2006

TechCrunch recently rounded up a list of Memeorandum hunters, or what Don Dodge is calling meme trackers (I like that term). Seeing as I was one of the first off the blocks with a rave memeorandum review back in September 05, right behind Robert Scoble, and I’ve been gushing about it ever since – I … Read more

I listened to the Gillmor Gang today, because it featured Gabe Rivera talking about Memeorandum. After wading through all the Gang’s talk about Sun.com, which didn’t interest me in the slightest (what was that about?!), I noted this gem of a quote from Doc Searls: “Memeorandum is what google news should’ve been.” Gabe also spoke … Read more

– Esther Dyson talk (Yahoo is “intelligent design”; Google is “blind evolution.”) – CES Storylines (nice quote: “By the time Vista hits the street… it will be less about the OS itself, and more about the vast array of services surrounding it.”) – Consumer Internet, Digital Media and Technology Conferences for 2006 (very useful list) … Read more

Some great quotes on this page. My favorite: “Not all content wants to be free but it needs to be easy. We allow people to find the content they want. There is a big market for the best, not just the cheapest.” — Sergei Brin, founder, Google Originally published on ReadWriteWeb (archived copy)

Memeorandum‘s Gabe Rivera was interviewed by Don Dodge from Microsoft. I found this comparison with Slashdot, Digg, Reddit interesting: “For readers of Digg (or Reddit, and to some extent, Slashdot), I’d say Memeorandum is: – More focused (on either “Tech” or “Politics”) – More expert/authority-driven – Better organized, visually Of course for a certain type … Read more

In Part 1 of my interview with digg founder Kevin Rose, we discussed digg’s popularity, reputation systems and recent issues with GroupThink. In the second part of this interview, Kevin and I talk about digg’s battle with spammers and the upcoming release of new personalization features, plus an API. Full story on ZDNet… Incidentally, I … Read more

– Don’t Bounce The Ball Honey (The Redmonk view on Attention, gestural economics and loosely coupled ideas – I think I even got a gesture out of it, although maybe I’m just being vain…) – Roundup of Reactions to Google’s Earnings (The Internet Stock Blog collects all the data points into one post) – Rival … Read more

On my ZDNet blog I’ve just published the first of a two-part interview with digg founder Kevin Rose. In the interview we discuss digg’s popularity, its battle with spammers, the recent issues with GroupThink and digg’s upcoming personalization features. As you know, I’ve been somewhat critical of digg recently – in particular regarding recent signs … Read more

The Daily is back, now that I’m over my jet lag 🙂 – Scoble: I’m not an edge case (If you listen carefully, you’ll hear me whoop near the end of Scoble’s excellent outburst. I’ve never whooped in my entire life – yet here I am carrying on like I’m on the Oprah Show…) – … Read more

Curious comment from famous VC Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, he who invested heavily in Google in 1999. He also got a piece of Yahoo and Paypal — also Webvan and eToys, it has to be said. He’s listed as number 1 in the 2006 Forbes Midas List (via Jeff Clavier). Interesting then to note … Read more

The latest comScore Networks report states that total Internet spending reached $143.2 billion for the full year 2005, an increase of 22 percent from 2004. What’s more, comScore Networks chairman Gian Fulgoni is quoted as saying: “It’s clear based on what we’re seeing so far in 2006 that the strength in online sales will not … Read more

Todd Bishop from Seattle PI newspaper speculates whether Wellington filmmaker Peter Jackson was in Seattle and Microsoft last week… at the same time a certain Wellington blogger was in town. Pete and me (nb: pic of me by Alex Barnett) Todd wrote: “Filmmaker Peter Jackson, best known as the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy’s director, … Read more

I’m still in transit from my flight back from Microsoft Search Champs in Seattle. Due to foggy weather in my home city of Wellington, I’ve had cancelled and delayed flights to deal with. And to top it all off, the airline lost my luggage!! I’m currently in Auckland and will be off to Wellington within … Read more

Today I was at the Redmond office of Microsoft and it was an interesting day of discussions about… well I’m not allowed to say due to NDA. But most of the last hour of presentations was bloggable. TechCrunch has a good summary post, to which I’ll add a few more details. Live.com is preparing for … Read more

In a few hours I’ll be on a plane to Seattle, for the Microsoft Search Champs V4. My second trip to the US and my first to Seattle. It’ll be 15.5 hours of flying time from New Zealand (not including waiting around for connecting flights etc), but luckily for me I’m flying business class – … Read more