2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 3:31 pm by Shel Holtz
| General
The debate continues over Wikipedia’s credibility. One certain attribute is its speed. Type “podcasting” into Google and, in addition to offering links, the search asks if you meant “broadcasting.” Type “podcasting” into Wikipedia, and you get a pretty comprehensive definition.
I’d like to see Encyclopedia Britannica respond that quickly to a new word or issue. When the community contributes the content, though, updates happen as fast as contributors want them to. The accuracy of the entry may be questionable, at least until the peer community has done its peer review, but at least something is there. Speed matters.… Read More »
2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 2:14 pm by Shel Holtz
| External
I’m not sure if this is new, but Google News picked it up only five hours ago: Newsweek is offering an RSS feed of its top stories of the day. It would be easier to know if this was new if Newsweek date-stamped its stories.
2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 1:56 pm by Shel Holtz
| Technology
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to provide everyone in the city with free WiFi connectivity to the Net. A Reuters story quotes Newsom saying, “We will not stop until every San Franciscan has access to free wireless Internet service.” The mayor made the remarks during his annual state of the city address.
I’ve reported here that several smaller towns in places like Minnesota are making WiFi available, usually for a fee. But Newsom believes that it’s the city’s responsibility to provide broadband access to all its residents to “connect our residents to the skills and the jobs of the new economy.”
You gotta wonder how Comcast and… Read More »
2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 10:17 am by Shel Holtz
| Politics
My mother taught me that if I can’t say anything nice about somebody, don’t say anything. So when Steve Rubel endorsed John Kerry for president on Micropersuasion, I just kept my blog shut. Frank Barnako’s mom may have missed that lesson, though, because today the CBS Marketwatch managing editor did say something: “Seve Rubel endorsed a presidential candidate yesterday. His blog usually concentrates on public relations. The idea of a blogger making an endorsement, as if he carried any weight, was presumptuous. Now venture capitalist Fred Wilson has followed the leader. Visit the site.”
Barnako went first, so now I don’t feel like I… Read More »
2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 6:20 am by Shel Holtz
| Business
A study commissioned by The College Board (the folks behind the SATs) revealed that a majority of employers say about one-third of their workers don’t meet the writing requirements of their positions. In a Communitelligence piece, Robert Holland quotes College Board President Caston Caperton: “Businesses are really crying out. They need to have people who write gooder.”
Okay, I’m kidding. He did say “write better.” The study notes that the problem exists in mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation and utilities; services; and finance, insurance and real estate. “It seems companies want everyone to be able to communicate… Read More »
2004-10-22
Posted on October 22, 2004 6:02 am by Shel Holtz
| Technology
Social networks like LinkedIn and Yelp have great potential in business, but like so many other useful tools on the Net, they could be marginalized by the unscrupulous. The BBC reports that phishers can “attack could mine social networks, such as Orkut, to find out who knows whom and use the names it finds to create fake e-mails that look like they come from a victim’s friends or relatives.” The report quotes researcher Markus Jacobsson, who says, “A phisher can find out whether a person in your ‘personal network’ list is a wife, a husband, a sister or a business associate, and take advantage of that.” Jakobsson notes several other new… Read More »
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