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OJR: RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, But..  Engadget: "Damn, Phillip, you have enough iPods yet?"  Another NY Times bit about R.S.S. Scroll down to "Simple Charity." 
CIA Director George Tenet resigned. Who's next?  John Robb's instant analysis of the Tenet departure.  Buy or sell signal for stocks? Bonds? Gold? Oil? Tech?  Skip's Italian Food Blog.  The article about R.S.S. in the N.Y. T.I.M.E.S. does mention their feeds (I read too quickly) but it doesn't point to them. Martin Schwimmer doesn't know how he got hit by adware.  Burningbird: "I can’t be the only person who is uncomfortable with the premise behind Spirit of America."  Gizmodo reports on a sub-$50 digital camera you can buy at Walmart. 
In the last few days we wasted way too much time because of a curveball thrown by a couple of really nasty competitors. It's true, we're competing over something that doesn't make money, a format, but as they say in academia, the less there is at stake, the more vicious the competiton, or something like that. I've been Mr Naive about this. I'm going to work with users, they seem to appreciate what I do. The techies and developers, until further notice, are bums. I almost want to say I hate what the technology industry has become, but when has it been anything but back-stabbing, low-road bullshit. We could be so damned powerful if we just worked together, but that clearly isn't what's going on. Seth Godin: "It's sad to see someone choosing to be stuck." I've said many times, competitors can be your best teachers. They're perfect mirrors, look at a competitor and you can get an idea of what people see when they look at you. A good competitor knows you as well as anyone else, and vice versa. I point to the competition when they're playing reasonably fair. It's not always good for business, but I assume our readers are smart, and that they'll make the right decision given all the facts. And by assuming readers are smart, we attract smart readers.
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