Technology

  • coComment: Free invites available

    In case you missed it, the good folks at coComment stopped by my comments section the other day in response to my review of the service. They were kind enough to post three invite codes to beta test their new service. I’m re-publishing them here for all to see. If you use one of these…

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  • coComment wants to help you save and track your comments

    coComment is a new service that’s been generating some healthy buzz in blogosphere over the past week. It started with Robert Scoble’s post last Saturday night and continued throughout the week as various bloggers weighed in. If you haven’t heard, coComment sounds like quite a nifty new service…and it is. It’s a site that will…

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  • More first-hand reporting on Iraq from Michael J. Totten

    Michael J. Totten, the enterprising solo reporter/blogger who published a fascintating first-hand report on Iraq yesterday, is back today with an even more amazing post (with photos!) on the future of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. This is groundbreaking, amazing original reporting that also happens to be extremely readable and engrossing. If you have ten minutes, please…

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  • Michael J. Totten, a freelance reporter, spent some time in the northern Iraq city of Erib and files an engrossing first-person report on his time there. Michael’s braveity in venturing into Iraq virtually on his own is to be greatly admired. Perhaps even more so is his willingness to report back with candor, narrative, wit,…

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  • Soon to be a five-column world

    I thought I was a bit off when I launched a redesign of my TV blog, Network Landscape, with not 3 but 4! columns. Today though, I stumbled across the Hartford Courant’s website, courant.com, which features 5 columns above the fold! I’m still not sure how I feel about that, at least not until everyone…

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  • The night before my book came out, Glenn Reynolds linked to it and drove its Amazon rank from around 12,000 down the mid-hundreds. Two days later, his links again propelled the book, this time all the way to #4. Of course, I can’t return the favor, but the least I can do is link to…

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  • Newsvine invites available

    I have twenty invites to give away to check out Newsvine, the new community-organized news site which just opened up to public beta. If you’d like one, just let me know via email at jgc-at-jasonclarke.org. I’ve been using the site for a few weeks. I’ll post some thoughts here when I get a chance. My…

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  • 7 things to look for on the web in 2006

    Happy New Year! I have some humble predictions for the biggest themes, trends, and ideas on the web in 2006. I’ve got seven items here because the arbitrary concept of posting either 10 or 5 seemed pointless. A list either too long or too short would’ve been diminished by the inclusion of ideas either made…

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  • 2005 Blogs of the Year

    My picks for 2005 Blogs of the Year: 5. Scripting News – Dave Winer / He’s often infuriating, especially in a disagreement. But there’s no doubt that Dave Winer is the unofficial Chief Technical and Philisophical Officer of the living web. While some people find one or two interesting things to say every couple of…

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  • Best of the web 2005

    In abbreviated form, here are my picks for the best software, services, and/or tools for the year 2005: 5. Bloglines – I’ll start with a downer: I don’t love Bloglines…yet. But I do like it a whole lot, because it’s a reliable, pretty friendly place for me to store and view my RSS feeds. I…

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