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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/washington/02campaign.html?ex=1301634000&en=a0b062a67525dd2b&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss">NY Times</a>: "The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, producing far-reaching changes in the way campaigns approach advertising, fund-raising, mobilizing supporters and even the spreading of negative information."

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:11:13 GMT

<a href="http://blog.ericrice.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/1/1853921.html">Eric Rice says</a> Podshow is "Old Media." For what it's worth, I'd like to see their artist agreement and judge for myself if they're doing anything new or if it's the same model that the record industry uses. Is there a copy online somewhere?

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:10:50 GMT

<a href="http://blog.podcheck.com/?p=66">Podcheck Review</a> has some of the details, but not the actual contract.

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:41:57 GMT

<a href="http://blogs.opml.org/amyloo/2006/04/01#lessLikeARecordLabel">Amyloo thinks</a> their model is more like broadcast rep firms.

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:40:23 GMT

Nick Denton is <a href="http://www.nickdenton.org/002191.html">looking</a> for a couple of MT devs in NYC.

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:32:14 GMT

Anniversaries

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:37:08 GMT

Today is April Fool's Day, so look out for some tricks.

It's also the 30th birthday of Apple Computer.

And the 9th birthday of this weblog.

And the 18th birthday of Frontier (the technology behind the OPML Editor).

Frontier, if it were a person, could vote in U.S. elections. I have no doubt who it would vote against, if given a choice.

Thus begins the 10th year of Scripting News.

Reassurance

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 07:55:06 GMT

It's reassuring to know, after all these years, I'm still a hypocrite.

<a href="http://startupschool.org/">Startup School</a>, April 29, Stanford University.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:30:55 GMT

<img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/03/31/postman.gif" width="65" height="129" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named postman.gif">I've been following the <a href="http://tech.memeorandum.com/060331/p26#a060331p26">mixup</a> over Scoble's meeting at Amazon, from a distance. The guy from Amazon apparently asked Scoble to cut the bullshit and tell him why he should be interested in blogs. If I had been there I would have said that blogging is now an expected channel of communication with at least some customers, with developers and the press. Amazon has customers, and presumably wants more. And they have a developer pitch too, and they have stories they want to communicate to the press. So if some of the people you want to reach like to receive information via RSS and blogs, why would you <i>not</i> want to provide it? To me, asking why you should use blogs is like asking why you should answer the phone. It might be a customer, a developer who wants to use your services, or a reporter who wants to write about the company. Your competitors answer the phone, so you should too.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:31:44 GMT

Dennis Forbes: <a href="http://www.yafla.com/dforbes/2006/03/29.html">Interesting Facts About Domain Names</a>.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:32:15 GMT

<a href="http://www.calacanis.com/2006/03/30/wtf-2-0-get-well-soon-charlie-gotham-gal-does-sun-valley-the/">Jason Calicanis says</a> he's "ripping off" my style, which is totally okay, and I especially appreciate that he credits me. Perhaps he should use an outliner to write his blog? That could make him even more prolific.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:10:11 GMT

One of my many <a href="http://essaysfromexodus.scripting.com/whatIsScriptingNews#otherMottos">mottos</a> of the past is "Only steal from the best." When you use someone else's idea that's the ultimate sign of respect. But it's important to say who you're stealing from, because they're the best, right?

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:12:08 GMT

<a href="http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/images/kim_polese_thumb.jpg"><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/03/30/marquis.jpg" width="65" height="80" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named marquis.jpg"></a>Some people have speculated that I'm going to stop blogging on Saturday, which is the 9th anniversary of Scripting News (also Apple's 30th). I don't plan to, although Murphy's Law says anything that can go wrong will go wrong. My plan is to stop as soon as the end of this year, maybe earlier. I want to get some things done first. And in the meantime, I've been getting some intriguing offers now that people know there's an end to this weblog. I like that very much. Marc Canter <a href="http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2006/03/keeping-it-fresh">wishes</a> the software industry would clone the ideas that were in Radio 8, which shipped over four years ago, and speaks as if I had already retired. Not true. And the codebase of Radio 8 is largely GPL now (we could probably GPL the rest of it, need-be). I want to build a developer community around it. Marc, how about we work together, instead of giving up, let's show em how it's done! There's still time, Murphy-willing.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:25:02 GMT

<a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gillmor/?p=237">Steve Gillmor</a> is thankful for many things.

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:23:49 GMT

<a href="http://www.brainjams.org/blog/chrisheuer/brainjams-new-orleans-big-announcement">BrainJams New Orleans</a>: "On May 4th we are going to bring the best of Web 2.0 to the New Orleans small business community in what could be one of the biggest Unconferences of the year."

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:16:16 GMT

Somehow I think he knew I'd link to <a href="http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002556.html">this cartoon</a>. ";->"

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:20:51 GMT

<a href="http://slate.com/id/2138951">Paul Boutin tries</a> to figure out what Web 2.0 means, and comes to the conclusion it's just the Internet.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:50:36 GMT

Apparently BART <a href="http://blogs.salon.com/0000014/2006/03/29.html#a1005">crashed</a> last night. (Not a train crash, a software crash.)

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:54:36 GMT

They say all the <a href="http://www.blogdad.org/">good domains</a> are taken, but in my experience none of them are.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:31:48 GMT

News.com <a href="http://news.com.com/1606-2-6055690.html">interview</a> with Guy Kawasaki about Apple at 30.

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 03:19:44 GMT