Sunday, July 13, 2003

Leslie Walker: "The blogosphere may never be the same after America Online releases free blog-publishing software to its 34 million members this summer." [Scripting News] 8:32:40 PM    comment []

William Gibson (who, as it turns out, did not stop blogging) announces: OKAY, WIRED, I'M READY TO GO BACK Someone needs to take the measure of these efforts at loosening things up in Singapore: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAW0HQP1ID.html 2:17:05 PM    comment []

Inside the open-source development model. What compels some people to give their work away? Harvard Business School professor Siobhan O'Mahony discusses her research into foundations formed around three open-source software projects: Debian, GNOME and Apache. [CNET News.com] 11:29:11 AM    comment []

'Absolutely American': Culture War at West Point. Plain American hedonism is powerful at West Point, David Lipsky found; but so are discipline and self-sacrifice. By David Brooks. [New York Times: Education] 8:35:51 AM    comment []

Doc points out this A Washington Post story today on AOL blogs (and hanks Bill for the link). 8:35:19 AM    comment []

National House of Waffles. President Bush is presiding over a completely Clintonian environment, turning the White House into a Waffle House. By Maureen Dowd. [New York Times: Opinion] 8:33:01 AM    comment []

Adam has responses to his query, what are the benefits of (n)echo to users?. Marc Canter, a self proclaimed Adam Curry Watcher, takes a stab at answering my question: "Why do I need (n)echo?" Below are the answers with my (new) questions. [snippage] I'm still open to being convinced about (n)echo's benefits to users, but am unable to find anyone who can explain this to me. I'd be happy with a side by side comparison of enclosures for rss and point (3) on Marc's list. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 8:29:59 AM    comment []