Had lunch today at Yank Sing in San Francisco with my Ourmedia partner, Marc Canter; Doug Kaye of IT Conversations; ZDNet columnist Steve Gillmor, Noah Glass, co-founder of Odeo; and founder Mike Homer (former senior vp at Netscape and AOL) and Wayne Dyer of the nonprofit Open Media Network, which went beta a month ago […]
Kevin Smokler: On the Virtual Book Tour hotseat
Well, not exactly the hotseat. More like a backyard chaise lounge. Whatever the metaphor, Kevin — who originated the Virtual Book Tour over a year ago — is the editor of a new book, Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times. It’s a collection of articles about how young writers approach their craft. For more about […]
Bobby baseball card
They really know how to sucker you in to sign up for all the extras in our 6-year-old’s T-ball league. Here’s the latest: a batch of Bobby baseball cards, with Bobby giving his serious hitter’s look.
Roundup of Syndicate conference
In addition to yesterday’s brouhaha over the New York Times’ decision to include its op-ed columnists in a premium service starting in September, there are other interesting things happening here at IDG’s Syndicate conference that are worth highlighting: BlogPulse A lot of talk in the hallways about BlogPulse, which joins Technorari and Feedster and PubSub […]
Nisenholtz defends putting the Times’ op-ed columnists behind a wall
Markos Moulitsas Martin Nisenholtz I was shocked when I learned this morning (I was flying yesterday) about Monday’s announcement that the New York Times is placing all of its op-ed columnists behind a $50-a-year pay firewall starting in September. Shocked probably isn’t too strong a term. Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan castigated the Times for withdrawing […]