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Marauding headlines: fallout from a Torvalds interview

Marauding headlines: fallout from a Torvalds interviewBias?I read the same thing you did and didn't walk away with any of those impressions, nor yours. His talks seem in line with what I have read previously.Was he quoted out of context? Sure. Was he quoted accurately ? Yup....

Tags: Linux, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Gilbertson, Torvalds

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

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These three Flickr images sum up some users' opinion of any Yahoo-Microsoft deal

If, as Wired.com blogger Scott Gilbertson notes, you go to Yahoo!-owned Flickr and you request to see images tagged Microsoft, you are going to see lots of images from Flickr users who don't want to see Microsoft's intended purchase of Yahoo! happen. ...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Flickr, Microsoft Corp., Image, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-01

Yesterday, Slashdot asked 'What if TinyURL goes down?' Today, it's down (and it hurts)

Update:  TinyURL.com is back online. Ask and you shall receive. Yesterday, in Slashdot's huge-gigantic-massive-insignificant-concerns dept, Indus Khaitan posed this hypothetical question: Thanks to twitter, SMS, and mobile web, a lot of people are using the url minimizers like tinyurl.com, urltea.com......this could be a...

Tags: Twitter, Slashdot, TinyURL, TinyURL.com, Channel Management, 3G, Podcasts, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Online Communications, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Is the iPhone wrecking the web?

Scott Gilbertson, writing at Compiler on Wired News posted a pretty inflammatory piece titled "The iPhone is Internet Explorer 4 All Over Again". As you might imagine, the comment thread is long, heated at times, and populated with the expected mix of "you're an idiot!" and thoughtful replies both positive...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, Web Browser, Marc Orchant

Blog posts 2007-08-18

Facebook, social capitalists and open networks

As the stock market roller coaster continues, the concept of social capital accrued via social networks is starting to become an important commodity. People are flocking to Facebook and other social networks, partly to experience the latest online trend and for those who latch on to a particular network, to...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-08-06

Are we all just spare cycles?

Chris Anderson of The Long Tail suggested recently that much of the work on open source is done through "spare cycles," and that such excess capacity is a major driver for progress. (Picture from Ken Conley.)Scott Gilbertson of Wired immediately took umbrage, citing a study showing 65% of contributions to...

Tags: Development, General, management, Strategy

Blog posts 2007-05-10

Newsgator updates knowledgebase on OPML export problem, hints at new feature too

If you caught my blog and video yesterday, then youd know I was having some difficulties getting Newsgators OPML export process to work. Today, from Newsgator Technologies Inc. product support manager Ronnie Gilbertson comes an update on that OPML problem. Via e-mail Gilbertson wrote: This is a follow up to...

Tags: OPML, Web technology, Software Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2006-12-14

TinyURL.com: The next YouTube?

David has a podcast about TinyURL.com at his new ZDNet blog, David Berlinds Testbed. He say hes not crazy in suggesting the TinyURL.com could be the next YouTube. "TinyURL.com is a dream come true for the Madison avenue types whose Holy Grail has always been how to serve people with...

Tags: General, Web Technology, IT Matters, TinyURL.com

Blog posts 2006-12-02

TinyURL.com: The next YouTube? Perhaps not $1.6B's worth, but...

By now, youre laughing your ass off. With the $1.6B of Googles money that YouTube commanded, if youve ever even visted the simplistic and somewhat basic looking TinyURL.com most havent, youre probably thinking that David Berlind must have completely lost his mind. I havent. TinyURL is the next YouTube....

Tags: TinyURL.com, TinyURL, Web technology, Personal Technology, Podcasts, General

Blog posts 2006-12-01