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Entries from February 2008
The American Way..
February 4th, 2008 · No Comments
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Some things I admire about Jason Calacanis…
February 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Since Jason Calacanis was nice enough to stop by and defend himself against me calling him a “pompous ass,” I thought I should mention some things I admire about him (reminder - I’ve never met the person).
“Mahalo Daily.” It’s actually run under the same corporate umbrella as Mahalo. No need for a spin-off with a [...]
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Journalism and the English Language
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Sometimes I get slightly crotchety over word usage, probably more than I should. But when I see something written by someone who probably thinks of themselves as a professional journalist, I guess I expect more. So when someone writes:
“But Windows Live Spaces doesn’t have the cutting-edge user interface or the Web 2.0 cache that Flickr [...]
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Just in time for Super Bowl Sunday
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Rams fans will be waving a lot of asterisks around the next time they play the Patriots.
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Two A-Listers
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Chime in to echo what I said so succinctly after the MS-Yahoo announcement. Ok, they add some depth…
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Another photo credit for me
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Paris Lemon has a blog name almost as interesting as mine ;-). And today they used one of my pictures. Properly credited and linked etc.
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Philip G reviews one of my lens
February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
The Canon 85/1.2L. As he says - it’s mostly good for portraits.
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Another thought on the MS Yahoo offer
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Oh god no - they’ll own flickr! Time to look into zooomr more closely.
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Microsoft bids $45 billion for Yahoo
February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
In case you haven’t heard, the usual pundits are up early on the west coast blathering on about the big news. Just to throw in my 2 cents, this has got to be very bad news for the Web 2.0 ecosystem, as two potential acquirers just disappeared (I’d guess it will take a year or [...]
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Can we get rid of NAMTA?
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Right now the US and Canadian Dollars are at parity to 3 decimal places. Can we get rid of the North American Managed Trade Agreement and bring in something resembling economic union? Surely all the vested interests protected by that pact are dead by now.
As a European citizen, as well as a NAMTA citizen, I’m [...]
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