Month: December 2004

Being mentioned in Tom Watson’s Christmas List.
Thanks, Tom!

Thought for the day. Enjoy it.

So, my daughter reminded me that today is the official first day of winter. “All the days get longer from here.” Gotta love that glass is half-full attitude in the face of 25 degree weather…Happy Winter.

A thank you to Adam Curry, who included a note from me on his Daily Source Code Podcast today, and played a track from everyone’s favorite rock star, Bari Koral. Said singer is releasing her new CD, “Confessions of an Indie Girl” this week. I give it the 2 big thumbs up!

I got a comment spam posting today that looked like this (Links removed)
Help stop evil (/www.womma.com) word of mouth marketers like BzzAgent.com by supporting the (www.blogethics.org) Blog Publishers Association founded by legendary blogger Jason Calacanis.

Jason’s site says he favors Blog Ethics, and also states someone else is doing the blog spam campaign. Jason is someone I’ve know for a long time, and I’ve been impressed with his business sense and maturity lately. That could sound like a back-handed compliment, so let me be more clear- in the old days he did play a little fast and loose, but was always a tough but fair person to deal with. I have trust that he would not stoop to blog-spam – what would it gain him except bad will and villification and that’s not what he’s after.

These kind of spams (I get them every day, whether I post or not) are exactly the reason why we need some way to self-regulate and keep the bad actors out of the picture. So, kudos, Jason, for taking a good first step, and I throw my hat into the ring on your side. Jeff Jarvis and Nick Denton are also involved. Read Jason’s post (above).