March 9, 2004

Undergroundfilm.org. What is undergroundfilm.com? [Scripting News] In answer to Dave's question - Undergroundfilm.org is a site for film and video makers to upload their work and interact between each other. All I know is that someone named Alex Cohen (who's an old buddy of Dave's) - got handed this server a while back and is now heading up the effort. More later............ [Marc's Voice] 9:14:44 AM

Topix.net. Topix Launches Today. Topix Launches Today The beta has been up for a while, but today marks the official launch of Topix, Rich Skrenta's latest creation. From the release: Topix.net today launched the Internet's largest news site (www.topix.net), and the first site to localize disparate audiences through content. Topix.net features 150,000 topical news pages and local news for every US ZIP code. The Company‚s patent-pending artificial intelligence (AI) categorization engine provides a concept-based method towards aggregating news, which is unlike other vendors‚ keyword-based search techniques. The proprietary technology from Topix.net provides readers with micro-targeted news and intuitive navigation that improves search relevance and overall search experience through the delivery of localized, targeted news. Furthermore, Topix.net's content reaches users that can be specifically defined by their locality, profession or interests. As a result, businesses that advertise on Topix.net can maximize their online advertising budget by ensuring that their messages are directed to their desired target demographic. Congrats, Rich! (Also, Gary Price has an Interview with Rich ....) [John Battelle's Searchblog] Thjis seems pretty coolio.  I gotta go check it out.  I wonder what they'll filter for 94598? [Marc's Voice] 9:13:43 AM

Defensive design for the Web.  37Signals and Jason Fried have put out a book.  It's called Defensive design for the Web. Jason is super smart - so I'd recomend the book.  Jason and 37Signals is one of those companies I really wanna work with one day. [Marc's Voice] 9:12:33 AM

The ignorance society. Today I submitted a column in which I discussed the so-called 'information society' or 'knowledge society'. Perhaps we are not building a knowledge society at all, and instead are moving from 'data society' towards 'ignorance society'. Those who decide what kind of society we live in the future are more interested in the behaviour of computers than the behaviour of people. At least this seems often to be the case in Finland. [Juha Haataja: Universal Digital Ideas] 9:10:43 AM

the worlds broadband database. If you look for the worlds best broadband content on the web, this database might be a great help. [TJ's Weblog "Technology, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship"] 9:08:32 AM

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