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Re: It begins…

Neil Sanderson — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:57:58 -0000

Sheesh David, it's getting hard to keep track of you, but good luck in the new job!
If you get one of those new coffee-table computers, can I come over to play?
Nice to see you again at Mesh.
Neil

Re: Thanks to all who meshed

Neil Sanderson — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:26:13 -0000

It was a great evening (not quite as many people as at Mesh itself, but getting close!). Thanks for your hospitality Mathew, Stuart, Mark, Rob and Mike.

Re: Digg vs HD-DVD: a social network revolts — updated

Neil Sanderson — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:29:49 -0000

A couple of things are unclear to me:

If Digg wanted to prevent people posting the code on the Digg site, why couldn't they use automatic filtering, such as is typically used to prevent obscenity? Surely they must have had such a system in place, along with the ability to quickly tweak it to target any specific text string. (Perhaps their system couldn't cope with the rate of postings?)

If, on the other hand, people were simply posting links to the code on other websites, is Digg actually liable?

Re: Google and eBay — catfight, 90210-style

Neil Sanderson — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:02:07 -0000

Nice one Mathew! ;-)

Re: Do you have a right not to be indexed?

Neil Sanderson — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:50:55 -0000

My sympathies are with the lawyers on this rare occasion. One of the problems, I think, is that Avvo will not reveal the formula for their rankings. Just browsing the listings, it seemed to me that lawyers early in their career tended to have lower ratings than the veterans. It's one thing to report that a lawyer has only two years experience, for example, but quite another to saddle them with a lower quality ranking, through a secret algorithm, on that basis.

Re: Eye Gravity Draws Attention And Interest: Study

Neil Sanderson — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:28:39 -0000

Poynter is now re-evaluating their original claim that online readers read more of each story. See here for details:
http://neilsanderson.com/?p=276

Re: Earnings: CanWest 2Q Profit Rises As Online Classifieds Offset Flat Print Ad Revenue

Neil Sanderson — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:29:31 -0000

David: Winnipeg is in Manitoba, not in Ontario.