Political digression: I’ve got Wesley Clark supporters all excited because of my coverage of one of his New Hampshire events this weekend. They think I’m supporting him. Now, I’ve got a Howard Dean supporter claiming I’m a Dean supporter and giving me something that looks like an electronic kiss or whistle (I’m not good at [...]
RSS Winterfest is a free, Webcast conference on January 21 and 22, 2004, about RSS and the future of syndicating Internet content. Speakers include industry experts like Scott Johnson of the RSS search engine Feedster, Robert Scoble of Microsoft, software engineer Dave Winer, and Jon Udell of InfoWorld. The schedule indicates events last from [...]
Dave Winer points to the Clarkbot, a Perl script Rick Heller wrote to search Feedster, a search engine that works with RSS feeds, to find blog posts about Wesley Clark.
Yesterday, I had more than 60 hits in my referer log related to the Clarkbot and the resulting blog post on Heller’s blog about [...]
Big diversion: Michael Feldman, Dave Winer, and I attended campaign events for Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and Joseph Lieberman on Sunday, December 21, 2003. To learn more about these events, read my notes, Dave’s comments on Scripting News, or Michael’s thoughts about Dean or his conversation with Lieberman on Dowbrigade.
Addendum 12/31: SJ has [...]
Big diversion: I went with some bloggers to listen to Wesley Clark and Dick Gephardt campaigning (separately) in New Hampshire on Saturday, December 20, 2003. I posted my notes from their appearances in case anyone wants to learn more about these two candidates from someone who is not a member of the mainstream media. (Although [...]
This interview with Elsevier’s global director for corporate communications is almost three weeks old, but I saw it today on LISNews.com and thought it was worth a mention, especially since I haven’t included any coverage of Elsevier’s perspective in my posts about the recent developments regarding libraries’ subscriptions to Elsevier’s journals.
The director claims that [...]
News outlets are reporting that the Dutch Supreme Court ruled today that Kazaa cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for files swapped using its software. Read Reuters and/or the Associated Press
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decided that since Verizon is only “a conduit for communications,” it [...]
A retired University of Pittsburgh professor has compiled the texts of numerous tales from folklore and mythology into one Web site, whether they’re his renditions of the tales or links to another Web site hosting a tale. It looks like an incredibly content-rich site.
Featured in the December 19 Internet Scout Report
Pardon me while I feature a useful Web site:
When I first saw the recalls.gov URL, political recalls came to mind. It’s about time there was an easy way for consumers to learn about products recalled by government agencies. Through this site, the USDA, NHTSA, EPA, FDA, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and United States Coast [...]
This Web site from the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) focuses on the international Information Age and the Information Society and includes reports about online governance, libraries, the digital divide, and e-commerce. The site is available in multiple languages and allows users to select material by region and topic.
Featured in the [...]