Geek And Poke

Don Scoble

A new epsiode in Robert Scoble brave fight against the dark side of the blogosphere.

(Btw.: Nicholas is even brave. See "The Lonely Battle")

The Blogosphere Board - Episode 2

Good to know that sometimes the A-bloggers have the same problems as we D-bloggers (see Robert Scoble).

See also episode 1 of the Blogosphere Board.

The Google Elections

Donna Bogatin asks whether Google is a democracy.
Of course it is.

Simple Reality

Microsoft tried to change Wikipedia page by asking a blogger (see Techcrunch).

But not only Microsoft is sometimes annoyed about the unwritten rules of Wikipedia (see Donna Bogatin).

"Michael Arrington has publicly admitted fears of intimidation by Wikipedians has dissuaded him from attempting to correct errors in Wikipedia’s TechCrunch entry:    

'While wikipedia appears to be open to all, I’ve seen numerous examples of changes getting immediately deleted for what appears to be political reasons rather than the pursuit of pure knowledge. And I’ve also seen people be attacked for making changes that appear to be factual and correct.     The TechCrunch listing on wikipedia has a number of errors. But there is no way in hell I’d ever think about fixing those errors. The wikipedia community has completely intimidated me to the point where making a change to that site is unthinkable.'

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But why has only Wikipedia the right to set the rules?
In a lot of countries you have the right to publish an account from an opposing point of view at the same place the original article was published. Shouldn't Wikipedia also adhere to these basic rules?

Ballmers Tip Of The Week - Part 2

Bad news:     The Zune is crippled even more (see Steve O'Hear).
Good news:   Microsoft gives us something to laugh about (see Slashdot).

Modern Mathematics

Mathematics found amazing insights about Nobel Prize winners (see Slashdot)

"A new study finds those who won Nobel Prizes between 1901 and 1950 lived about 2 years longer than nominees who didn't win."

Ballmers Tip Of The Week - Part 1

Steve Ballmer says "Zune's DRM is Microsoft's future" (see Mary Jo Foley)

The Consultants Handbook - Part 1

SOA is too much... (see Joe McKendrick). But for whom?

The Future Of The Googlenet

Google does not longer need the internet. It has its own content (see Nicholas Carr).

(If you think "hey, I know this cartoon" you're right. It's a remake of this)

Uncle Steve

Steve Jobs says (see Jason D. O'Grady):

Jobs: "Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain."

I'm so glad Apple is worried about us.