Archive for December 2003



Photoblogs

Published on December 6, 2003

Continuing my coverage of noteworthy bloggers, I have come to realize that the blogging phenomenon is growing bigger everyday, spreading more and more around the world, and is not confined to just the writing part.

In my latest explorations, I have taken a closer look at all those people with a gift for taking awesome, high-quality photos. Photoblogs, short for photo weblogs, are sites where you’ll come to expect new photography every day, taken on the way to work, at work, after work and on the way back home. The best artists, listed below, have a knack for capturing ordinary objects in unusual ways. Enjoy their art!

Fredshead | Exitwound | A Photo A Day


The New York City Blogger Map

Published on December 5, 2003

New York Bloggers There are a million blogs in the naked city. Here’s where to find 2853 of them. A map of the city that shows where the bloggers are, organized by subway stop. Find out who’s blogging in your neighborhood!

I found it interesting to just poke around a little. Most of the layouts were pretty boring, and most people’s writing skills were equally underdeveloped. Unless you have something interesting to say or something interesting to serve up, you’ll lose me in 5 seconds flat. I know, I should maybe give people the benefit of the doubt that they indeed have a point that deserves their 15 minutes of fame - but it’s not 15 minutes I can spare. Go to nycbloggers.com


This Just In

Published on December 4, 2003

Time flies, and I meant to pontificate about a number of things. Reading through the November issue of Business 2.0 and some online threads, I came across a few interesting tidbits - here it goes…

A reckoning of sorts is coming to the cell-phone business. Forget about 3G , mobile gaming , and other supposedly disruptive technologies; on Nov. 24 the industry will enter a Darwinian phase that will rationalize the crazy-quilt nature of U.S. cellular coverage and perhaps bring relief to customers fed up with dropped calls and indifferent service.

What’s the catalyst? After 13 years of legal wrangling, the FCC will require carriers to let customers keep their mobile-phone numbers even if they switch service providers. The advent of “number portability” is good news for any cell-phone user who has angrily sworn that he’d change carriers in an instant — if only that didn’t entail changing phone numbers as well. It’s less good news for wireless carriers , because it may well push several of the weaker players over the edge.