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Janice Fraser

April 23, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Janice Fraser

of Adaptive Path: It’s a whole new internet. As usual more technically-inclined people will scoff at this (and they have been dismissive since JJG’s article on Ajax a few weeks ago), but they miss the point.

Tags: Tagging, Web 2.0

Excuse the radio silence,

April 22, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Excuse the radio silence,

but it has been unavoidable. We have been spending a lot of time in Ottawa interviewing for jobs, meeting old friends, and most time-consumingly, buying a house. We finally succeeded – after two other abortive attempts – and we’re moving to the mighty Capital City at the end of June. More details to come.

For those who are interested, this is the new place:
front-crichton.jpg

Tags: Ottawa, Personal

Zeldman:

April 19, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Zeldman:

Tag clouds are the new mullets. “It is of course wrong to compare weighted tag clouds to mullets, mood rings, and similar instances of mindless pop-cultural detritus. Tag clouds are not dumb. Their smartness is why so many have rushed to use them. But ubiquity and repetition quickly turn sweets to ashes.”

Tags: Tagging, Trends, Zeldman

Steve Rubel

April 19, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Steve Rubel

in his blog, Micro Persuasion: Character Blogs are a Complete Waste of Time. Waste of time, sure, but, even more, a waste of an opportunity.

Tags: Advertising, Blogging, Trends

Shatnerian

April 19, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Shatnerian

taps Father Guido Sarducci for Pope, noting that the good father still has an outside chance. I wonder if the London books will give odds?

Tags: Curiosities

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