http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:44:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.64 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com <a href="http://blogs.opml.org/tommorris/2006/04/23#commentMadness">Tom Morris</a> on comments in the OPML Editor. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:15:36 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#When:5:15:36PM Gizmodo: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/iomega-1tb-network-attached-storage-169028.php">Iomega 1TB Network Attached Storage</a>. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:21:47 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#When:5:21:47PM <a href="http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10452">LaCie has</a> a 1.2TB drive for a bit less. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:26:50 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#When:5:26:50PM <a href="http://www.geekentertainment.tv/2006/04/22/eff-email-debate-should-the-sender-pay/">Irina Slutsky interviews</a> Mitch Kapor, Danny O'Brien and Esther Dyson about the future of email. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:54:11 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#When:8:54:11AM <a href="http://www.betterbadnews.com/58">BetterBadNews asks</a> what happened to Building 7 at the WTC. Did it commit suicide? Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:01:59 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#When:9:01:59AM http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#mediaMiddlemen <p><a href="http://publishing2.com/2006/04/23/what-if-media-20-is-less-profitable-than-media-10/">Scott Karp</a>: "But what happens if big company brands realize that they no longer need a media middleman to connect with consumers?"</p> <p>Bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing! bing!!! </p> <p>Why do you think they call it media? </p> <p>They're middlemen.</p> <p>In the future we won't need middlemen. </p> <p>Why?</p> <p>Because the Internet disinter<i>mediate</i>s. </p> <p>Which is a fancy word for "gets rid of the middlemen."</p> <p>Or, if you prefer, "gets rid of the media."</p> <p>All that's left when we go through 2.0 and 3.0 and 4.0 is nothing but information and people and lots of more efficient ways of connecting them.</p> <p>Now that said, I think the MySpace guys are onto something when they think of adding products to their network, so people can befriend them. As the <a href="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2006/04/23/shatner.jpg">guy</a> who plays <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Kirk">James T. Kirk</a> and does the Priceline <a href="http://www.priceline.com/promo/shatner_return.asp">commercials</a> says about "shop and compare before you buy" -- <i>Brilliant!</i></p> Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:52:30 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/04/23.html#mediaMiddlemen