Deep Jive Interests

Congratulations to Eric Berlin — AKA Online Media Cultist — On Quarterlife

A quick congrats to Eric Berlin, who is the blogger behind online media cultist.  He was blogging a little more frequently, but has been held up over the past few months as the web producer behind...

Contest: I Would Give My [Body_Part] For A Chumby!

First of all — I don’t have a Chumby to give away, I don’t even have one for myself. But, man, looking at Dave Winer’s description of the thing, it makes me want...

“It Just Works” My Ass

The closest thing I’ve come to owning a Mac is through my brother, who purchased a notebook some months ago — but that’s the best thing about being a blogger: its part of our writ...

When Slate Discusses It, They’re Wise and Prescient. When Fred Wilson Does It, He’s Just Ageist.

Oh, what the difference of a few months makes. Or, rather, perhaps its just the pull of a web magazine, like Slate. Most recently, Slate has come up with an article heralding the death of email, in...

Is The Time Right For Google TV In 2008? Maybe, Even If Simon Fuller Teh Suck.

Well, rampant speculation about all things Google seems to be on the rise these days, what with Google getting into cell phones and now another rumour that its getting into TV courtesy of the...

To Everyone Who Has Recently Added Me To Twitter — Thanks

I am experiencing an epiphany these days with Twitter, not as a means to, say, broadcast that you’re eating a hotdog when you’re eating a hotdog (although to a fatblogger, I suppose it...

Leo Laporte Quietly Abandons Jaiku, Comes Back To Twitter.

When Leo Laporte leapt from Twitter to Jaiku earlier this year, the blogosphere was in a bit of an uproar.  I was.  Sort of.  And the reason was because Leo didn’t want people confusing the...

Canada Backs Off Chasing Pirates — To Chase Real Criminals Instead

In a somewhat surprising quote, a French-only newspaper called LeDevoir has the scoop on the RCMP’s (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) change in tactics as it applies to chasing after music and...

BlogExpo’s Mea Culpa Puts “Forgot-Gate” To Rest. I Hope.

So, in spite of all of the interesting debate — typical of a tech blogger’s weekend (where’s Jason Calacanis, though?) — around Mike Arrington’s not showing up at...

On Weeding Out Trolls — I’m Adding A Comment Policy.

I wonder if adding a comments policy for the first time is like getting your first piece of blog spam — its another sign that your blog has matured so that not only are you dealing with blog...