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FriendFeed and level playing fields 
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
I've always been a bit puzzled about how FriendFeed does RSS, but I've never (until now) taken the time to find the source of the puzzlement. I've always just fumbled my way around, sort of approximating what I wanted, and when I couldn't get it, falling back to the API. But now I've hit a wall, and taken the time to understand the nature of the wall. Let me explain.
Consider this screen (
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If you never listen you never learn
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
I just re-read the Rosen thread over on FriendFeed and another irony struck me. The argument is over things that I didn't say in the piece they're arguing about.
The piece is about listening, and they didn't listen.
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Why we don't listen to users, by journalists
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
Jay Rosen argues with journalists, who explain why they shouldn't listen to users (sources and readers). I'll probably write more about this later, but for now, read the thread, it's fascinating. Here's the
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Happy ImageMagick user here
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Everything is such a futz, but it's nice when these things have happy endings. I have my thumbnail creating app up, and while it's not linked into the RSS its going to be used in, that's the easy predictable stuff, the stuff that requires no futzing, at least not for me.
Here's a folder of thumbs that
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Netbooks are about the users too, dummy!
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
CNet: ""If you've ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size -- it's fine for an hour. It's not something you're going to use day in and day out."
To which I say -- well hmm. I think the first part is right. And you will use your netbook every day, for about an hour or so, sounds just right. Inbetween things. Kind of
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It's about the users, dummy!
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
Michael Fraase tries to explain what I've tried real hard to explain for the last N years (where N might be as many as 15 believe it or not) that news, like any other business, is about the users.
I do this with programmers, with about as little success as with people in the news industry. Peo
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IRC for Mumbai terrorism
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
In case there's an interest in IRC for news around the Mumbai terrorism:
irc://irc.freenode.net/#mumbaiTerrorism
I'm already there.
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Is Twitter journalism?
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
What you see on Twitter, when:
1. People witness events that others are interested in; and
2. They're posting about it on Twitter; and
3. The interested people are reading their posts...
It certainly is news. Whether it's journalism or not isn't a very interesting discussion, to me.
To the user, both
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Can I buy a TLD?
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Shared by Hashim
this will get messy
I have an idea for a business built around a new Top Level Domain or TLD. It wouldn't matter what the name is, it could be .xyz
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News people must study their users
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Yesterday I wrote a piece saying that point of view is everything when thinking about the future of news.
The n
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Point of view is everything
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Okay we could bail out the newspaper business, I'm sure that's what the owners of the newspapers are thinking, but this can't happen -- not in the United States. The day the government owns the newspapers would be the
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$7.7 trillion
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Bloomberg says the US bailout so far is costing us (the taxpayers) $7.7 trillion.
$7,700,000,000,000.00I just had to type that number in it's so astonishing. Where are we going to get that much money? Are the Chinese really going to lend us that much? And wh
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Once again with Twitter's BM
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
BM stands for Business Model, not what you think.
Steve Gillmor has the Gillmor Gang and he uses that pulpit to push a future of ideas and truths flying around the Internet, our ideas -- with all kinds of pipes and funnels to catch the stuff we want and let the other stu
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Terry Gross blew it
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
If you've been reading my blog you know I'm a big fan of the Fresh Air podcast, have been for a long time, since before it was a podcast. I like the way the host Terry Gross interviews people, and because the show is so good, and she's basically a fair interviewer, and a lot of people list
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Switzerland may go bankrupt
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Now we're at the point where whole countries are going down.
This is turning into a bloody huge mess. Citibank, too big to fail, and too big to bail, is next.
Read it and weep. Our way of life is on its way out. What does the world look like in its next incarnation? We're about to find out.
Oh my.
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More on Detroit
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Reading the news it's not clear if we're going to give Detroit the money to keep them going for a while longer. Pretty sure we
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Checklist for reverse proxies in Apache/Windows
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Checklist of things to do with a fresh Apache install to get reverse proxies working (on Windows).
1. Start with apache_2.2.9-win32-x86.nossl.msi, go through normal install. When it asks for domains I entered: twitterland.org, apache.twitterland.org (one of many unused domains I've bought
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Journalists who report the news
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
This is what I was talking about yesterday.
"They should put their reporters in Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis, where ever there are elements of the auto industry, and explain what will happen to these Americans when GM, Ford and Chrysler shut down, even if it's just for a few months. Really show us w
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Is the panic over Detroit real?
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
I'm not an economist, and while I'm not a casual investor (no one can be) -- I'm not a very active investor. I tend to park my assets in one place and just leave them there. The one major exception was January
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Best moments from last night's interview
(unknown author) via Scripting News on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Last night's 60 Minutes interview with the Obamas was great. Sometimes our next President comes off wonky and tired, and other times, like last night -- human, warm, smart, even funny.
There were a lot of memorable moments, and a great sense that this is an extrordinary person, who knows how special he is, but is also very humble. They talked about how his old car had holes in th
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