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4 August 2008 Comments Off

Why the “Techo Chamber”?

I just finished listening to one of the Internet/Phone/Chat call-in shows that I frequently enjoy. It’s always the same few guys, who I respect and have a bunch of interesting viewpoints on…stuff. They occasionally let people call in and join, but not really. The Chat Room is generally more active (and interesting) than the conversation on the call.

And in the most “meta” way possible, as it always does, the topic turned to the “tech blogosphere” echo chamber and the so-called “A-List” of writers and polemicists who write about start-ups, established companies that used to be start-ups, and…each other.

1 July 2008 Comments Off

PopTok: usa tus películas favoritas para enviar un mensaje

PopTok, un nuevo servicio online apoyado por Mickey Schulhof (ex-director de Sony America) y Scott Kauffman (ex-ejecutivo de Yahoo!), te permite utilizar escenas de películas en tus correos electrónicos y messenger.

7 May 2008 6 Comments

The Power of Bloggers

There is an evolution that takes place where a blog goes from a blog to a media property. It’s hard to tell, at least for me, what that point is. Is it when a site gets more than one author? Is it when there is a certain “rate of fire” on posts per day? Per week?

3 February 2008 Comments Off

Drinking the Kool Aid, Believing the Hype

Congratulations to the New York Giants for upsetting the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. It was unexpected. It was exciting. It was nailbiting.
However, I’m absolutely disgusted with the national sports media surrounding this Patriots team. Somehow, they have created a hype that history now shows us could not be sustained. All year, the [...]

9 February 2007 Comments Off

Why Stale Media Won’t Survive

I could probably give a thousand reasons why Old Media, referred to by me as stale media, simply won’t make it in the brave new world of new media. It’s the same argument that Apple’s Steve Jobs tries to make in his spinnish way regarding DRM and the music industry, and the same argument that [...]

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12 January 2007 2 Comments

The Baltimore Sun

It’s nice to finally get my due from the mainstream media. :-)

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