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A Hundred Visions and Revisions of Podcasting — I don't want to get into an argument with Adam Curry, because he has better production values. It was a relief not to be criticized in stereo during his 40-minute mea culpa on Friday's podcast of Daily Source Code.
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Adam Curry gets podbusted — The true genesis of podcasting has always been disputed in one corner of the blogosphere or another. In general, though, the main names that get the lion's share of the credit are former MTV VJ Adam Curry and blogging pioneer Dave Winer.
Kevin Marks / Epeus' epigone:
Of Bloggercon and Podcasting — As it is now such a focus of discussion, here are my recollections of Bloggercon 2003 and Podcasting. — On the first day, when we were all in the same room, I was sitting there webcasting live, and Adam Curry was in the row behind.
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Andrew Murray-Watson / Telegraph:
Branson plots £4.5bn cable deal to create media giant — Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur, is set to transform the British TV and telecoms landscapes by merging Virgin Mobile with NTL, the cable company. The move will create an entertainment and communications giant worth £4.5bn …
rexblog.com:
Use Wikipedia as a gateway to facts, not a source of them: I am a fan of John Seigenthaler Sr. He is a great man and a legend to many (including me) here in Nashville. I feel sick that a man who has done so many great things was heinously libeled in a Wikipedia entry.
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Warner Crocker / Life On the Wicked Stage:
The 1st Annual Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards — I created The Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards as a celebration. Yes, it's a celebration of the 1 year anniversary of this blog. But it is more than that. It is a celebration of a community that I have come to know and admire.
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Dan Mitchell / New York Times:
Eyeballs Are Back, or Maybe Not — THE blog pioneer Jason Calacanis, who sold his Weblogs Inc. to America Online in October, took exception this week to an article in Business 2.0 by Om Malik, a technology journalist and blogger. — The title of Mr. Malik's article, "The Return of Monetized Eyeballs …
Jack Kapica / Globe and Mail:
Cyberia: Jack Kapica — E-mail Jack Kapica Read Bio Latest Columns — Sounds like war to me: — The news that Skype has cut a deal with Logitech to add free video calling over its immensely popular VoIP application is sending shock waves through the industry.
John Porcaro / mktg@msft:
Neil Thompson Addresses Supply Question — Neil Thompson (Xbox's Senior Regional Director, Northern & Eastern Europe) and Stephen McGill (head of Xbox UK Marketing) were interviewed in a podcast today by the Guardian. I've worked with these guys before, and I agree with Aleks Krotoski that they're both "very affable chaps."
Robert L. Mitchell / Computerworld:
High-tech retailers, low-tech rebates — Tis the season to be Jolly - and to fill out rebates. Most consumers love the holiday sales on consumer electronics items. But the majority also hate mail-in rebates. — Rebates are clunky, bricks and mortar affairs that involve paper forms …
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Jonathan Krim / Washington Post:
Angry BellSouth Withdrew Donation, New Orleans Says — Hours after New Orleans officials announced Tuesday that they would deploy a city-owned, wireless Internet network in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, regional phone giant BellSouth Corp. withdrew an offer to donate one of its damaged buildings …
Andy McCue / silicon.com:
2008 Olympics plans open source migration — But support costs could scupper the move... The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games could switch to a cost-saving open source technology platform under proposals to be considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Peter Rojas / Engadget:
The Dell 3007WFP - Dell brings the 30-inch LCD love — There's no official announcement yet, but apparently Dell is going to roll out a massive 30-inch LCD monitor to compete with Apple's lust-inducing 30-inch Cinema Display. The 3007WFP is said to have a a resolution of 2560 x 1600 …
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Public Domain Books: More than 25,000 Full Text Books in a Single Database — Talk about online books seem to be a very frequent topic of conversation in the search world today. In the past few weeks we've not only posted about the latest with Google Book Search/Google Library Project …
