Aug
13
Technorati on NPR
On the way home this weekend I heard David Sifry on NPR being interviewed by Scott Simon. Crazy! Here is David’s post on the interview and the interview.
Aug
9
small is the new BIG by Seth Godin
Seth Godin compiled and updated entries from his blog in a book titled, Small is the New Big. Jake got an advanced copy and said it was worth reading (he is a third of the way through). Some of the content was a little out of date, but generally it was some great stuff. Check it out.
[via Guy]
Aug
9
Om Malik: Who is this guy?
If you haven’t noticed it yet, Om Malik is taking the blogosphere by storm with his very popular web property. In June he announced he was leaving Business 2.0 to focus on his own venture, GigaOM. Having raised venture capital from Jon Callaghan at True Ventures, Om is getting advice from some of the brightest stars in the valley including Tony Conrad and Toni Schneider.
Who is this guy anyway? To start he is a great technology writer who you may have read in The Wall Street Journal or Crains. He was one of the founders of Forbes.com and of course was a driving force behind Business 2.0 and a senior writer for Red Herring. He took a brief break and became a venture capitalist by joining Hambrecht & Quist as an investment manager. Prior that he attended the Yale of India (St. Stephens College in New Delhi).
What is going on? Om is building a great team to build GigaOM including his most recent hire Liz Gannes. Contributors include folks like Daniel Berninger who is an analyst from Tier1 Research, Jackson West from SFist, Robert Young a serial entrepreneur and of course Katie Fehrenbacher formerly with Red Herring, now a staff writer for GigaOm.
Why should you care? Om is becoming the go-to source for immediate, smart, informed and critical information about VoIP/Telecom, Startups, Mobile, Broadband and Software. He has been in the game since the mid-90s and simply has the best rolodex around. If there is a story, Om will have it and be able to explain why it matters to you. If you can only read one tech blog I highly recommend GigaOM.
Aug
9
Liz Gannes joins GigaOm, congrats to our friend!
Two months ago we were hanging out with Liz Gannes at the Under the Radar party and joked that she should become GigaLiz (Om had just left Business 2.0 to start his own venture GigaOm). Just got the email yesterday that Liz took our joke to heart and decided to leave Red Herring and join GigaOm. Wow! We were only joking!!! But, WOW, what a great idea. We are excited for Liz and expect even greater things from GigaOm now. [via myself]
Aug
4
My Favorite Social Tools: Wikipedia
My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia when we were kids. I loved browsing through the pages learning about new things. By the time I was ten I think I had read the whole set. Fast forward to today and I am still hooked on the encyclopedia, Jimmy Wales’ internet version called Wikipedia. I use it every week – it is simply the best resource I have found for information on everything. It suprises me how many people have never heard of Wikipedia, much less used it to uncover information. Wikipedia describes itself as:
Wikipedia (IPA: /ËŒwiË?kiË?ˈpiË?di.É™/, or /ËŒwɪkiË?ˈpiË?di.É™/, else /ËŒwɪkɪˈpiË?di.É™/) is an international Web-based free-content encyclopedia project. It exists as a wiki, a website that allows visitors to edit its content. The word Wikipedia itself is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers, allowing most articles to be changed by anyone with access to the website. Wikipedia’s main servers are in Tampa, Florida, with additional servers in Amsterdam and Seoul.
The best part of Wikipedia is YOUR ability to add information to the system. If you are an expert on a subject you can add your knowledge to the wiki, don’t worry the community will keep you honest (if you make a mistake they someone else will edit it for you).
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