Open Source and Career Opportunities
Matt Asay has some good advice for folks asking him for career advice: “Work for an open source company.”
Oversold Links and Sinking Value
Links play an important role in the ranking of pages by the search engines.
Is Scoble Wrong About Netflix?
Ahh, Netflix is doing online videos. But, this isn’t the Verisign thing I saw last week at CES. It’s streaming only. It’s Windows only. I don’t believe that it’s HD.
Online Gambling to Get a Second Life?
Second Life presents its residents with many unique opportunities for social interaction, commerce, and entertainment. Could virtual gambling be the next “feature” to be offered in Linden’s online world? If so, what would the offline legal ramifications look like?
Google Talk and AIM to Work Together?
Over a year ago, Google paid a billion dollars for a chunk of AOL, and probably the most exciting part of the deal was the announcement that Google Talk and AOL Instant Messenger would probable eventually connect to each other.
Online Advertisers Should Consider Smaller Sites
Online advertisers should be open to placing their ads on smaller sites and not always focus on large sites according to new research from Media-Screen. The “Net pop| Response” study found that small long-tail Web sites are valuable to consumers and online advertisers.
Some MyBlogLog Tools
MyBlogLog has been growing leaps and bounds since it’s launch about 6 months ago.
WikiSeek Dives Into Wikipedia
It’s a little confusing around Wikipedia these days. You can search Wikipedia from within Wikipedia, or seek data from Wikipedia from WikiSeek. Eventually there will be another Wikipedia search from Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and company, but everyone who thinks it will be called Wikiasari is mistaken because that’s a different project entirely and not the Search Wikia that Wales is developing.
Is Joost The Answer For Internet TV ?
The Creators behind the Venice Project have officially announced a name for their new online video service. Joost will be the name for the company that promises to revolutionize the way Internet television is watched. They are still in private beta testing and offer invitation only visits to their site.
Netflix Offering Streaming Movies
One of my favorite web applications and companies is Netflix.