Scripting News

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:06:13 GMT

Off to NYC to spend a couple of days with the folks. I'll update a few times from the Big Apple. Rootin for the Red Sox and the Cubs all the way. ABTY: Anyone But The Yankees. ";->"

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:12:40 GMT

Andrew Grumet is publishing an OPML file of IP addresses that have spammed his comments.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:04:04 GMT

Adam Curry's BloggerCon retrospect.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:49:45 GMT

O'Reilly has great events with all kinds of interesting people. Wish I could have been there, but I didn't get an invite. :-(

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:44:29 GMT

Jeff Jarvis conversation with Jay Rosen. Revolutions aren't that rare, there seems to always be one happening. People came to BloggerCon looking for a revolution. And people came to find that there is no revolution. Both got what they came for.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:32:21 GMT

Thoughts from last night's meeting at Berkman.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:36:45 GMT

Pito Salas, who came to last night's meeting, says Microsoft may be a model for how campaigns use weblogs. I agree.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:17:02 GMT

Elwyn Jenkins of Microdoc News is always a good read. I just read a Register piece that calls him a bad name. They are constantly hitting new lows at the Register. I'm sure they don't care, but I don't get it. It's like watching an old friend die. They'll probably ridicule me for saying this. Whatever.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:31:53 GMT

When the Register trashes someone I know to be honest, I will tell you so. This is the way to fight back. They trash me all the time, not much I can say about that -- except you can make up your own mind. Look at their accusations, carefully, and factor out the charged words, substitute more emotionally neutral words. See what they're really saying. Ask yourself if there's another obvious way to spin it. And consider the source. If it's the Register, it's probably not true.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:19:53 GMT

BTW, I don't take Google ads, never have, so I can say whatever I want about them. As Jenkins explains, the Google ad bar is a huge disclaimer saying "I can't talk about Google." And since Google is known to put gag orders in their agreements, who knows what other gag orders they've put in their agreements. We depend on light to get our information. Now Google is a source of dark. Exactly wrong. What's the opposite of bing?