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Information overload in the web era « The Equity Kicker
I heard this idea from Stowe when I first met him at a LibraryHouse conference in London a couple of years ago and at the time I was unconvinced. At the I thought the way to get the best out of the blogosphere was to pick the best blogs and try to at least glance at every post.”
But now Nic’s wised up. It only took a few years!
Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail - CNN.com
James Karl Buck sent a message using Twitter which helped get him out of an Egyptian jail.
Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he and his translator, Mohammed Maree, were arrested April 10.
On his way to the police station, Buck took out his cell phone and sent a message to his friends and contacts using the micro-blogging site Twitter.
The message only had one word. “Arrested.”“
Paul Kedrosky: Microsoft/Yahoo: Dead? Dithering? Drunks?
Why? Because both companies’ businesses are squishy and doing somewhat worse than expected. Yahoo wasn’t able to pull out a big beat, and Microsoft wasn’t able to deliver the quarter expected, largely because of Windows weakness (which I think is a bigger issue than Windows piracy). Even if this would be a horrifically messy combination to bring off, the two companies need each other.”
I like my analogy better: two people drowning who grab each other, and hasten their inevitable end.
