Archive for the ‘Link Love’ Category

This is too good to miss…. From Penguin via O’Reilly

… think about all this in the context of remixing (something Katz touches on). The bloggosphere is one big remix paired with a ton of original content.

Small bits of information — links, tags, images, syndicated blog entries — are travelling the internet and being recombined, remixed, into new aggregates. Software is being remixed. Business models are being remixed. O’Reilly used remixes as a theme for their recent Emerging Technology conference, and they give a nice heads-up on Penguin UK’s contest for remixing spoken word samples with homegrown music. Aside from the remix of two different types of audio programming, the contest highlights the combination of three businesses: Audible, iTunes, and Penguin. – Bill Katz

• Lance Knobel’s lecture in Australia – "Nullius in verba: navigating through the new media democracy"
• Jay Rosen – "Each Nation its Own Press"
• Google buys Dodgeball some more great commentary at Corante
• Cellphedia – cool
• James’ Blog – becuase it’s just worth reading…
• … And, support the Blogher conference by attending…

USA Today reports Milbloggers are typing their way into history…

"The number of Internet Web logs — or "blogs," as online diaries are known —
by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is soaring, giving people
everywhere unprecedented windows into servicemembers’ lives.

From 50 or so a year ago, the number of their
online journals is now about 200 and is expected to be near 1,000 by
the year’s end, say the bloggers themselves and experts who track the
Web.

The growth means a historic phenomenon is
gaining momentum: Anyone with access to the Internet can read many
first-hand accounts of life in a war zone within seconds after they’re
finished.

And the blogs are "full of real substance and
depth," says Jon Peede, director of the National Endowment for the
Arts’ Operation Homecoming program, which helps troops and their
families write about their wartime experiences. "They’re raw, powerful
reflections on the war."

• Marketers Don’t Want Ad Agencies As Partners : "Marketers don’t want partners. They want ideas. They want results. They want creative solutions to business challenges. The faster big global agency networks recognize that — and stop pining for some mystical, transcendent client relationship that bears no resemblance to their current status or worth — the faster they can define their actual value and compete for a spot on the roster." Scott Donaton – Ad Age.
• A Blog Revolution? Get A Grip?: Damn right! As for the blog revolution, Denton put it this way: "Give me a break. The hype comes from unemployed or partially employed marketing professionals and people who never made it as journalists wanting to believe," Nick Denton said. "They want to believe there’s going to be this new revolution and their lives are going to be changed." Heh, heh, heh… Brilliant!
• … and. "Some of my own favorite sites are ones that have no consistency beyond the wit and charm of the writer."
  –Nick Denton
• Firefox is vulnerable…
• They found the other Mars Lander…
• Huffington’s Blog Is Up… Be sure to read Harry Shearer’s Eat The Press…

• Tufte’s Powerpoint comments called "nonsense" – don’t think that’s entirely fair but the thnking here is good.
• Open source radio – Chris Lydon’s new web site is worth a look. "Public Radio International (PRI) and Open Source Media Inc. announce plans to launch the first radio program to embrace bloggers, Web enthusiasts, and the Internet transformation of media."
• Singapore threatens to sue blogger (via FT – SR) – "A*Star defended its libel threat, saying it had "the responsibility to protect its reputation and also that of Singapore"
• Presos from Blogtalk Downunder
• Yawn – now we’re trying to figure out who is important
• Concentrate now!
• Jay in Australia
• Congrats to all at Bite who celebrate their Tenth year.