San Francisco Chronicle writes about a city councilor blogging using a government web server. The article addresses some of the concerns over the use of taxpayer resources to maintain a blog. It points out that for members of Congress, there are myriad rules and regulations already in place, but for local officials the guidelines tend to be murky or missing. (Thanks to infOpinions for highlighting this article.)
PaidContent draws attention to a potential sleeper issue for Internet content providers, aggregators, and readers: how far can caching go? The post involves a lawsuit against the Internet Archive (a tremendous service that let’s you look back at what a web site looked like years ago).
It feels like it is 1999 again. WSJ reports eBay is paying $2.6 billion (more with earnouts) to buy Skype, an Internet phone company that projects revenues of $60 million this year. UPDATE: PaidContent reports on eBay’s efforts to explain why it isn’t 1999 and the deal makes sense. It includes a 78 slide PowerPoint.
I’m torn about how to deal with Donald Trump. Part of me says that this is the same guy who demonstrated a clear lack of respect for many Americans, engaged in disgusting personal behavior, and expressed views that would present a clear and present danger to the United States if they were actually to become…
My favorite restaurant in Washington, DC suffered a serious fire early yesterday morning while the place was empty. Check out the pictures from Tim Carman at the Washington City Paper to get a feel for the damage at Todd Gray’s Equinox. It certainly wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but there is clearly…
MarketingVOX: “Consumer still don’t like paying for online content, but resistance has somewhat weakened, according to a new JupiterResearch, writes DM News. Adoption of paid content is up from last year, though 64 percent of adults still say they wouldn’t pay for content to avoid online advertising. However, 31 percent of online adults paid for…
More from Squared: 2 in 3 Still Wouldn’t Pay For Online Content But an updated Jupiter study also found the number who did actually pay for content was up 5 points over last year. DMNews.com story I’ve been helping to run some focus group/brainstorming sessions recently and this finding is consistent with what I’ve seen. …