Archives: November 2005

What will be the next Google?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 30, Categories: society

John Batelle asks if Google is bumping up against its limit. If so, who or what will be the next global tech giant?

The Business of Podcasting

Posted by: Heather Green on November 30, Categories: podcasting

The first installment of BW's podcast series about the business of podcasting. And a story about the rise of podcasting networks, with a focus on Adam Curry's PodShow.

Blog exit plan? We're just getting started

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 30, Categories: M&A

Most blogs have no market value--unless the blogger is included. And that's just the blogger getting a job.

Yahoo Plops RSS Into E-mail

Posted by: Heather Green on November 30, Categories: RSS

Yahoo is plopping RSS right into the new email service that it's testing, expanding yet again the variety of RSS tools it offers to consumers.

A New Take on Employee Blogs

Posted by: Heather Green on November 29, Categories: business blogging

Viral Voices has spotted a network of employee blogs hosted by Honeywell HR. Apparently, they're designed to shine a good light on working for the company...

Knowledge workers: We're on our own

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 29, Categories: society

Knowledge workers increasingly will be severing ties to companies and selling their services piecemeal

Fairway Blog...so Close

Posted by: Heather Green on November 29, Categories: business blogging

The ups and the downs of a blog by a cheesemonger from Fairway, a local foodie store here in NYC.

Om Malik says eyeballs are regaining their luster

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 29, Categories: M&A

While Om Malik says that online visitors are worth $38 each, Jason Calacanis values them at $1 to $3.

Podzinger searches audio files for podcasts

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 28, Categories: podcasting, search

Podzinger, a new podcast search engine from BBN Technologies, is worth a test drive. Instead of searching audio files for tags, it scans the spoken words, turns them into written...

The End of Scarcity

Posted by: Heather Green on November 28, Categories: blog technology

A little on the newspaper skill of finding the right size word to fit a tight space.

Hunt Tivo for ads? They'd better be good.

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 28, Categories: advertising

TiVo service to hunt for ads will only work for advertisements that entertain

Murrow: Today he'd seem pretentious

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 27, Categories: society

I finally saw the Murrow movie, Goodnight and Good Luck. I was struck by the elegance and formality of the language Murrow used, and by the fact that he actually...

Jason Calacanis calls for AOL to suspend ads on blogs

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 26, Categories: advertising

Jason Calacanis, who sold his company to AOL a month ago, gives his new company pointed advice on how to address an customer uproar over advertisements

Pocket watches are back

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 26, Categories: society

Cell phones are the new pocket watches

BusinessWeek cover studies Google's gold

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 25, Categories: BusinessWeek

BW cover story follows Google wealth

Iranian blogger barred from the United States

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 24, Categories: international

Hossein Derakhshan, a prominent Iranian blogger known as Hoder, has been barred from the United States over visa issues.

Podcast with leading French blogger, Loic Le Meur

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 24, Categories: podcasting

Points to Blogspotting podcast with Loic Le Meur, a leading French blogger and podcaster

Long live lambasted character blog

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 23, Categories: business blogging

GourmetStation, a blog that was criticized for introducing a character blogger, deserves better

Courteous spammer proliferates

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 23, Categories: spam and other abuses

Courteous spammer lands penis-enlargement promotion on thousands of blog sites a day

BurgerKing's striptease dilemma: Lots of attention, no control

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 23, Categories: advertising

BurgerKing benefits from striptease video for iPod

Mortgage blogger's call for help: Get me a blog coach!

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 22, Categories: business blogging

A mortgage blogger in Michigan puts out a call for help. He's looking for a blogging coach

Technorati's catching up to Google's speed

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 22, Categories: search

Technorati has caught up to Google in blog search speed, and is also offering a mini window for obsessive bloggers to see who's linking to them

As GM sinks, its blog grows more interesting

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 22, Categories: Inside Companies

As GM sinks, it's Fastlane blog makes for great reading (especially the comments)

Buy a new Chevy. Check out this smoking hulk.

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 21, Categories: advertising

Carmakers are happy to see their products shot up, wrecked, sunk or burned--as long as they're featured on videogames.

Rollover ads: Biting the hand that feeds

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 21, Categories: advertising

Rollover ads have a design glitch. They expand after users click to close them.

Now that TiVo moves to iPods, how to skip commercials?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 21, Categories: advertising

TiVo's move to handhelds raises more questions about ads, and will hasten development of a 30-second forward button on the iPod

Yahoo's new e-mail: Too slow

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 20, Categories: Weekend Rant

Yahoo's new mail service, still in its beta version, is way too slow.

Angry AOL bloggers now push boycotts

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 19, Categories: advertising

Angry AOL Journal bloggers circulate calls to boycott advertisers on their sites.

Peter Drucker: Great ideas, ignored.

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 19, Categories: Inside Companies

A BusinessWeek cover story on Peter Drucker lists great humanistic values that corporations have ignored.

Teen Podcaster Gets Sponsorship

Posted by: Heather Green on November 19, Categories: podcasting

In what may be the first sponsorship deal for a teen podcasters, Nature's Cure signs up to sponsor Martina Butler, a 15-year old who produces the Emo Girl Talk.

Podcasting: The Novel

Posted by: Heather Green on November 18, Categories: podcasting

Who knew? Got an email from Scott Sigler, who says that he was the first novelist to do a serialize version of a book in a podcast.

The towering market of the future: Anonymity

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 18, Categories: advertising

As companies focus more of their business on targeted marketing, anonymity will become a luxury that people will pay for.

Bloggers' message to AOL: Back off Porky

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 18, Categories: spam and other abuses

AOL Journal is placing banner ads on blogs, and stirring up lots of angry customers

Beyond Email

Posted by: Heather Green on November 18, Categories: Wikis

Corporate usage of blogs, RSS and Wikis is slashing the amount of email companies send on project.

Google faces lots of work in facial recognition

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 18, Categories: search

Even if Google buys Riva, don't expect accurate and reliable photo search anytime soon

A blogger who writes first, second and third drafts

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 17, Categories: comments

A blogger calls for more care in posting--and numerous rewrites

One Ring to Rule Them All

Posted by: Heather Green on November 16, Categories: digital media

Does Google trump other communities? Is Google trying to own the ecosystem?

And so the Google Games Begin...

Posted by: Heather Green on November 16, Categories: comments

TechCrunch's take on Google Base? "Yuck." Our own Rob Hof isn't too impressed. Dave Winer finds some bits to be interested in....

An end run around Apple: Buying rights to music for eternity

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 16, Categories: digital media

A startup called Navio plans an end-run around Apple's iTunes.

Surprise guest on Blogspotting podcast: Heather Green

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 16, Categories: podcasting

Heather Green of Blogspotting is the latest guest in the series of blogger interviews

On a Blogger's Changing Gender

Posted by: Heather Green on November 15, Categories: society

Pointer to the New Yorker story about Underneath their Robes, a blog that tracks the judiciary and whose anonymous author writes in the persona of a woman, even though he's a man.

Should we blog our first drafts?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 15, Categories: mainstream media

A BusinessWeek writer who is rewriting a story wonders if he should blog the first draft

Jargon talks its way into the porn biz, too

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 14, Categories: society

Even the porn business descends into tasteless and boring business jargon

What is so amazing about reading a blog?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 14, Categories: society

Is it so shocking that mainstream reporters would read blogs?

How Much Are Blogs Worth?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 14, Categories: business blogging

Will Web traffic, not links be the most important metric in putting a dollar value on blogs?

News sites looking for video after Katrina boom

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 14, Categories: video blogging

Online news drops in post-Katrina slump. Hunger for video grows

Blogs breed Jargon

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 13, Categories: society

Blogs foster jargon, which can limit their appeal to a mainstream audience.

Blogging--A New Leisure Option

Posted by: Heather Green on November 11, Categories: society

Pointer to the AP's look at how some senior citizens are taking to blogging.

The Web Smart 50

Posted by: Heather Green on November 11, Categories: Inside Companies

A run down of the Web Smart 50 cover story in this week's magazine.

Power of Word of Mouth

Posted by: Heather Green on November 10, Categories: marketing

Media Guerilla points to research from Intelliseek about the increasing power of word of mouth recommendations.

Geat Victory over Judith Miller

Posted by: Heather Green on November 10, Categories: society

Huffington is right. Judith Miller's resignation from the New York Times is a "great Victory for the Times newsroom, the blogosphere, and journalism.”

Why jargon leads to dead-ends

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 09, Categories: society

Why tech jargon is likely to go the way of the dodo

Podcast with Technorati's David Sifry

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 09, Categories: search

Points to BW podcast with Technorati's David Sifry, who talks about competing with Google in blog search

French minister appears to yank rioting Google adwords

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 09, Categories: international

French minister appears to drop Google ad campaign centered on riots.

France is Burning--Bloggers Jump In

Posted by: Heather Green on November 09, Categories: society

BW Paris correspondant Andy Reinhardt has an interesting story about some ads on Google has kicked up a political storm in France over the riots--and how bloggers have joined in.

Taming the feed monster

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 09, Categories: RSS

A promising new blog called Performancing offers all kinds of blogging advice. In one post, Nick Wilson provides tips on how to keep RSS feeds from getting out of hand....

Podcasting Lollapalooza

Posted by: Heather Green on November 09, Categories: podcasting

With podcasting's own lollapalooza (AKA first big conference) set to start this week, a little on Adam Curry's plans.

That Wi-Fi Thread....

Posted by: Heather Green on November 08, Categories: Definitions

Why it's too late to try to repudiate the moniker Wireless Fidelity when it comes to Wi-Fi.

Is Google That Innovative?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 08, Categories: blog technology

Would Google be as innovative without the passel of competitors around it? Tristan Louis investigates.

Rid the world of "solutions"

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 08, Categories: Definitions

Perhaps the worst tech jargon abuse is the abduction of the word "solution."

Ten Technorati hacks

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 08, Categories: How To

Points to a primer on how to get the most out of Technorati

The Sci Fi Channel's Breakout Podcasting

Posted by: Heather Green on November 07, Categories: podcasting

Lessons learned from the Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica podcasts.

Motorola Pebl packs punch

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 07, Categories: mobile

I got my hands on an early tester of Motorola's slick new phone, the Pebl. I'll be reviewing it in more detail online, but I have to say that this...

MacKinnon: Chinese "Guanxi" could key Web 2.0

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 07, Categories: international

Rebecca MacKinnon predicts that the Chinese will be leaders in Web 2.0. Also provides latest news on podcasts and censorship in China.

Podcast interview with Technorati's David Sifry. Questions?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 07, Categories: podcasting

I'm interviewing Technorati CEO David Sifry this afternoon? Questions?

Good how-to on Google Adsense

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 06, Categories: How To

Points to a good how-to on how to make money on Google Adsense.

Audible and Its Podcasting Aspirations

Posted by: Heather Green on November 04, Categories: podcasting

Audible plans to introduce some tools designed to help podcasters do advertising or offer downloads and subscriptions. Could ruffle some feathers because it uses DRM.

Newspapers in trouble with youth? How about TV?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 04, Categories: mainstream media

A 17-year-old has trouble finding what he's looking for on TV.

Podcasting Article: The Saga

Posted by: Heather Green on November 03, Categories: podcasting

A little on the writing of a couple podcasting stories.

In praise of misunderstandings: How they can jumpstart a discussion

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 03, Categories: BusinessWeek, mainstream media

How a misunderstanding on a BusinessWeek blog broke new ground on Ford

Different Expectations?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 03, Categories: podcasting

Are there differnt expectations for a podcast from MSM versus someone who is just starting up on their own?

More Apple sites? Try SmashMyiPod

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 03, Categories: new blogs

SmashMyiPod is a high-tech offshoot of the classic snuff flick

Want a break from tech? Try Joel Achenbach's blog

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 02, Categories: mobile

Links to great writing on Joel Achenbach's blog, Achenblog.

Struggling Friendster recycles old invitations

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 02, Categories: comments

Strugging Friendster dusts off old invitations and reissues them.

Different Approaches to Corporate Podcasts

Posted by: Heather Green on November 02, Categories: podcasting

What some corporate podcasters are trying.

BusinessWeek unveils new blog: Byte of the Apple

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 02, Categories: BusinessWeek, new blogs

BusinessWeek launches a new blog about Apple, Byte of the Apple

Just a disease, and Steve Rubel is blogging about it

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 01, Categories: society

Steve Rubel blogs on his skin cancer, and Google drops cancer ads on his page.

A Baseball Blogger's Tale

Posted by: Heather Green on November 01, Categories: new blogs

If you missed it, great first person story at the WSJ about how a tech columnist became a sports blogging addict--blogging about the Mets. (My condolences!)

Huh, Author Driven...

Posted by: Heather Green on November 01, Categories: marketing

Stumped over the logo that Federated Media Publishing is mulling over.

Psychology and Rocketboom Video Blog

Posted by: Heather Green on November 01, Categories: video blogging

Andrew Baron, the co-creator of the popular Rocketboom video blog got some surprising insights when he took a look at the del.icio.us tags that people are using to classify the show.

Hacking: Do employers hold it against you?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on November 01, Categories: society

If hacking's a ticket to a mainstream software career, why can't drug dealers land jobs with big pharma?