(If you’re visiting from Techdirt or SiliconBeat [many thanks Mike and Michael], you can find a more detailed review here, if this post doesn’t have what you’re looking for.) Tip of the hat to MikeK over at HackingNetflix.com for the…

(Note: Disclaimer due to an active relationship around this general space.) Scott Johnson (VP of Engineering and Co-founder of Feedster) announces a new bit of Feedster functionality that allows users to search only MSN Spaces blogs by heading to spaces.feedster.com.…

Dave Winer’s post about MSN Spaces pinging Weblogs.com reminded me that I hadn’t blogged a semi-interesting idea… I mentioned to one of the senior execs of the company working on blog related offerings that I’m consulting to that there seemed…

Here’s the press release for MSN Spaces, which I wrote about yesterday. Aside from everything we knew yesterday, there’s one additional tidbit of note in the press release… It looks like Microsoft is in ‘fast follower’ mode, and intends to…

(Note: Disclaimer due to an active relationship around this general space.) Ross Mayfield notes that MSN will be launching MSN Spaces (their blog authoring/hosting offering) sometime this week, with the comment: “Other blogging vendors will thank them for introducing their…

(Robert, don’t rush for the unsubscribe button bud.) Well, there have certainly been some interesting developments over the past week while I was busy gorging on turkey and other tasty treats down in San Diego. One of the more interesting…

Just a quick FYI… I am currently doing engaged in a focused, short-term consulting relationship with a company developing “blog related offerings” (apologies for being obtuse, but that’s about all I can say at this point). This, coupled with the…

Andy Beal over at Search Engine Lowdown notes that Google is rumored to be looking for a relationship with an advertising agency. While Andy, Michael Bazeley and others rightly see this as a (potential) change in Google’s marketing strategy (i.e.,…

I’m down in San Diego, catching up with friends and family, some of whom I haven’t seen in 10 years. I hope you too are having a great holiday wherever you are! (I’ll likely resume posting on Monday.)

I got a call last Friday from a potential client. Could we move our meeting to the offices of a Sand Hill Road VC that they were dropping in on. “Sure,” I said, “what’s the address?” “I’m not sure, just…