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http://www.threadwatch.org/node/1274 Russell Shaw at The Standard posts a little mild speculation on whether Google already have plans to buy Technorati - it’s no secret that Google are severely lacking in the blog search department: The way Google works is just not suited to rapid indexing of the kind that Technorati specialize in and, i would say, that that flaw is becoming increasingly obvious and making GOOG far less useful for many types of search tasks.Im not sure that GOOG would actually buy Technorati, i think it’s far more likely they would develop something similar in-house. Technorati may be watching 6.5 million blogs but with Googles power, if they were to launch a pinging service they’d surpass that number in no time …

http://www.terrystorch.com/2005/01/52_leadership_t_4.html Recently I posted about common sense not being common. I decided to throw out some random ideas about common sense and the first was: Leaders, invest in your team, staff and others. Lori, was kind enough to post a great comment addressing the “how”. So Lori, here you go!How do you Invest In Your Team, Staff and Others. Here is what I do:- Know the people. You need to know people. Know their kids names, know their spouse, know what they are going through, etc. Spend time to know your people.- Make yourself available (communication)This is difficult, but your people need you. Make time for them and do not allow distractions. Focus on them and give them your attention.- Avoid …

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/01/31/how_to_bypass_the_newsletter.htm "Beginning with Outlook 98, you get built-in junk mail processing, using either the Organize pane or Rules Wizard. However, results can be less than satisfactory, often putting wanted senders into the Junk Mail folder." (Source: "Rules and Tools to Filter…… Related…

http://www.vnunet.com/news/1160883 Iain Thomson, vnunet.com, Monday 31 January 2005 at 12:00:02Strong sales of smartphones and connected data devices hit unconnected PDAsGlobal mobile device sales grew by 51 per cent in the last quarter of 2004 compared to the year before, according to analyst firm Canalys.But growth was found to be…> Read the full article Related…

http://www.downtheavenue.com/2005/01/blog_overkill.html Slate has a fabuous “Blog Overkill” article, that talks about the danger of saturation of a new technology early on……..simply too much of it. Frankly, while I love to blog, have three blog related clients and understand the value not only from a social cultural perspective but have already started to see some fabulous ROI examples from clients’ customers, I have been wondering the same thing….Jack Shafer writes that the alleged divide between the old media and this new whippersnapper media of blogs has never seemed real to him.Other interesting excerpts worth referencing here that really hit home:”If media visionaries underestimate the adaptive skills of the old media to imitate, acquire (as Slate did kausfiles and as the Washington …

http://radio.weblogs.com/0100368/2005/01/31.html#a2339  |  Comments   Monday morning podcast picks   (beta flash player)  I have 10 shows on this morning’s podcast list.  You can listen to any or all of them right in your web browser by simply using the mp3 flash player above.   The mp3 flash player above is simple to use.  Just click the play arrow in the flash player to start a show or use the double arrows on the right to move to the next show.  All shows decribed in player have titles and show numbers.  All numbers match the show numbers described below.  enjoy! You can also listen to this afternoon’s podcast picks with other audio players already loaded on your PC with  If you would like to have any of your new podcast(s) added to one of my pick …

http://www.ernietheattorney.net/ernie_the_attorney/2005/01/my_friend_steve.html So I’ve helped him set up a weblog so that he can write about his treatment which will include chemotheraphy and radiation.  He’ll be treated at MD Anderson in Houston, which is the premier cancer treatment facility in the United States.  I fully expect him to be cancer-free in six months, and then he can start blogging about things like hunting and fishing. Related…

http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?HeadlineIndex=28058 Jeff Raikes, head of Microsoft’s Information Worker unit, expounds on Office, Software Assurance and the changing nature of life at work. Related…

http://channels.lockergnome.com/rss/archives/services/20050109_sifry_answers_questions_about_new_watchlist_service.phtml David Sifry has posted a follow-up to some questions about the new Technorati Watchlist service. One interesting item I had not known of before is that Technorati indexes the full content of a post, not just what appears in the RSS…. Direct and Related Links for ‘Sifry Answers Questions About New Watchlist Service’ Related…

http://www.threadwatch.org/node/1270 Seems like bloggers are starting to realize that nofollow is not necessarily a good thing for them - see the wiki threadlinked above. Mick Stanic agrees with the anti-nofollow site but Scoble disagrees. Interesting to note that many of the evangelic nofollower’s are now downplaying the tags effects on comment spam when only a week or two ago it was hailed as the saviour of blogs….Threadwatch links: threadwatch home xml feed recent threads Related…