Who’s wagging the long tail?
The “long tail” is digerati shorthand for the the increasing profitability of companies’ backlists–the formerly neglected niche products that used […]
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July 2006
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Google AdSense vs. AdBrite.
Just for kicks, and because AdBrite has such cute branding, I decided to check out its advertising network. I’ve been
Poems
My haiku in Heron’s Nest.
Calder sculpture; a single brown leaf tumbling from the sky published in The Heron’s Nest VIII.2, June 2006 This is my first
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Fixies.
When I was a kid, the more gears your bike had, the cooler it was. Yet San Francisco is just
Field Notes
Singing Science Records
I’m definitely adding some of these tunes to the “some day learn to play on ukelele” list. I love the
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Anti-spam and digicams.
Here are two upcoming PCMagCast events that I’m producing and moderating. Lots of useful info in both of them —
Field Notes
Ukulele boogaloo.
Big, eclectic, wonderfully easy-to-use collection of ukulele tabs: Ukulele Boogaloo
Field Notes
EFF: Perfect 10 v. Google
I love it: A bunch of librarians (and EFF) are helping Google fight a porn publisher for the right to
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SMS 411.
Want to learn more about SMS, aka short message service, aka cell phone text messaging? Check out my new site,
Field Notes
Technology Review: Wireless Wonder Chip
HP’s working on a 4 megabit RFID chip half the size of a grain of rice (most RFIDs only hold