Posted on December 27, 2005 11:12 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
One of the things I’ve always loathed about the end of a year is the flood of year-end lists that seems to be a requirement to mark another passage of the Earth around the sun. It was bad enough in newspapers (“every one of our movie critics shares his 10 best and worst movies of 2005…”), but the Internet has carried the trend to new…
Posted on December 27, 2005 10:23 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging
I reported on Monday’s “Hobson & Holtz Report” that Om Malik had discovered a blog—purportedly addressing VOIP issues—that was stealing his content and posting it alongside Google AdWords. Malik noted that he had discovered the work of at least 40 other bloggers on the blog, which evidently had several other blogs focusing on other issues (presumably all populated with stolen content). Dave Burstein noted in an email…
Posted on December 23, 2005 1:20 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Back around 1990 or so, futurist Jeff Hallett told me that computing wouldn’t be ubiquitous until it reached the “Star Trek” phase. You know, when the interface is voice-to-voice: “Computer, recalculate and set a course to Alpha Ceti Six.” Hindering the widespread adoption—and even understanding—of social media like blogs and wikis is a fair amount of complexity. Those who have jumped in and figured it out now take it for…
Posted on December 20, 2005 12:18 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging
Not too long ago, USB hard drives were expensive and uncommon. Today, companies give them away with their logos imprinted on them. It’s a fairly typical pattern for technology—things that were geeky yesterday are commonplace today. It appears the pattern will repeat with blogs. GoDaddy, the domain registry service, has announced that it will give you a hosted blog for free when you…
Posted on December 19, 2005 9:24 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Technology
A lot of Typepad users are wondering if they should switch and, if so, to what. You’d be hard-pressed to find a hosted blogging service that provides functionality on par with the SixApart offering. Certainly Blogger comes nowhere close.
The solution might be to pony up a few bucks for some shared server space and install your own blogging software. If you’re looking…
Posted on December 16, 2005 10:07 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Technology
Search is an unholy mess. Even with advances from Google and others that represent quantum leaps over the days when HotBot and AltaVista sat atop the heap, search is still a frustrating and inefficient way to find what you’re looking for. Say you’re going to Sausalito and you want to find some reviews of hotels in the seaside town. So you hit Google…
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