Aaron Swartz is an interesting guy. One of the co-founders of Reddit, the Digg-like recommendation engine that was recently bought by the Conde Nast magazine-publishing empire, his blog often has long and thoughtful posts with a refreshingly different perspective. His latest is no exception: In a post entitled “Everything Good is Bad For You,” he writes about what he sees as the downside of Web services like Twitter, and even Reddit itself.
Simple Question: Who Else Can Win?
I’ve been writing about companies who are committed to making a difference. I think the issue boils down to a very simple question: “Who else can win?”
The Wrong Question: Is it a “Real Blog”?
Zoli Erdos has touched off the latest round in the omnipresent “what is a blog” wars, with a recent post looking at Google’s official “blog” and noting that it isn’t really a blog because it doesn’t allow readers to comment.
Answerbag Seeks Its Answer, Your Question
The question and answer segment of social media has a lot of big names playing in the space, but not many of their users may recognize Answerbag, a social QnA site that has been online for over three years.
Question: Do You Control Your Unit’s PR?
If you don’t, it could be that those who do are actually preoccupied with moving messages from one point to another using simple tactics like broadcast plugs, brochures and press releases.
Can Microsoft Beat Google? Wrong Question
Randy Holloway (who works at Microsoft): why Microsoft can best Google. That was in response to a Tim O’Reilly post.
Drop-ship or U-ship: That is the Question
For small Internet retailers, drop-shipping is one of the best innovations since sliced bread. How else can a start-up offer a wide variety of products and convince customers that they have a fully-stocked warehouse-while investing virtually nothing in inventory or warehousing? Before you jump right onto the drop-shipping bandwagon, however, there are some pitfalls to avoid.
PassMark’s SiteKey – Answering The Wrong Question
In my article “Spear-Phishing – New Angles On An Old Game” (http://www.cafeid.com/art-spear.shtml), I wrote about a variation on “traditional” e-mail phishing that has proved to be more effective than random casting of stink-bait into a vast pool of random e-mail addresses.
Some Question Yahoo’s Decision To Close Chat Rooms
Over the last week or so, Yahoo has been shutting down personal chat rooms. This came after a Houston television station aired a news report about chat rooms being used by adults trying to get minors to have sex with them.
Some Question Originality of Yahoo’s Deep Web Service
The other day Yahoo launched a beta version of its new Yahoo Search Subscriptions service, which lets users search a number of subscription content sources and the web from one search box.