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Hi, I’m Jason Clarke. I’m a family guy, writer, and digital strategist based in Orono, Maine. More about me →

Technology

  • Twitter: a fad, not the future of all blogging

    I am coming out, for the record, against the increasingly popular social networking tool Twitter. If you’re not familiar with it, Twitter is a relatively new web-based service headed by Evan Williams, a founder of pioneering blog engine Blogger. The concept behind Twitter is that you keep in touch with friends– and fans– by posting…

  • Random thoughts on baseball and RSS

    * A quote that appeared on my Google homepage quotes widget: “No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.” –Jascha Heifetz * Former Red Sox closer Keith Foulke is retiring from baseball at age 34. Foulke said some dumb…

  • Adholes and the lessons of corporate indifference

    The laughably awful advertising industry website Adholes, which has declined steadily in terms of reach and influence over recent years, has taken another sad step on its way to irrelevancy by publicly calling me (and by extension other customers experiencing this issue) an “idiot” on their corporate website. Not since CBS News hoisted fake documents…

  • Copeland challenges Calacanis: $10k for blogosphere’s true money leader

    Well-known and outspoken entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, founder of blog network Weblogs, Inc (now a part of AOL), has walked into a potential mea culpa by publicly challenging Blogads, one of the blog world’s earliest franchises. On technology blog Valleywag, Mr. Calacanis was asked about rumors he was planning to compete against Blogads, arguably the largest…

  • Thanks for the link

    Thanks to MaineToday for adding this site to their list of local Maine blogs!

  • Dutson continues to cover the Libby Trial

    Lance Dutson continues his detailed, personalized coverage of the Scooter Libby Trial at his blog, Maine Web Report.

  • As blogging comes of age, growing pains persist

    A few comments on the latest political/blog scandal. First, some background. This time around, liberal blogger Amanda Marcotte, recently hired to run presidential candidate John Edwards’ campaign blog, is being criticized for a variety of blog posts she’s written at her personal site, Pandagon. As to be expected, liberal bloggers are rising to her defense,…

  • Looking back on my predictions for 2006

    Just over one year ago, I posted “7 things to look for on the web in 2006“. Now that 2006 is over, let’s take a look at how I did! Here’s my original post, and here’s a summary of my predictions, in order of what kind of impact I predicted them to have: 7. Hyperlocal…

  • Lance Dutson making history as credentialed blogger

    Photo: John Patriquin for the Portland Press Herald Lance Dutson More great and well-deserved press for my friend Lance Dutson, who will be making history next week as one of the first ever bloggers credentialed to cover a federal court case. According to the Portland Press Herald, Lance will travel to D.C. next week to…

  • 2006 Citizen’s Media Sites of the Year

    Last year, I named my “2005 Blogs of the Year“, and without even reaching it’s second anniversary, I’ve changed the format of this award. Instead of limiting its scope to blogs, I’m expanding this list to include all types of citizen’s media sites- from blogs to podcasts to video blogs to anything that might be…