Jul 28, 2005
New Corante Blog
There's a new Coronte blog called Rebuilding Media. Corante blogs, with some exceptions, are mostly smart and informative. This blog, by Vin Crosbie and Bob Cauthorn is shaping up to be a good one too. But what's the deal with this 2,887 word post that would be about 9 or 10 old school word processed pages? Is that single post going to rebuild all of media on it's own? How am I going to read that beast before I head off to work? It's funny and informative and well written but sheesh. They should break it into parts. Give it to me 600 words at a time throughout the week and build in cliffhangers to get me hooked. Simultaneously offer it in spoken word format in the same serialized manner. Now we're talking. So to speak. Anyway, check it out, maybe you can read faster than me.
Jul 26, 2005
Jul 25, 2005
This Doesn't Inspire Confidence
Nasa ready to bend shuttle safety rules: "Nasa will make a fresh attempt to launch the space shuttle Discovery this afternoon, admitting yesterday that it was prepared to bend the agency's own safety rules over a technical glitch that caused the last mission to be abandoned earlier this month."
Jul 24, 2005
Jul 23, 2005
Piercecasting
How punk rock is Tony Pierce? Will he do number two on his first Odeo show? The award winning blogger takes podcasting to a new, er, high?
Jul 22, 2005
Feeds Working Properly Now
If you read my blog in a feedreader you might have thought I wasn't posting when, in actuality, I have been posting like a freaking maniac. That's because I had my feed settings set wrong. Genius is often misunderstood by itself. A true saying, even if I do say so myself.
Jul 21, 2005
Jul 20, 2005
Here's An Idea: Desktop Application Feeds
The other day Ev was thinking about Email Stats but what if desktop applications produced feeds? At the end of the day, week, month, etc., I could get a receipt of my accomplishments with pretty charts and graphs. Plus, there would be a web site or application which I could use to tweak the data to my liking and maybe more—like some kind of collaborative community type thing. Maybe this idea is just for the browser where an increasing amount of people are spending an increasing amount of time through a Greasemonkey extension or some such. That would be easier for sure but still. So yeah. Feeds.
Oops
I meant to post that last post to Blogger Buzz. It's okay if it's here too. I'm still trying out Ecto and using it with NetNewsWire which I'm also trying out. I've gotta learn to check which blog I'm posting to. I'll get the hang of it eventually.
Cambodian Bloggers
Wired News has published an article about Blogs Taking Off in Cambodia.
A Cambodian nonprofit worker traverses the country, teaching students to publish blogs. The project promotes democracy and spurs internet use in a land where few people have access to the web. Matt Reed reports from Phnom Penh.Page two of the article links to this list of Cambodian bloggers.
Going To The Movies Is Not Fun
Why are Movie Theatre Revenues Declining? "The adventure of heading to a cineplex is becoming a less and less pleasant form of entertainment." (Via Kottke)
Jul 19, 2005
Why Trek's Enterprise failed
This may very well be true. Battlestar Gallactica is mad good.
Why Trek's Enterprise failed: A panel of Star Trek experts and enthusiasts said Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con that the reason the now-canceled Enterprise series cast the future of the franchise in doubt was that it wasn't enough like the gritty new Battlestar Galactica.However, in defense of Enterprise, it got really good in the final six episodes. It just took to long to find their groove.
One Begets The Other
I just installed a trial version of Ecto because I started using NetNewsWire to read feeds. When will this madness end? Actually, it's not really madness, I kinda like it. In other technical matters, my startup disk is full and the cd-drive is broken so I'm not looking forward to the various rigging I'll have to do to get some stuff off of this thing.
Parking Woes
This guy over at Yahoo! is documenting some badly parked cars. To deal with parking woes, Google now offers valet parking to employees. But if I were to use the service, then I'd be giving up all the fun of roaming through the lot or garage after work clicking my unlock button trying to find where I parked my car. (I tend to forget.)
Jul 18, 2005
My Odeo Roundup
I rounded up some of my favorite shows at Odeo over the weekend. My personal taste is for short shows so if you're hankering for something ten minutes or under, check out the premiere of The Odeo Roundup. It's a little bit sassy if I do say so myself.
Fox Is Buying MySpace for $580 Million
News Corp. to buy Intermix for $580 million in cash: "News Corp. plans to incorporate MySpace.com and Intermix's 30 other Websites into its newly formed Fox Interactive Media unit."
Jul 15, 2005
Was I Podcasting?
Of course! Those are my old glasses (since chewed by dog) and that is my old phone so this photo that Aubrey took must be from SXSW 2004 in Austin, TX. I should be a detective.
Jul 14, 2005
Sideblogging
BuzzBoost is a new feature from Feedburner that lets you make a sideblog from a feed. Nice!
Jul 13, 2005
Jul 12, 2005
Jul 11, 2005
Odeo Is Live
In case you haven't noticed, Odeo has launched. My channel is called The Biz Stone Show. However, just like Odeo itself, the show is in beta. Also, here is the highly academic and comprehensive History of Odeo.
Baskerville
While we were in Boston we visited Livy's parents in Barnstable and they have a puppy that wasn't there before. His name is Baskerville. Also, they put in hardwood floors. Nice!
Jul 10, 2005
Back from Boston
Looks like I took a little vacation from this blog while I was in Boston on whirlwind tour. I'm back. Again.
Jul 2, 2005
RE: What Should I Write?
Despite the fact that my site was down for a week, there were some great responses to this question. Especially this one which echoes what someone at my publisher said.
Surely it has to be a "fictional" tale about a man who blogs, has written books about blogging and now is looking for an idea for his new book which he wants to write.Thanks purplesimon and all the rest, I'm still thinking.
Perhaps he can post on his blog that he needs some ideas, then people will leave comments and he can find this great one that is the inspiration for his new book.
However, what are the chances that people will believe this?
Jul 1, 2005
Not A Slacker
While my FTP was broken here I posted a bunch over at Blogger Buzz. First there was the problem people were having with some new code introduced when we launched Blogger Images. Then there was this thing about spam. So it's not like I wasn't posting. Plus, I was updating my Odeo and I promised Steve I'd give a shout out to the Blog Business Summit.
By the way are you watching Empire? Greg Yaitanes directed the first night. I'll bet the cool high school history teachers are telling their students to watch the show. If they're not they should. It's good learnin'.
By the way are you watching Empire? Greg Yaitanes directed the first night. I'll bet the cool high school history teachers are telling their students to watch the show. If they're not they should. It's good learnin'.
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