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Re: Engadget's back to school 2012 sweepstakes: win one of 15 gadget-filled bags!

BrianSullivan — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:10:20 -0000

Nice stuff.

Re: Scripting News: Web server nerdvana

BrianSullivan — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:03:16 -0000

Actually she is a race car driver not that it really affects your argument.

Maybe an integrated registrar, dns and cloud server? Rackspace would be an ideal location -- talk to Scoble maybe he can suggest it.

Re: When do you throw a CEO’s privacy under the bus?

BrianSullivan — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:13:50 -0000

Any email from a CEO of a company talking about that company that a journalist covers sent to the journalist should be considered public unless there is a prior arrangement that it is off the record (and even then I think it is somewhat suspect).

I don't see how as a journalist you can be Mark's "friend" and also cover his company without bias.

Do you count yourself as a journalist?

Re: Welcome to the age of consumer HD video

BrianSullivan — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:08:03 -0000

Unfortunately the bandwidth availability of most users doesn't match the quality of the video equipment (either for viewing the video from Youtube or I am sure uploading to Youtube).

And waiting for the little icon to download enough video to fill the buffer two or three times in a 30 sec video makes the experience suck.

Re: Who or what will be the BitTorrent of Realtime? (Scripting News)

BrianSullivan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:13:42 -0000

I am thinking Flash or Silverlight would be prime candidates as the repository for the technology. They have the need and something like realtime delivery of Olympic coverage would be a spark. I thought I vaguely recalled that NBC/Microsoft did something like this with the last Olympics and Silverlight (or did I imagine that?).

Whether Adobe or Microsoft could get their act together enough to incorporate or build the technology and infrastructure necessary to make it happen is another question.

Re: Real time comments will piss off pro bloggers (at first)

BrianSullivan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:58:40 -0000

How many people read blogs by going to the web page anyway? How many people go there, comment then continue refreshing the page to read new comments in order to simulate real time type comments? Is this really an issue

Re: Real time comments will piss off pro bloggers (at first)

BrianSullivan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:23:35 -0000

Page views is the old old way of getting paid for advertising. Google ads have always been click thru driven, though I am guessing that they still drive a lot of metrics from the number of page views.

Re: Sending email to subscribers (Scripting News)

BrianSullivan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:31:59 -0000

I thought the "any advice would be most welcome" indicated just that - but obviously it means something else.

Re: Sending email to subscribers (Scripting News)

BrianSullivan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:04:51 -0000

It's a bit of a stretch to say you need a "mail server" isn't it? What you need is a small portion of what a typical mail server is -- basically what you need is a mail relay. Windows servers have a built in mail relay as part of the standard distribution. Why not use that?

Re: Ballmer on papers: Wrong, as usual

BrianSullivan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:33:31 -0000

I guess I was surprised at the apparently vindictive way you attacked his statement and him personally (or that you responded at all). He may have been using hyperbole but the essence of what he was saying is still true in my mind ( I guess we should agree then that the essence of what he said is not the same for you and I and leave it at that)

( I hope that your daughter subscribes to The G&M if she chooses to subscribe to anything ;-) )

Re: Ballmer on papers: Wrong, as usual

BrianSullivan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:06:16 -0000

If you take Ballmer literally then maybe your response is correct. There will be information printed on newsprint on a periodic basis perused by people as long as people my age are around.

Will it be the influential publications that we think of as newspapers today? Not a chance would be my predication. My children (which are older than yours) have never and never will read a newspaper except as a curiosity. That whole generation already thinks of the newspaper as an anachronism.

Maybe your thinking is somewhat clouded by your life and experience working for newspapers?

Re: Ballmer on papers: Wrong, as usual

BrianSullivan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:20:41 -0000

The first time in a long time I think your post is not as well thought out as it could be. Ad hominem arguments are usually reserved for those that can provide no other (and by lesser individuals than you).

I am not sure I agree either with Ballmer's time frame but the essence is true. Newspapers as we know them are definitely going to disappear in the not too distance future(and I suspect certainly within my lifetime). Magazines -- not so sure. I don't have much other than a feeling though (which seems to be what you and perhaps Ballmer as well are basing your opinions on)

Re: The early Internet: No business model

BrianSullivan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:45:25 -0000

Isn't this a bit of strawman? "The Internet" was not a corporation or enterprise. It was a collection of networked computers tied together by mutual agreement. You can bet though that the corporations/enterprises offering access to the internet did have a business plan.

The fact that Google succeeded but existed so long without a strategy where more revenue was generated than was needed to cover costs was generated was an anomoly. It is not the rule. For every business that succeeded using that strategy there are thousands that failed. The history of tech and Silicon valley are full of the bodies.

This kind of thinking fuelled by ego and greed is exactly what caused the first technology bubble to burst and will cause another. Evenutally somebody has to pay the piper.

Re: Twitter and the importance of architecture

BrianSullivan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:56:54 -0000

Lucid as always.

Re: Convenience Beats Quality

BrianSullivan — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:50:58 -0000

A mantra for America perhaps? If this is the prevailing attitude then it's easy to see why U.S.A. is an empire spiralling down.

Re: Twitter: Don’t blame Ruby, blame Scoble

BrianSullivan — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:43:33 -0000

And I hope Loic will get the message and fix Seesmic

Re: Hey Scoble — you’re killing Twitter

BrianSullivan — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:20:41 -0000

I think the investors can kiss their $15 million goodbye. Twitter's 15 minutes of fame is over.

Re: Bloggers get “paid” with comments

BrianSullivan — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:48:46 -0000

I would like to propose an amendment to "Bloggers get paid in comments". I would propose "Bloggers get paid in conversation" is a better statement. What is happening is a temporarily it is more difficult to follow the conversation (like before trackbacks and comments system supported blogs).

I agree with Louis the problem is temporary.