Archive for September 7th, 2007
Interesting posts, part 9
September 7th, 2007 • interesting posts
I think some of these may be from last week but that’s OK, this week has been rather devoid of interesting news not about Apple’s new products.
Who really cares, why must this be a competition? Bloglines is a singular entity while Google Reader is a part of the Google Empire and frankly, is the better product for me. But this does not mean they’re in some RSS reader domination race, there’s hundreds of readers out there, some better some worse.
I know I certainly need more than 5 tips but these are an awesome start.
While I’m no longer a full time student, I would love to go for this scholarship opportunity because I think it’s pretty awesome to get that much money for writing about things you love.
Well, I’d definitely pay $15/mo for some cool tech gear, especially startup t-shirts since I need more of those!
First up, Google’s not totally entering, they’re just expanding Google Books quite a bit…for now. Amazon, on the other hand, is setting out to topple Sony’s ill-fated eReader (which looks nice but is ultimately useless, like most Sony wares) and might be just the company to do it. They’re going to be releasing a device that will most likely be wifi-enabled and connected directly to their books catalog for quick searching and purchasing. And using an e-Ink reader device will certainly sweeten the deal over Sony’s reader.
It’s a poignant flip side to TechCrunch’s gung-ho post.
They want to rebadge anti-net neutrality as something else, good luck with that. The Justice Department guys think that an ISP should charge you more if you use your connection more. Well, some people already do (users in the UK have download/upload limits, some US telcos do too) and last time I checked, people didn’t like getting charged extra to use an already absurdly expensive, moderately slow service. If an ISP is like USPS, why don’t our packets come back beaten up, late, and possibly wet? My packets getting beaten up and lost would be more appropriate than charging me more.
Obligatory Apple news:
And finally, there’s no link for this last bit of news that’s been “released” this week.
Woohoo!
September 7th, 2007 • chatter
Apparently, I was on StumbleUpon’s Buzz SU yesterday given the massive amount of hits I got referred from there: Buzz. It was a post two days ago for a witty icon/picture. I didn’t think it’d get many hits but according to WordPress.com Stats, I was way wrong: 4315 total for that one post (but over 166,600 hits in two days).
I’m working on IP9 now but there’s little news this week that wasn’t about Apple 
.
