Shameless plugs are okay if they’re billed as such, right? Right. Well, with that in mind, I’m happy to report that one of my dearest friends (of ~14 yrs) has just launched his first business: selling custom poker tables and…

Deeje Cooley notes that Marc Canter is hosting a blogger’s dinner on Oct 13th (and like any good blogger, I’m spreading the word). Like Deeje, I’m hoping to attend.

Yesterday, I wrote a quick piece entitled .Mac glitches and futures where I pointed out a few key things about Apple’s .Mac service: 1. Very little PR/Marketing 2. Great margins (esp compared to the rest of Apple’s business) 3. Far…

You don’t often hear about .Mac (aside from the rare outage or upgrade), Apple’s online services offering/division. And yet, the services offer an interesting value proposition, especially for Mac owners. .Mac is a bundle of online services, nicely (neatly?) integrated…

Susan Mernit points to this press release from Somacon, announcing their new service, which allows Yahoo! Store participants to automatically flow their product feed into Google’s Froogle service.

Dan Gillmor sets the stage with the first of three planned Sunday articles on politics and the effects on technology and the tech economy. Dan takes a fairly neutral perspective, thus I’m forwarding it on (this blog isn’t intended to…

There was a lot of back and forth this week on AOL’s new RSA double authentication login announcement. Frankly, I was quite surprised to see some people criticizing AOL for offering this service, and claiming that it was unnecessary. While…

Susan Mernit has a nice wrap-up (with 14 links) on all of the rumor mongering going on about Google fielding a browser, or as Scoble hints, perhaps something even bigger… Considering everything Google offers after 6 years (save Search) is…

Yahoo Search Blog runs a post titled May The Buzz Be With You, highlighting some interesting trends in movie searches. Taken at its face, it points to pop culture tendencies in consumers, which is certainly interesting in and of itself.…

Battelle notes that a search on a Google SVP’s name turns up an Adwords ad for someone selling a private Caribbean island. (The ad has since disappeared, likely after someone’s account was depleted or the exec in question caught wind…)…