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Re: DemoCamp rising to the challenge

Mark Evans — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:07:28 -0000

david,
good post & here's hoping toronto's tech community starts to gain some momentum. it's encouraging to see democamp, torcamp, isummit and mesh happening so close together. perhaps it suggests the wheels are slowly starting to roll!

mark

Re: BarCampER

Mark Evans — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:26:14 -0000

glad to hear you’re doing well. take care of yourself.

cheers, mark

Re: It’s not Flock vs. Performancing

Mark Evans — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:39:39 -0000

mathew,
i've tried flock and came away disappointed because it came too early and i don't see how it's going to be different enough from IE, opera and firefox to carve out a niche. i think what the performancing extension demonstrates is flock's lack of raison d'etre. if flock's biggest sizzle can be defused so easily, then what's the appeal?

mark

Re: Blog plagiarism — Steal this blog!

Mark Evans — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 14:49:58 -0000

apparently, i've been scraped as well. i guess it's a badge of honor!

mark

Re: Comments — the new search frontier

Mark Evans — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 14:59:08 -0000

mathew,
now, this is an interesting idea. i like how you engage the people who comment on your posts. it can make an even interesting conversation.

Re: Web 2.0 is one big party — if you live in SF

Mark Evans — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:10:54 -0000

sometimes, it makes you want to pack up the kids (and wife, of course) and move to silicon valley until you realize a small bungalow is going to cost you an arm and a leg. still, a good offer to work within the centre of the high-tech universe.....

Re: Don’t bother searching for “Tianenmen Square” (updated)

Mark Evans — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:48:36 -0000

i like the anakin/darth vader analogy....don't be evil...yeah, right!

Re: Bubble Zen: When is a bubble half-inflated?

Mark Evans — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:35:38 -0000

mathew,
just realized i hadn't added you to my blogroll yet. my bad - consider it done.

mark

Re: Memeorandum is a black box

Mark Evans — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:58:36 -0000

mathew, don:
i'm totallly with you on the mystery of memeorandum. there are discussions about net neutrality where i have posted passionately and extensively but not appeared on the site. then i'll link to a businessweek story, for example, and - presto - i'm on the list.

Re: Blogs — it’s all about the conversation

Mark Evans — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:24:40 -0000

mathew,
looks like you're addressing the perplexing issue of how blogs get ranked? one thing i've tried to tackle is how the cream gets risen to the top, and how one would define "cream". for what it's worth, the blogosphere is what it is, i think. you find the blogs you like, you blogroll, link and trackback to them, and that's all you can do.

Re: At last, a way to track blog comments

Mark Evans — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:38:44 -0000

mathew,
we need to get on the cool list so we get invited to these betas rather than having to beg...:)

Re: FON sounds great, but will it work?

Mark Evans — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:36:00 -0000

mathew,
i share your skepticism. VC gone mad again...

Re: Is a blog without comments still a blog?

Mark Evans — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:02:53 -0000

i guess i'm on the fence, although i don't receive too many spam comments. i must admit, however, that getting comments is gratifying because it suggests what you're saying is smart enough, dumb enough or provocative enough to make someone do something other than just click away.

Re: Thou dost protest too much, Robert

Mark Evans — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:13:12 -0000

love the "google is cool, msft is not" idea. if truth be told, msft was never cool. it was always the kid who joined math club, while google played sports and flirted with the cheerleaders...or something like that.

mark

Re: Please, Firefox - don’t drop the ball

Mark Evans — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:43:33 -0000

to be honest, i didn't realize opening multiple tabs sucked up so much memory. it may explain why my laptop slows to a crawl given i like to have 10 tabs opening at the same time. then again, it may be the laptop!

Re: Nick Carr is a smart guy - but he’s wrong

Mark Evans — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:33:45 -0000

nicely put; wonder what mr. carr is afraid of - a little competition, perhaps?

Re: Is BlogBurst a force for good, or evil?

Mark Evans — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:23:30 -0000

mathew,
othher than compensation, i just don't think it will drive traffic back to a blogger's "home" site because people will consume the content via blogburst and the move on. perhaps a few curious souls will check out who wrote the post but not very many. and why would you sign up otherwise if you don't know the compensation plan. it's very much web 2.0 in following the start-up model of "build it and we'll figure out a business model later".

Re: An online memory-retention service

Mark Evans — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:49:03 -0000

i took a look at it a week or so ago. maybe it's just me but i don't get these online photo sharing, etc. services.

Re: Is a blog as good as a press release?

Mark Evans — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:32:42 -0000

he would have been better off focusing on the settlement amount, which is far more troubling financially and strategically than how google decides to release information. blodget is bang on when he points out google dismisses click fraud on one hand only to fork over $90M a week later.

Re: Okay, now Dave is starting to scare me

Mark Evans — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:19:32 -0000

he sounds like a sad and/or angry man.

Re: Disney stakes a claim for online TV gold

Mark Evans — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:50:21 -0000

nice mesh plug - ever the salesman! as for ABC, they are trying to pull a delicate balancing act between embracing the web and not pissing off all of their affiliates.

Re: Web 2.0 — powered by numbskulls

Mark Evans — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:01:14 -0000

I wonder what mr. carr has against wikipedia. it's far from perfect but it is quickly becoming one of the reference tools on the web. perhaps he should start making contributions to wikipedia to ensure it's not dominated by "numbskulls".

mark

Re: Use VOIP to call your broker — and sell

Mark Evans — Wed, 24 May 2006 22:05:03 -0000

mathew,
what i don't understand is who bought into the IPO and why? i mean, we all knew it was a money-losing dog that has to advertise like crazy to maintain any sense of momentum. yet, they were still able to sell more than $500-million of stock. i mean, what were these investors thinking? did they really believe that they would score if they jumped into the IPO rather than wait and see what unfolded. i mean, vonage isn't like the google IPO where "smart" investors stayed away because they thought it was expensive.

Re: This is taking the FOO thing too far

Mark Evans — Fri, 26 May 2006 10:39:04 -0000

mathew,
maybe o'reillly got advice about whether or not to patent web 2.0 from the same people who thought the vonage IPO was a good investment...:) bad move, tim, bad move.

Re: Dave Winer calls John Dvorak a liar

Mark Evans — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:40:19 -0000

that's funny. i wonder who's doing the laughing during the interview? is it winer or someone else? as for dvorak's mac tricks, i guess it's just part his m.o. so anyone who gets all riled up about it is missing the point.

Re: A breath of fresh air from Nick Denton

Mark Evans — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:55:47 -0000

denton's pragmatic approach is certainly different from the recent moves made by om malik and paidcontent. that said, it's probably easier to make tough decisions when you already have a strong foundation to build upon. what's also interesting is clearly denton doesn't need the money so maybe gawker is part-business empire, part-experiment, part ego-vehicle.

Re: Web 2.0 And Media 2.0 Are Still In the 1.1 Phase

Mark Evans — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 10:05:34 -0000

scott,
you're bang on, particularly about the fact that finding quality blogs is still a huge challenge despite the efforts made by technorati (and its strange authority tool), blogdigger, ice rocket, etc. as a newspaper journalist, who has had a personal blog for two years, it's fair to say newspapers are way behind the curve despite the blueplate special on the best blogging newspapers. in fact, i would argue newspapers are still trying to deal with the rapid news flow created by web sites - let alone the wave of independent blogs. reuters may "get" blogs but it doesn't mean it is going to be able to success adapt and evolve - at least in the short term.

Re: PayPerPost Will Taint Us All

Mark Evans — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 07:42:22 -0000

scott,
i think you're being far too dramatic. journalists (and i'm part of the camp) like to think blogging should be a pure communications medium for news, analysts, thoughts, etc. well, my friend, isn't not that kind of animal. blogs will become anything they want to be - news site, advertising vehicles, personal rant platforms, etc. to suggests "this is a sad, sad day for blogging, for publishing, for journalism, and for the new media revolution" is way, way over the top and smacks of elitism.
that said, i can appreciate where you're coming from but you need to stop thinking blogging is a uni-dimensional activity. there are low barriers to entry so anyone can do what they want. at the end of the day, companies such as payperpost may inspire someone (google, technoratic, yahoo?) to create a new blog service that "divides and conquers" or labels the blogosphere so you'll be able to find the "good" blogs (depending on your definition of good) or, for that matter, blogs that simply shill products and services.

Re: PayPerPost Will Taint Us All

Mark Evans — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:36:44 -0000

scott,
no doubt, you're right the blogosphere is becoming "mess-ier" as entities such as payperpost enter the fray. i would argue the blogosphere gets more difficult to find the good stuff each and every day simply because there are thousands of new blogs created. it's like going to a grocery store and finding the shelves and overflowing with merchandise to the point where you can't find the kraft dinner. hence, the need for a tool/service that can figure out or suggest the good stuff.