April Foolishness

Patrick Ruffini draws attention to President Obama’s election pledge to shed some light on the legislative process by posting legislation to the White House web site and permitting 5 days of public comment before signing.

We’ve passed the halfway point of Demo 07.  Below are my real-time notes and initial impressions of the products and services revealed today.  This session is heavy on mobile devices and applications. DART Allows diverse devices to interoperate and communicate effectively with each other.  Showed a slide show application operating a mobile device that was simultaneously…

What do you expect from a blog?  Fred Wilson points out what I have been thinking myself the past few days: Marc Andreesen is doing a great job with his new blog — but he’s setting the bar very high for himself.  Nearly every day he has a relevant, provocative, and informative post.  And they…

Muhammed Saleem has a good discussion of “sponsorships and freebies” and the ethics of it all in the blogosphere.  An excerpt: Again, I find myself thinking that as long as it doesn’t influence your opinion at all (meaning if you hate the gift, you blog your hate), and as long as you make fair disclosure…

That’s what I argue in a commentary today on Media Bullseye.  It has sparked a bit of discussion already, with Amanda Chapel weighing in to laud my views, which can only mean that it’s a polarizing piece! Jim Turner sums up when many others seem to be thinking: "               …