Pirillo Starts Large Scale Community CMS Project is TechCrunch coverage of Chris Pirillo’s announcement of Gnomepal. I’m trying to think of a company where its content management system is a sustainable competitive advantage. I’ve been involved in the building (and rebuilding) of several, and it’s hard to imagine a scenario where you wouldn’t start with one of the open-source projects first.
A look at the first Web server at CERN is a Scoble video I want to watch because I enjoyed this book about the CERN origins of the web.
Dan Bricklin video about WikiCalc is on my list simply because I enjoy his continued evolution as a curious mind in this industry.
Mary Meader led an interesting life. (via) The opening graph of her obituary in the NYTimes:
Mary Meader, who as a spunky new bride in the 1930s took off on a 35,000-mile journey to advance geographic knowledge by making unprecedented aerial photographs of South America and Africa, died Sunday in Kalamazoo, Mich. She was 91.
History in a food fight. Worth a look.
I watched the CampfireOne videos introducing Google App Engine, and read a few reviews/reactions. Many folks I respect pointed to this writeup as the most useful. It’s alright if you’re only going to read one.