I’m currently listening to Louis Gray, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Gabe Rivera of Techmeme, Melanie Baker (AideRSS), Micah Baldwin (Lijit). They’re all a part of the Beyond Content Aggregation – Finding the Best Content Panel. One of the key things I hope to hear them speak a little more on is filtering and content aggregation. After […]
Read moreHow You Are A Filter for Information on the Internet
Jarred of Tropophilia has a unique response to a conversation started by Steven Hodson and one that I also supplied my thoughts about (see: Be A Great Human Information Filter). To quote Jarred’s post: But Steve states that bloggers can be “most useful” by essentially filtering information for readers. Our task, he says, is to […]
Read moreHumans – Not Machines – As Information Filters
Steven Hodson has an awesomesauce post on how bloggers are becoming news anchors in their own way. While he uses the term “gatekeepers”, Frederic of The Last Podcast prefers “filters“. Why the change in terms? Frederic notes: However, our readers can get their information from a million different sources, so I don’t think we are […]
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Spokeo – Helpful Web App or Cyber-stalking Tool?
Have you heard of Spokeo? Most likely it has heard of you. More specifically, it knows about any occurrence of your email address or other identifying information (like your Myspace profile name) in pretty much any public forum.
Read moreFriendFeed and Disqus Are Next Generation Services
FriendFeed Adds New Services You can now stream your Disqus comments through FriendFeed! Personally, I think this is a major step in the right direction to solving the conversation fragmentation controversy. Here’s what the developers of FriendFeed had to say: We had a “Fix-it Day” at FriendFeed on Friday, which means we spent all our […]
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