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88Slide creator on vlogs and more: Site is focus of Amanda Congdon rumorRumor has it that 88Slide may be doing a deal with former Rocketboom hostess Amanda Congdon. During Vloggercon in San Francisco on June 10, 2006, CNET News.com talked with the creator of 88Slide, Noah Bonnett, about his vlog site.; Tags: Amanda Congdon; Videos 2006-07-11
Rocketboom and beyond: Hear the News.com editorial take on Amanda Congdon's split fromHear the News.com editorial take on Amanda Congdon's split from RocketboomAmanda Congdon's surprise departure from the show has caused quite a buzz in the blogosphere. But the news also shined a spotlight on both the perils and potential of video blogging....; Tags: Amanda Congdon; Videos 2006-07-08
Gossip, key to engaging Social Web community?: I recently asked: “Digg: 'newspaper of the Web', or its gossip column?”:Perhaps we should call Digg a gossip column, for while Digg commentary is entertaining and colorful, it is often not newsworthy…Recent Digg “news” commentary/gossip about Comcast tech support:Yes I hate Comcast too. But really, I just hate anyone who...; Tags: Andrew Baron, Digg, Social Web; Blog posts 2006-07-06
What's important to the tech blogosphere: The blogosphere can have a powerful network effect. Sometimes it reveals what gets the blogosphere hot under the collar. The two biggest stories on TechMeme, the inside the tech blogosphere barometer, lately have been Robert Scoble's exit from Microsoft and now Amanda Congdon's split from Rocketboom, along with Google Spreadsheets....; Tags: TechMeme, blogosphere; Blog posts 2006-07-06
Rocketboom sans Amanda: Will Hollywood embrace the vlog starlet?The Rocketboom video blog is on hiatus and hopes to relaunch on July 10 with a new presenter. While Amanda Congdon says on her Amanda UnBoomed blog that she was forced to leave the partnership, of which she owned a 49 percent stake, and is...; Tags: Amanda Congdon, Rocketboom; Videos 2006-06-13

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News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video: Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love: Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough loveTough love indeedI had a similar experience with "Amanda" that bled/blended with the whole hacker debate and ended in a congruent way to your interaction. The strange thing was that I wasn't even talking about the hacker ethic at all, but rather...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Amanda Chapel, Strumpette; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love: I had a strange Twitter back-and-forth with "Amanda Chapel," the pseudonymous authors of a PR blog called "Strumpette," about the nature of the hacker ethic. I personally don't think the hacker ethic is very effective as a counterpoint to the system of intellectual property it decries, because hackers seem intent...; Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Amanda Chapel, Hacking, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Writing is important...LOL: A new study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the National Commission on Writing suggests that both students and their parents believe that writing is extremely important their future success. It also suggests that kids draw a distinction between the electronic communications text and IM...; Tags: Online Communications, Internet, Instant Messaging, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Social networking, IBM, Microsoft etc: the Twitterverse debates: Charles Cooper's article noting the rise of Twitter as part of the media fabric is a cue for surfacing a long conversation I had yesterday with some of my 800 Twitter followers. The pretext was my post about the end of software and the number of thanks folk posted on...; Tags: Social Networking, Consultant, Network, Information Technology, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., E-mail, Knowledge Management, Groupware, Business Intelligence, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Data Management, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-03-21
Webcast: IT productivity challenges: Google surveyed IT professionals to find out more: Listen to this recorded TechRepublic Webcast, sponsored by Google, to learn about the results from Google's annual survey of 575 global IT professionals questioned about their message security and compliance priorities and concerns. The survey included questions about what productivity challenges IT faces and asked, "Who is...; Tags: Security, Google Inc., Webcast, Information Technology, Compliance, Survey; Webcasts 2008-03-07
Leave Jonathan Schwartz alone!: Snark alert. Amanda McPherson, marketing director at the Linux Foundation, has taken apart Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz' arguments for Open Solaris on her blog. At his company's Global Summit, Schwartz defended Sun's open source strategy and said he will be targeting "Web 2.0" companies...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Open source projects get hardened: The Dept. of Homeland Security's Open Source Hardening Project has turned up an average of one security glitch per 1,000 lines of code in the most popular open source software projects, PC World reports. OSHP, run by Stanford and Coverity, found significant problems with 180 open source projects it...; Tags: Project, Coverity, Scanners, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Is demand for Linux slipping?: In this week's issue of eWEEK.com, I came across an interesting piece entitled Server OS Numbers at Issue which should get the attention of many Linux aficionados. It opens like this: During the past few fiscal quarters, Margaret Lewis has seen an interesting trend in the server space: Windows is...; Tags: Server, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Marc Wagner; Blog posts 2007-11-05
Amtrak and T-Mobile offer WiFi at select stations, Sounder trains have free WiFi: Amanda sent me a press release from T-Mobile today announcing that T-Mobile HotSpot service is available in five major Amtrak stations on the East Coast. Passengers who are waiting for their train can now surf via the T-Mobile WiFi network at the Washington D,C, Union Station, Baltimore Penn Station, Wilmington...; Tags: Train, T-Mobile, Amtrak, Sound Transit, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Amanda Bynes Screensaver (zip): Amanda Bynes has starred in several movies including 'Shes The Man' and 'Hairspray'. Amanda Bynes has been described by The Boston Globe as having an "Everygirl" appeal, embodying "both everything her teen fans dream of being and everything they know they really are, and they love her for it." Enjoy...; Tags: Boston Globe, Amanda Bynes; Software downloads 2007-08-21
Amanda Peet Screensaver (zip): Amanda Peet is a movie and television actress. Amanda has been in films like The Whole Nine Yards, and The Whole Ten Yards. Amanda Peet's first major television role was as 'Jack' in the sitcom 'Jack & Jill'. Enjoy this free screensaver with 17 high quality wallpaper pictures.; Tags: Amanda Peet, Amanda, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment; Software downloads 2007-08-21
RIAA hit with $68,000 in attorney's fees: In November 2004, the Recording Industry Association of America sued Deborah Foster for copyright infringement, claiming her IP address was connected to illegal downloading. It expanded the suit to include her adult daughter Amanda and won a default judgement against Amanda. But the RIAA kept going after Debbie, trying to...; Tags: Courts; Blog posts 2007-07-17
Fear and loathing in the Internet echo chamber: Ever since Leon Festinger first formulated his theory of cognitive dissonance people have, usually reluctantly, accepted the reality that we seek out information confirming our beliefs while actively avoiding contrary information. The obvious lesson for people who are aware of this is...; Tags: Unanswered questions, General; Blog posts 2007-05-07
Tim O'Reilly's code of (mis)conduct: So Tim OReilly, Web 2.0s philosopher-king apologist, has an excuse for the rampant and uncontrollable misogyny of the blogosphere. In response to the Kathy Sierra outrage, OReilly told the BBC: "The fact that theres all these really messed-up people on the internet is not a statement about the internet....; Tags: Blogging, Tim O'Reilly, OReilly, blogosphere, Internet; Blog posts 2007-03-29