Category: The Power of Many

By jove, I think David Weinberger has spun out yet another brilliant idea in P2P backup I think I’m missing something obvious, but why can’t I find a p2p backup system that lets me and a designated buddy swap storage space? I’ll give my pal, say, 5GB of storage on my computer if she’ll give…

Quoting from Blog and Wiki Best Practices Infoworld has posted a comprehensive package on the use of blogs/wikis in internal communications as well as for corporate communications/PR. Platforms reviewed include JotSpot, Socialtext and Moveable Type. The package is rich with good information. Here’s a summary of the article’s best practices. Note how they suggest to…

Quoting from Steve Johnson on books and blogs: Steve Johnson has a brilliant post on why he doesn’t blog his books as he writes them: The problem for an author is that books are not written the way they are read. They usually take years to write, from original proposal to final proofs; they are…

As I’m not yet an influential enough influencer, I will point you to initial impression of Yahoo 360 (danah boyd).

I was checking in with a Yahoo group set up for alumni of a startup I worked for in the dotcom days and noticed someone pointing to his progile at Txters.com. Looks like YASN, this one geared around enabling free text messaging.

Haven’t had a chance to explore this new Microsoft offering, but Crossfader appears to be a site designed to enable collaboration across the net among musicians and music producers: Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky – That Subliminal Kid In his debut Crossfader session, Paul Miller lays down the inside track about his new album “Drums…