Technology, Guilt, and the Olympics

Today’s communication technologies - including cell phones, e-mail, and blogs - can drive users to a heavy sense of guilt. If I were to try and put my finger on it, I’d say it is because we live in a “fast food” culture, where instant gratification is not expected, it is demanded.
But instant access […]

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Would I date someone who doesn’t have a blog?

In my circle of friends, I’m known as ‘the geek’. I’m ‘the blogger’, who doesn’t do any real work, I just blog. More and more of my friends are starting blogs though and it’s not just because of me either.
I’m finding people my age (twenty-somethings) are really getting into blogging. These aren’t business blogs, rather […]

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Pete Cashmore on the Edge

I normally am on board with Pete Cashmore but he’s making some brash comments on a couple of his latest posts.
First, he called coComment the best Web 2.0 service launched this year (if need be, check out this refresher on coComment):
I love, love, LOVE CoComment! The idea is a good one: bring together your widely […]

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NSA Wiretaps, MySpace, and Virtual Surveillance

Earlier this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in regards to legitimacy of the Bush Administration’s NSA wiretapping surveillance program. Mr. Gonzales wrote an editorial, published Monday morning in the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Editorial entitled America Expects Surveillance.
Mr. Gonzales’ case as stated in this editorial and also before […]

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Google tests out Hosted Email Service

Details at the Corante Web Hub.
tagged under Gmail, Google

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Yahoo! and Digg - Sign of the Times or Big Rumor

As you can well see, I stay away from the rumor mill both here and at the Corante Web Hub. So when everyone got in on the Yahoo! buying Digg talk, I steered clear.
I don’t know what is up with the alleged deal at this point but I found something kind of interesting on a […]

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The State of Search 2.0

How useful is search for you? I’m more than dissatisfied with it.
I’m not the only one who thinks we are in definite need of Search 2.0. Just ask the founders of Wink, Delicious, Eurekster, or Rollyo. Or Google and Yahoo! for that matter.
There generally seems to be two different approaches to Search 2.0. The […]

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