Blogher: New column now live- March 31, 2008 The latest Blogher column is up; it's a roundup of some new(er) voices in the sex and relationships arena.http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogher-new-column-now-live.html Shine and media: Jason's not quite right--but he is right- March 31, 2008 Jason Calcanis has a post today about how the launch of Shine suggests that Yahoo is not taking care of its media partners. Jason's point is that it's crazy for the Yahoo Developer Network to solicit the business of media partners to deliver services (and sell ads) at the same time Yahoo is launching a site that is going to seek advertising from the same sources (like consumer packaged goods companies). He writes: "Maybe this is Yahoo's plan to save itself Maybe if the launch media properties..http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/shine-and-media-jasons-not-quite-right.html Quote of the Day- March 31, 2008 "I just write and talk about sex. But every woman on the Internet gets called slutty and ugly and fat (to put it lightly) no matter what; all we have to be is female. In dinner conversation, my friend Lori reminded me of the Oscar Wilde quote, "Give a man a mask, and he'll tell you the truth." I restated it for the Internet, replying, "Give a man a mask, and he'll slit your throat." The application here is, "Give a man (or a woman) an anonymous account, and he'll eviscerate your...http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/quote-of-day_31.html Scott Karp gets $2.7MM for Publish2- March 31, 2008 Just heard Scott Karp has gotten $2.75MM in funding from Velocity Interactive Group to build out Publish2, his social bookmarking service for journalists. This is thrilling news for me for two reasons:1) Scott is a super bright and talented person2) It's inspiring, proof that the force of an idea and the courage of acting on it can lead to success (not that Richard McManus and Mike Arrington didn't show me that earlier).A nice quote from Scott:"Ive come to see the experience of bootstrapping..http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/scott-karp-gets-27mm-for-publish2.html Quote of the Day, and then some- March 30, 2008 "There are no more boundary any more between "species." What's a cat is a dog and vice versa. All media is social and all social is media. End of story. Whether content is created by the Pros or the Joes it all has influence, even if it's small."--Steve Rubel, writing about how all media, these days, is social.Susan sez: I agree with Steve on this, but it's important t note that while all media is social, the way we access media has completely changed. IE TechCrunch may have rthe authority nce..http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/quote-of-day-and-then-some.html Aril 23rd: From MySpace to Hip Hop conference- March 30, 2008 It's in the middle of the Web 2.0 Expo, but the conference danah boyd, mimi ito and others put together to share their findings from their McArthur-funded research on youth and digital media is going to be just too good to miss.Called From My Space to Hip Hop: New Media In the Everyday Lives of Youth--Silicon Valley, CA, it's billed as a public forum on how digital technologies and new media are changing the way that young people learn, play, socialize and participate in civic life.Here's the.http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/aril-23rd-from-myspace-to-hip-hop.html Getting into growth: StatWatch- March 30, 2008 Louis Gray did me the kindness of including this blog in his stats review of well-read tech blogs.Not surprisingly, but a bit to my chagrin, my blog's the laggard in a fast-growing category.However, now that I'm one month out of a demanding job at Yahoo!, I've been putting more effort into the blog and would like to see the readers grow--Louis, hope you'll check back in a bit and see how we've grown here.Coming up: A redesign, more frequent postings, and some news about future directions and...http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/getting-into-growth-statwatch.html Reflections on Re:Public and the future of information- March 29, 2008 Came back from 36 hours or so in LA with the feeling the time had been well spent; Re:Public was an energizing conference for me, with lots of smart people to talk with.Some of the themes and thoughts that stand out:Academics, journalists and community organizers all acknowledge that the definitions of news are changing.Richard Sambrook of the BBC gave a great speech that included the idea that in the future, news will be valued for being accurate, but not for being objective.Solana Larsen...http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2008/03/reflections-on-republic-and-future-of.html |