Scoble’s Link Blog

http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdBott-WindowsandOfficeExpertise?m=99 Weblog: Ed Bott - Windows (and Office) ExpertiseSource: Thomas Hawk interviews Microsoft’s Media Center bloggersLink: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdBott-WindowsandOfficeExpertise?m=99What’s most remarkable to me about Windows XP Media Center Edition is how quickly it has developed a high-quality user community. You’ve got independent sites with busy forums (The Green Button and xpMCE.com). You’ve got Media Center MVPs like Peter Near and Chris Lanier, to name just two. And then there are enthusiasts who work at Microsoft and have their own blogs that focus on Media Center issues.This week, Thomas Hawk interviews Microsoft’s Media Center Bloggers – Charlie Owen, Matt Goyer, and Sean Alexander. In part 1, Matt Goyer has a good summary of what’s missing from Media Center today:One, we need to take our HDTV support to …

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3287041914 Weblog: Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry RantsSource: A bridge too far?Link: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/blog/blogView?showComments=true&entry=3287041914I think Scoble accidentally stumbled on something interesting - have a look at his anti-Auto-Link post. I haven’t commented on this thing - truth be told, I haven’t been able to get myself to care (can I avoid AutoLink? Yes. Ok then, I don’t care…). Here’s the interesting thing from Scoble:I believe that anything that changes the linking behavior of the Web is evil. Anything that changes my content is evil. Particularly anything that messes with the integrity of the link system. And I do see this as a slippery slope. Today users have to jump through hoops to use this feature. What about tomorrow? Oh, and …

http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000413.html Weblog: Loud ThinkingSource: Google wants to change your contentLink: http://www.loudthinking.com/arc/000413.htmlRobert Scoble (of Microsoft) is spot on taking Google to task for wanting to rewrite the content of the web with adding their sponsored links (isbn goes to Amazon, etc). Winer has had similar good comments. The choice Google’s DiBona talks about excludes content authors from the discussion. It’s a terrible, terrible idea. Google needs to back paddle out of this evil doing. Post haste. Related…

http://fredbals.blogspot.com/2005/02/lame-corporate-blogs.html Weblog: fhbSource: Lame corporate blogsLink: http://fredbals.blogspot.com/2005/02/lame-corporate-blogs.htmlI like the idea of corporate blogs, they’re so the reverse of normal marketing communications, where anything slightly controversial or opinionated is usually squeezed out prior to publication.When done right, like Macromedia’s or Jonathan Scwhartz’s Weblog, or Robert Scoble’s, corporate blogging works. When done by the status quo crew of ad agencies, marcomm experts, and legal review, they are, Related…

http://www.stephenduncanjr.com/2005/02/auto-link-fuss.shtml Weblog: Stephen Duncan Jr’s BlogSource: Auto-Link FussLink: http://www.stephenduncanjr.com/2005/02/auto-link-fuss.shtmlScoble says AutoLink is evil. For the record, I fully accept that this is Scoble’s heart-felt opinion on right and wrong for the web. I just think he’s misguided.How different is this than the right-click functionality in Firefox (”Web Search for…”), or other extensions. For instance, a Map extension that lets you highlight an address, right-click and search for it in your choice of map program?I see two differences. The first, is the availability of options. The MapIt extension let’s you pick your map provider. I see this argument. But that’s an argument about monopoly and a specific implementation of this feature by Google. That’s …

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=79013  |  Comments As more media companies hop on the RSS bandwagon, we’re going to have to confront some legal questions: Who owns the feeds, and what can be done with them? Ownership is easy — it’s just copyright. But licensing is complicated.Many early RSS feeds were set up by “geeks in the backshop” without any real thought devoted to permissions and restrictions. The feeds exist but it’s not clear what permissions are granted. Are they only for single-user RSS readers, or can they be embedded in a website? Are they for personal websites and not corporate? What about other media sites? Can (…)Entry continued… Related…

http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/006727.html For an upcoming report on Windows XP, I am looking at partner opportunities around different types of digital media. Research for the report is one reason (there are others) I am testing out Napster to Go on several portable devices. Another potential area of opportunity is digital photography, which there is increasing consumer interest. Right now, I am working with different photo-editing applications and am looking for the right prosumer digital camera for testing. I would encourage digital software and camera vendors to contact me about using their products and also for interviews related directly to the research.The photo stuff brings back lots of memories. I purchased my first digital camera, a Canon I believe, in 1997. I also used …

http://feeds.feedburner.com/JohnBattellesSearchblog?m=316 Kanoodle is launching an RSS ad feed system. This is similar to what Overture/Yahoo is testing with Feedburner. Cnet coverage. Speaking of Cnet, interesting piece on how US broadband policy is deeply borked - an interview with Michael Copps, on of two democrats on the FCC. Related…

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jimgris/20050227#defensive_on_blogs  |  Comments I just love these comments about blogs excerptedbelow from this article — Areblogs good for business?:”There’sa lot of hype out there,” warns Graeme Thickins, vice president ofmarketing for Eagan-based Intradyn and a longtime technology consultanthere. “I do not see this getting widely adopted in companies quickly.”Thickens marvels at how much timeintense bloggers spend posting, but dismisses much of their work asunedited and irrelevant.He thinks e-mail and Web pageswill continue to be the preferred business strategies of onlinecommunication for the foreseeable future.”A blog is the last thing on mymind,” he …

http://www.scaredmonkeys.com/?p=14 I set up this blog on Friday. Saturday, I receive a link from Jeff Jarvis. To be honest, the blog is no where near ready for prime time. I posted a few times to see that all was working, and those posts were done quickly and late at night. As I IM’ed with a good buddy, I was throwing postings up without any regard to spelling or grammar. I mean, who in the world will see it. THE SITE WAS ONLY 8 HOURS OLD!!! (It had been up a year ago, but dead for a long, long time.) A good liberal linked to me, pointing out my spelling errors and labeled me work “borderline illiteracy” . I deserved that. The …