a fair amount from San Jose to San Francisco. Many of my meetings have been within 10 blocks of the CalTrain dept, in South of Market, so it seems easier to sit on the train and read and work than to have to drive up and find a place to… Continue Reading

The wonderful Jeneane Sessum just sent me over to MonkeySpan, a new group blog. One post discusses links between celebs’ wearing Kabbalah Center bracelets and kids’ ‘sex bracelets’,’ another fad.

Disturbing Search Requests: The (much) younger sister of F*cked Company in spirit, this naught little weblog tracks and highlights bizarre search requests, such as a request for a Fart Smell Reduction Patch and ” naughty nude pics.” The smart-ass commentary aspires to humor, but the real giggle is that this guy seems to get his… Continue Reading

Rich Gordon on Poynter.org on the new Pew Internet and American Life Project report on ” Consumption of Information Goods and Services in the United States.” He writes: “One interesting finding if you are involved with the technology industry (or rely on it to deliver your content) is that just 31 percent of the U.S.… Continue Reading

Jimmy Guterman’s new gig as editor of Ziff-Davis’ Gaming Industry News has now led to the release of the first issue–congrats, Jim. You can get a free, sample PDF of the first issue here. Enjoy it, because an annual sub is a heart-stopping $995 a year, discounted to $695 if you sign up now.

New column this week in NY Mag by Michael Wolff spins the tale that the Internet is back–proof, he says, is not only in the pricey dinners being indulged in by old dotcom colleagues, but the rising valuations of web companies–some, like Bluefly, practically left for dead. Consistently positioning himself as the ultimate insider who… Continue Reading

A good friend of mine is an expert at picking out (sometimes unintentionally) humorous postings on Craig’s List. He just sent me this one: Meat Eaters Showering Reply to: anon-6908564@craigslist.org Date: Tue Nov 19 08:48:51 2002 Everywhere I went yesterday I heard about watching meat eaters showering. They said it could be the last chance… Continue Reading

Fortune: “Google has grown arrogant, making some of its executives as frustrating to deal with in negotiations as AOL’s cowboy salesmen during the bubble.” Vogelstein gives a run down of the issues and challenges facng the company, especially its runaway success. A good read.

NY Times this morning: Atoosa Rubinstein, 31, former editor of CosmoGirl, on changing her look when she became editor of Seventeen: “I felt like I wasn’t fitting in at my own magazine. The old hair said ‘Hi, I’m a quirky, wacky girl, and I don’t care what anybody thinks.’ The new hair said, ‘I have… Continue Reading

Grimes tells Newsweek: “It’s like “Groundhog Day.” You wake up the next day having eaten a four-star meal, you must go out and eat another four-star meal. And you get up the next day and you have to go out and eat another four-star meal…You’ve only got so many meals in you as a critic.… Continue Reading