Web 2.0 gas prices

Earlier today we were having a hot debate about how John McCain doesn’t know how much a gallon of gas costs. A Republican thinks we’re being too hard on old John. I thought not, what single fact could you expect someone running for President to know? It’s like asking the manager of a baseball team […]

Looking for a few good feeds

I’m revamping my feed reading.
FriendFeed has made me (and apparently others) much more aware of how I get my news.
I’ve also learned a ton from the NewsJunk project. I get much better political news now than I ever have, and it’s getting better all the time.
Something I’ve learned…
The thing that makes the difference: GOOD FEEDS.
Behind […]

A way for Twitter back in the pink?

I’m not sure how much of the stress in Twitter is caused by the services that poll its API on behalf of thousands of users, but it’s got to be a lot of work to service all those requests that are constantly coming in.
Here’s why it has so much work to do. When I post […]

I wish Twitter would partner with Gnip

Yesterday I wrote a teaser piece masquerading as a vision piece. The vision is not mine, it’s Eric Marcoullier’s, a very affable and brilliant entrepreneur from San Francisco, who founded MyBlogLog and sold it to Yahoo for big bucks a few years back.
As we know Twitter is having scaling problems, and in fact, some of […]