Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Yahoo bought blo.gs. If I didn't own weblogs.com, I'd wonder what's next. But since I do I'll just say congrats to Jim Winstead and Yahoo. The blogging world is growing up fast.  

Wow this is really nice. Thanks Brian! 

Jon Udell: "AJAX isn't the best imaginable lever. It is, however, sitting on the right fulcrum." 

Today's sexy dialog. There's a lot of data there.  

Dave Luebbert: "When I started to work with Charles Simonyi, he taught me to keep a steno notebook at my side." 

Wired: "The French news agency said bloggers were not allowed to post terms to MSN Spaces such as 'democracy,' 'human rights' and 'Taiwan independence.' Attempts to enter those words were said to generate a message saying the language was prohibited." 

Rebecca MacKinnon: "Most Chinese, like all other human beings I've ever met, would very much like to have freedom of speech." 

Rebecca is the star of the famous Nashville movie. I told her I might send the movie to Scoble. She said "You have free speech." Amen. 

I quit 

Three years ago today I quit smoking. I don't miss it one bit. Every time I pass a smoker I hold my breath. People who say it's hard to quit smoking are addicts, or enablers. The first week is miserable, then the cravings become intermittent, then trail off to insignificance. I still, very rarely get a craving. It always passes in a few seconds. If you smoke and want to quit, you can do it. For half the people who smoke, the anti-depressant Bupropion helps manage the craving. They're developing new drugs that work even better. The health benefits of quitting are enormous and many of them immediate. The long-term benefits are also enormous. Three years ago a doctor told me I'd be dead in three years if I didn't quit smoking. No shit. I'm still here.

Wow they like me! 

Check out all the great comments.

William Shatner said it so well: "I finally understood what Sally Field meant when she said, They like me, they really like me!"

Harry gets a haircut