Dave Delaney writes: “… I was in Fido at lunch today with a friend. We were chatting when suddenly a man walked in and sat down across from us. He’s an actor, but I could not for the life of me place him.”
Dan Zarella writes about informational cascades and the tipping point. Worth a read, and RARE in blog-o-land, contains a few decent academic references. Refreshing!
It’s Friday. Enjoy this video clip from “Shine a Light”, a film (IMAX format) of the Rolling Stones in concert, directed by Marin Scorcese. More at the Scorsese site.
Dennis Howlett shares his thoughts on the impact of Twitter.
Brendan Eich wrote Javascript in the early days at Netscape. He shares his thoughts on Javascript, a much misunderstood language.
Jason Calacanis today used Twitter to quickly assemble 300 people so he could promote TechChrunch and attack the Demo conference. It was an interesting event. Talk about a “flash mob!”
Cloudy Thinking has adopted the DISQUS commenting system. The goal is to make commenting a lot easier so (I hope) you’ll comment more frequently.
[April 20, 2008 update I've deactivated the Outbrain rating system. Not enough people used it.] This blog is now using Outbrain, a WordPress plug-in to help you easily rate any post. Please let me know how you like Outbrain.
Veronica Belmont shares a list of her favorite Twitter API enabled applications.
A friend writes: You’ve got to hand it to Apple, they do a superior job of marketing the iPhone solution, even if it solves a problem you didn’t think you had.
Sportscaster Dan Patrick is promoting the term “passion bucket” to describe performance above and beyond (or not). Clever stuff. Let’s see if it catches on.
Tom Heath writes about Social Networking 101. He profiles Christopher Gergen (son of pundit and former presidential advisor David Gergen) who redefines “being a good networker.”