Today was kind of a tough day; there was a death in the (extended) family, lots of work to get done post weekend, and some hard choices to work through. I’m also getting ready (or trying to get ready) for an out of the country trip next week.) In many ways, I feel like leaving… Continue Reading

The latest Blogher column is up; it’s a roundup of some new(er) voices in the sex and relationships arena.

Jason Calcanis has a post today about how the launch of Shine suggests that Yahoo is not taking care of its media partners. Jason’s point is that it’s crazy for the Yahoo Developer Network to solicit the business of media partners to deliver services (and sell ads) at the same time Yahoo is launching a… Continue Reading

Yahoo’s Shine, helmed by former print editor Brandon Holley, just launched this am, after weeks of beta testing. The goal here, if it isn’t obvious, is to create the most compelling start page on the web for women, all ages;to that end it’s a riotous tumult of soft lifestyle features with fashion, parenting, home, dating,… Continue Reading

“I just write and talk about sex. But every woman on the Internet gets called slutty and ugly and fat (to put it lightly) no matter what; all we have to be is female. In dinner conversation, my friend Lori reminded me of the Oscar Wilde quote, “Give a man a mask, and he’ll tell… Continue Reading

Just heard Scott Karp has gotten $2.75MM in funding from Velocity Interactive Group to build out Publish2, his social bookmarking service for journalists. This is thrilling news for me for two reasons: 1) Scott is a super bright and talented person 2) It’s inspiring, proof that the force of an idea and the courage of… Continue Reading

“There are no more boundary any more between “species.” What’s a cat is a dog and vice versa. All media is social and all social is media. End of story. Whether content is created by the Pros or the Joes it all has influence, even if it’s small.” –Steve Rubel, writing about how all media,… Continue Reading

It’s in the middle of the Web 2.0 Expo, but the conference danah boyd, mimi ito and others put together to share their findings from their McArthur-funded research on youth and digital media is going to be just too good to miss. Called From My Space to Hip Hop: New Media In the Everyday Lives… Continue Reading

Louis Gray did me the kindness of including this blog in his stats review of well-read tech blogs. Not surprisingly, but a bit to my chagrin, my blog’s the laggard in a fast-growing category. However, now that I’m one month out of a demanding job at Yahoo!, I’ve been putting more effort into the blog… Continue Reading

A koan of questions: What makes local community sites successful? How do news, activism, and information fit together? Will as many people read as post? What makes local community sites and services sustainable (Besides the passion of their founders)? As news media fragments, fails and consolidates (think about how almost all the newspapers in the… Continue Reading