Nielsen Online’s VideoCensus indicates that in February, 17-month-old Hulu grew to become the second most popular video site (after the behemoth YouTube)—so, Hulu, what are you going to do now?
Powerset Follows Hype With Debut
After a lot of blog buzz, Powerset finally launched its search engine with the initial aim at pulling information out of Wikipedia more effectively.
LookSmart CTO Follows CEO Out Door
I’d be surprised to see a single boulder fall; one would expect some other rocks to accompany it. And now, in a business sense, that expectation has come true; about five weeks after LookSmart’s CEO resigned, the company’s CTO has followed suit.
YouTube Blindly Follows Viacom’s Demands
Over the last week, Viacom, reportedly after negotiations went nowhere, demanded YouTube remove 100,000 videos.
Now, people are complaining that legitimate videos got swept up in the Great Purge, including this guy who had a video of him and some buddies discussing RSS and OPML, deleted because it occured in a restaurant that shares a name with a CBS personality.
Reddit Follows JotSpot, Takes The Cash
While the morning discussion over tea and scones focused on Google’s acquisition of enterprise wiki software firm JotSpot, Cond Nast’s Wired Digital division received a present from its corporate masters, who purchased news-sharing site Reddit for Wired.
CBS Follows ABC, NBC, WB, & UPN Online
Only Fox hasn’t made a full-length episode of a broadcast TV show available in some manner online, now that CBS has plans to do so with ‘Threshold’.
Skype Leads, PayPal Follows
Meg Whitman may have revealed the way Skype can hit some of the financial targets eBay set for it in an interview with Time.
JP Morgan Follows Citigoup’s Lead And Settles With Enron Investors
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is following Citigroup’s lead, agreeing to settle a lawsuit from Enron investors for $2.2 billion. Morgan was accused of having a role in a big accounting fraud scandal at Enron.
Search for Survivors Follows AltaVista/Overture/Fast Searchquake
The ground moves with a confusing shift sideways, followed by a bump, then a lurch and finally a massive rumbling explosion that splits the earth and swallows whatever is in its path on the surface. This happens with disturbing regularity lately and aftershocks knock formerly solid firms off their strong foundations. Infoseek, Go.com, Direct Hit and Excite collapse.
Form Follows Function
“Form follows function” is a term coined by the Bauhaus of the 20’s and 30s to describe how a building or object’s appearance (such as a chair) should be dictated by its purpose. Although the Bauhaus philosophy of design has had many successes and some dramatic failures, its application to web design has been more conceptual than applied. In other words, most web authors prefer to design with their creation’s aesthetics in mind and not just it’s function.