Losing America’s History

Today’s recommended reading is a bit all over the map. There’s something here to please communicators, entrepreneurs, consumers, and probably a half dozen other demographics. Don’t get too used to it, though, because I’m just as likely to get hung up on a single topic tomorrow.

The Tennessean covers the story of a state rep who has taken to blogging — and offending many of his colleagues in the process. Rep. Stacey Campfield has been taking a beating over his blog. The Knoxville Republican’s Internet postings about goings-on at the state Capitol have been called less than ”outhouse worthy” by one…

More from Amy Gahran (I’m getting caught up on feeds tonight).  I have heard from a surprising number of people — PR professionals even — who refuse to register for all of these news sites that require registration to read content. It’s an interesting problem as more sites go to registration. UPDATE: Mike Orren argues…

Telecom Asia – Ringtones and caller ringbacks get personal: Nametones are not that different from "true tones" that wireless subscribers with MMS-enabled handsets can download and use as either ringtones or caller ringback tones. But instead of a song having its usual lyrics, a nametone seamlessly integrates a user’s name into the song.

Curt Monash writes: “Perhaps the coolest of the applications Information Builders cited for me is by the NYC Department of Health.  This site provides a small amount of restaurant health information to tens of thousands of users per day.  As a former long-time Manhattanite, I can confirm that there’s a great need for this application. IBI…

For all of those folks who can’t blather enough about waiting for the "next generation" of iPod that has video or who are excited about video on cellphones or who insist on writing off today’s audio podcasts as a mere stepping stone to video in the future, I have one message: remember the Sony Watchman….