Happy Thorstag Omibus!
It’s that time again — time to sum up a few days’ worth of browsing in a single, massive post. Richard Scarry 1963 vs. Richard Scarry 1991, a study in the P.C. Police. Oops. Somebody’s getting fired, so fired: A…
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The Proper Care And Feeding Of Fools, Internet Edition
Or: Idiotically digging Your Community’s Grave A “minor” rebellion over at digg yesterday has simply reinforced my perception that the comments section of said news aggregator is filled with either a) 14-year-old males with little-to-no understanding of the real world…
Beyond Crypto Journalism: MySpace, digg And Trust Engines
I’ve had time to mull over the implications of my previous post on technological solutions to what ails journalism and have come to the conclusion that a solution based on high technology would ultimately fail for the same reason that…
Winning The Battle Of “Iconistan”
Wired News is currently running a piece regarding the proliferation of “Submit my blog entry to…” buttons that have been cropping up hither and yon on blogs of every stripe. The number and proliferation of said buttons is indeed getting…
Digg’s, Errrm, Digs
Kevin Rose, formerly of TechTV/G4 and cofounder of digg has posted a Flickr photoset comprising a tour of digg’s new office space. *sniff* Almost makes me wish I were back at my old Internet startup. Almost.
