Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Technorati Chief as CNN Expert

My older, wiser brother Steve reports that Technorati‘s Dave Sifry will be a talking head on CNN’s convention coverage. He says: “Just as CNN continues to provide the gavel–to-gavel coverage the networks used to do, its alliance with Technorati validates … Continue reading

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Open Thread

No updates until much later today. Talk among yourselves below. Please, please, please be nice to each other. Comments Posted by: e_strobes on July 16, 2004 08:25 AM A interesting side effect of the competition between Google and Yahoo for … Continue reading

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Testing Ecto on Windows

Testing some blog posting software on Windows computer. Sorry for the interruption… Comments

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HyperText 2004

The Association for Computing Machinery is having a conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia next month, and asked me to speak about the evolution of journalism in the Digital Age. Here’s the homepage of Hypertext 2004 for details on the conference. … Continue reading

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Finally, a Two-Line 5.8 GHz Phone

Several readers, recalling my months-ago call for help in finding a two-line 5.8 GHz wireless phone, have let me know that Uniden is selling this one. It looks pretty good. One flaw, however, it its lack of internal voice mail. … Continue reading

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The Troll Situation, Continued

I’ve had a flood of suggestions from you good folks about my troll problem.Some are, at the moment, technically not feasible. Others are a good possibility, and I’m forwarding them along to our tech folks. Some of you have said … Continue reading

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Journalism’s New Feedback Loop

Gen Kanai: Reader-supported journalism. Whitmore has really taken this project full-circle. By re-releasing all of the survey data to us, he has allowed all of us to learn what he has learned. Comments

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Consumer Technology Targeted by U.S. Senate

Ernie Miller: Introducing Hatch’s Hit List. I will endeavor to post every weekday an example of a nascent technology that can be quashed by the INDUCE Act. First up: WiFi Car Stereos. Comments Posted by: test on July 14, 2004 … Continue reading

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Scare Tactics

In this scare story in today’s Guardian, the movie industry claims one of every four Internet users has downloaded movies, and says, “The MPAA’s findings are backed by a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which … Continue reading

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Is Social Networking a Snore?

David Hornik (Venture Blog): All Social Networking Panels Are the Same. So in an effort to save you a bunch of time and aggravation, here’s a transcription of this evening’s event. I believe that it is essentially a transcription of … Continue reading

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