Year: 2006
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Newsvine Launches
I haven’t been back to Newsvine since writing my review of the private beta, so I don’t know what has changed (if anything), but now you can see for yourself. From Mike Davidson, the leader of the team… Newsvine Launches.
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Measuring web traffic still leaves everyone unsatisfied
Paul Boutin’s Slate article Slate Has 8 Million Readers, Honest has the sub-title “Or maybe it’s 4 million. Which should you believe?” The point? The web offers a level of measurement media has never seen before, and it’s still not complete or agreed upon. Perhaps because the measurements could possibly be so accurate and comparable…
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Too much to blog
Can’t clear my head enough to add much of use right now, but I’m listening, reading, consuming all the same.
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TrackBack, the dream lives
I hope Byrne Reese and the others at Six Apart can lift TrackBack up a level via Submitting TrackBack as an Internet Standard. Ever since November, 2004, CNET News.com has supported TrackBack. Heck, we even put out a press release about it 13 months ago. Results are mixed. A few gems, but lots of spam…
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Book: The Dante Club
Now even book websites have Flash intros. This is not progress. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl is jumping on The Da Vinci Code bandwagon for pseudo-historical fiction, which I classify as fiction involving real people. Paperback edition even has a Dan Brown blurb almost as prominent as the title… guess it worked, because I…
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I so understand this comic strip
I often appreciate the comic strip Rhymes with Orange. The single pane forFebruary 21, 2006 is spectacular, and all parents of those under the age of 10 will understand. Also, nice URL scheme, as documented here. http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/home.php?date=YYYYMMDD is the format. This strip, from yesterday, actually shouldn’t be online yet (delay of two weeks to favor…
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My sister in the New York Times, hula-hooping
My sister Mary performed at Mardi Gras this year, in the first post-Katrina festival. Not her first Mardi Gras, not her first performance… but her first appearance in the New York Times, on page B7 of the print edition of the paper for February 21, 2006. I saw a thumbnail online, similar to what I…
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Will blog analytics disrupt the measurement marketplace?
I run Measure Map on clock to stay somewhat apprised of who’s reading what on this blog. I’m an alpha customer, so I paid attention last week when Google purchased the company from Adaptive Path. I don’t pretend to know Google’s strategy on analytics, but I am curious, personally, to know what the long-term cost…
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Useful annotation of Tom Coates’ PDF
Jeremy Zawody provies a useful annotation of Tom Coates’s Future of Web Apps presentation. Jeremy writes that his version is “translated for Product Managers.” I’d have to argue that the translation is less important than two other benefits. Pulling information from the data island that is PDF. Shorter is better. The answer to Media-induced ADD……
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United we fall
Just a quick rant: will United Airlines please hurry up and go out of business, and free up the air routes from San Francisco to someone hungrier? Maybe I should be careful what I wish for, but I’m ready to pursue the unknown over the known… and for a relatively cautious person like myself, that…