Beattie realizes the mash-up nature of aggregators and that packaging is king: “What happens when all the niches have been filled? And what happens when we’re all using our aggregators for most of our online reading? Then I started to think about the coming advertisements we’re going to see in RSS feeds. There’s already some… Continue Reading

Shelley Powers has a thoughtful post on tagging, focusing on the recent Technorati implementation of tags, but going far beyond in her thoughts about tags and structured data. This is a rich, complex discussion with lots of quotes and citations, illustrated with some kick-ass photos. Su Chaw and others have equally wise comments, like this… Continue Reading

NewsBluntly: A new Knight Commission study says 32% of HS students feel that the media has too much freedom. And more nuggets on how awareness of the First Amendment is eroding. JD Lasica: The San Jose Merc’s get a good package on podcasting. Steve Rubel: PR client Weatherbug‘s gonna be blogging for Groundhog Day–that means… Continue Reading

So, like the rest of the world, I took a look at the new Mediabistro and Gawker blogs. Some first reactions, in no particular order: FishbowlNY: Honey, where is the RSS feed? And is Washington the new Brooklyn? Or just where exiled media honchos go nonprofit? (Okay, that was mean.) And what is this UN… Continue Reading

Papa Denton’s at Gawker‘s got some brand new blogs– Gina Trapani‘s Lifehacker (I dig her scribbling.net), focused on technology(download recommendations and content about spam filters, virus killers, spyware, search engines, e-mail applications, Internet phones, and general productivity tips)–sounds like it’s going after the boingboing crowd–which would be most of us. And Gridskipper, an urban travel… Continue Reading

In an amazing week of NYTimes media relevance, see today’s story about MediaBistro‘s Elizabeth Spiers and FishBowlNY, the NYC media trade rag she’s launching tomorrow via blog. The Times is pitching it as clash of the titans, with Gawker publisher Nick Denton and former employee Spiers going head to head, but Paid Content may actually… Continue Reading

Some Russ guy with no last name is pushing the eBay platform with an offer to give a banner ad on this blog to the highest bigger–the winner will get an ad in a banner position–120 x 90–top right for a month. (I notice the bidders so far seem to be the same crew who… Continue Reading

Ypulse blogger and programming whiz Anastasia Goodstein is the subject of a nice profile from The San Francisco Chronicle today. “Ypulse has become a must-read for fans, from Seventeen magazine’s editor in chief, Atoosa Rubenstein, and Aaron Cohen, chief executive of teen marketing powerhouse www.bolt.com, to youth ministers and librarians trying to gain insight into… Continue Reading

For a graphic look at how global warming has melted glaciers and changed the land in Alaska, check out SFGate’s story and gallery of global warming shots from the past 100-odd years. Here’s two, from 1899 and 2003. Lots more there.

Elizabeth Grigg‘s got some observations on the recent Business Blog Summit that have relevance to new conferences and emerging technology seminars beyond this last one. As someone who’s planned her share of these events, I’ve seen the wide variance between the we-drank the Kool-Aid and are preaching to the converted set and the “What the… Continue Reading