Category: The Power of Many

Quoting from Conversate: Conversate lets you create instant online discussion spaces. It’s simpler, faster, more polite, and less annoying than group emails…. Try inviting friends to a conversation, no login needed. If you’re intrigued, create an account, it’s free– you’ll get buddy lists and more options. (via Zephyr)

Quoting from Lucky Friday This Week: There’s a gathering of grassroots-media types and celebration of JD Lasica’s new book, Darknet, at the Varnish Gallery in San Francisco Friday evening, 6-9 p.m. Address: 77 Natoma street between 1st and 2nd St. and Mission and Howard.

It’s after 5 so I’m now free to announce that John Wiley & Sons has acquired Sybex, the publisher of The Power of Many. Here’s agent Matt Wagner’s take on the news (from One less independent?): The tech book market has been brutal the last few years, so maybe it’s inevitable that we’re seeing another…

Andy Baio writes: Upcoming.org gets a wiki not much there yet, but I’d love some help fleshing it out; feel free to add your feature requests

From the people who brought you Basecamp, here’s a new web-based tool for personal information management, to do lists, organizer: Backpack Gather your ideas, to-dos, notes, photos and files online. Set email and mobile reminders so you don’t forget the little things. Easily collaborate with others. No data lock-in, that’s a plus. I want to…

Quoting from Some thoughts about extended feeds & microcontent Is a feed the right place for your data? Do reviews belong in the feed or in the content? How about calendar events—in the feed or in the content? If it’s just generated via template, why not both? Or is this where the law intends I…