According to Tom Evslin, it is a book published in blog format. But it is more than just a simple format change: Evslin has written a novel, Hackoff.com, that makes the entire blog experience, including comments, an integral part of the content, according to Fred Wilson.
Unfortunately, the site seems to be down right now, but I intend to check it out when it is back up…
Seth’s Blog: I’m liveblogging this Seth Godin joins the anti-liveblogging crowd (tags: blogs) TripAdvisor Growing With Help of User Generated Content “TripAdvisor is successfully showing the blue print of how to leverage user generated content, now the only question is the rest of the world watching? And who will be the next business to take…
MediaPost reports: BUZZ-TRACKING FIRM UMBRIA WILL UPGRADE its Buzz Report, which tracks conversations about brands on blogs and message boards, by offering users more refined demographic information and an enhanced method for dealing with blog spam. Buzz Report, which monitors about 11 million blogs and 100,000 public message boards, already analyzes posts to determine writers’…
Reuters: It took just minutes for the Vatican to alert the world’s media of Pope John Paul’s death — using text messages and email so the 2,000-year-old Church could meet the new demands of real-time news. The Vatican isn’t exactly known as a bleeding-edge technology center, so any large organization who isn’t prepared to use…
The John Edwards podcast attempts to strike a folksy, casual tone. The former VP candidate talks about the NCAA tournament being on in the background while he records with wife Elizabeth. But what really struck me in listening was that Mrs. Edwards plays a much more significant role in the podcast than one might imagine. …
The Top 10 Reasons Why Newspapers Are Sinking Online (Marksonland) (tags: Newspapers) Splashcast: A conversation with Marshall Kirkpatrick about PR approach and lessons learned (tags: podcasting copyright ip) Combined Thomson-Reuters Would Challenge Bloomberg – New York Times (tags: research) Social network marketing to hit $2.5 billion in 2011 | 901am (tags: SocialNetworking advertising) paidContent.org: The…
An article ("Courts Unlikely To Stop Google Book Copying") about the controversial project finds: Despite objections from publishers and writers, copyright law appears to be on Google’s side, legal experts say. The social value of Google’s initiative to digitize library books, including those protected by copyright, will likely weigh heavily in the search engine’s favor.