Monday, June 28, 2004

BlogOn 2004 July 23 Berkeley California

BlogOn 2004 July 23 Berkeley California

This just in from Becky Sniffen....

"A new blogging & social media conference called BlogOn 2004 ... takes place July 23 in Berkeley, CA. BlogOn explores the business end of blogging, seeking to marry the inventiveness of blogging companies to the investors and tech leaders who will support the humble blog’s rise to the top of the corporate communications ladder. Prominent technology conference host Chris Shipley, along with speakers from the best-known blogging companies, will illuminate the business stories behind social media: the business models that will succeed and fail, the impact of the blogging phenomenon on tech and business culture, the ways in which new social media technologies will drive the next-generation Web, and how corporations can best use this rising technological toolset to achieve their goals."

Friday, June 11, 2004

Spam accounts for 2/3 of all mail

Spam accounts for 2/3 of all mail

The recent issue (7, 2004) of the German language PC Magazin reports that Brightmail, the spam filter specialist, filtered 96 billion e-mails for its customers, of which 64% were spam, up from 50% in July 2003, and 60% in January 2004.

The Brightmail website reports for May, 2004 that it hit the 100 billion mark for filtered e-mails, of which 64% were spam. 3.3 billion e-mails were fraudulent.

Internet Alive and Kicking - 63 million internet registrations

Internet Alive and Kicking - 63 million internet registrations

The Asia Pacific Media Network carries a June 9, 2004 article from the South China Morning Post reporting that worldwide internet address registrations had surged to 63 million in the first quarter of the year 2004, up 4.7 million from the previous quarter - a record increase.

The Internet is alive and kicking.

Friday, June 04, 2004

Catherine Seipp on Bloggers on National Review Online

Catherine Seipp on Bloggers on National Review Online

At the National Review Online, at her "From the Left Coast" column, Catherine Seipp, who also has a blog at Cathy's World, has an intersting article on politics, color and blogging.

OK, so why was I not invited?

Read the article to understand my question.

RSS at the New York Times

RSS at the New York Times

Here is a NY Times article by John R. Quain of June 3, 2004 handling RSS feeds. The article is by no means complete but has some useful information about "fine-tuning your filter for online information".

Thursday, June 03, 2004

Online Journalism - Learn the Lessons of Blogs

Online Journalism - Learn the Lessons of Blogs

Dan Froomkin is posting a series of articles on how to improve online journalism.

His first article includes discussion of Learn the lessons of blogs.

This is definitely worth a read for all bloggers and non-blogging journalists as also for those running media outfits and information and content services.