Wednesday, March 05, 2003

"Ten". In Tehran, even the hookers wear head scarves, and other things I learned from Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's extraordinary film. [Salon.com] 9:10:28 PM    comment []

Good essay (I have similar feelings about Opera): "Mozilla: Blogging's Killer App" [Daypop Top 40] 9:09:31 PM    comment []

Still more Dave: News.Com reports that Groove has raised more money, $38 million, and has laid off 20 percent of its employees. By my count, they have raised $140 million. How many dollars per user is that? How many dollars per employee? Imagine if Pyra had raised $140 million. (They could have bought UserLand, and still had some cash left over. Hehe.) Dave Sifry says that Technorati knows about 100,000 weblogs. Let's do some math. If Dave had raised $140 million that would be $1400 per weblog. 9:08:02 PM    comment []

A few words paint a thousand pictures. Brian Dear has been having fun counting search results on various keywords and keyphrases at The White House website. Very interesting results. Dig it. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 6:55:17 AM    comment []

When It Goes Wrong at a Charter School. When charters first appeared, they were touted as the free-market alternative to bad old public schools, but as with many market miracles, the bubble has burst. By Michael Winerip. [New York Times: Education] 6:54:23 AM    comment []

Next Windows leaks onto Net, by Joe Wilcox, CNET News.com. An early test version of the next major release of Microsoft Windows has been leaked onto the Net, offering a glimpse of the company’s plans for the new software. Changed file system facilitate searching, e.g., but not obvious mention of weblogging tools. (See this weekend's blogging for the reference.) 6:52:39 AM    comment []

Gambling on Private Data Search. A Las Vegas company known for helping casinos spot fraud says it has a solution to some of the privacy concerns raised by the government's anti-terrorism efforts. Pentagon officials are taking note. By Steve Mollan. [Wired News] 6:48:18 AM    comment []

Two years ago on t'other blog: So far, a lamb. Topics included A brief discussion of things blooming and the pending change in seasons the Income/Expense Report and some other links relating to Stephen King's plan to sell a novel, chapter-by-chapter, online on an honor system (remember that?) Australian news: Sharing e- mail banned by law, and, in an afternoon update, A response from the Australian Attorney-General: Contrary to alarmist media reports, sharing e-mail is not banned by law. Amendments to the Copyright Act that came into effect today do not outlaw the practice of forwarding personal e-mails to other people. That would be ridiculous. AOL Time Warner wants to help chill the rash of defamation lawsuits against people who post anonymous messages on the Internet. New Economy: Internet in Vietnam Seen as Gateway to Other Business 6:46:25 AM    comment []

Call for papers: TPRC 2003 (The 31st Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy) -- September 19-21, 2003, Hosted by the Center for Technology and Law George Mason University Law School (Arlington, Virginia). Abstract submissions are due by March 31, 2003. 6:42:10 AM    comment []

Dave: Yesterday Donna Wentworth linked to a Stanford project to help people in their community start weblogs. Right on. I say this all the time: Nothing is going to stop west coast schools from adopting weblogs. That's why I went east. If someone didn't get weblogs going there, it could turn become a west coast thing, like hot tubs, Esalen, massage, Buddhism, meditation, Jerry Brown, etc. Also note that it's important to have a Pied Piper. It's not enough to put up a server, you'll wait a long time before the weblogs start. Someone has to make it look interesting and fun and point to the cool stuff. That's what Jenny does for librarians, and Denise and Ernie for the attorneys. I always keep an eye open for a Pied Piper. I of couse am a PP myself. 6:33:55 AM    comment []