- The Death of a Web Service (A VC) – Fred Wilson offers some rules for web service providers to live and die by. Since he uses Bloglet as his example of a service that could potentially die (that’s the service that delivers this blog by email) and I use Bloglet, this hit close to home.
- ‘As the blogs gain scale, they lose the demographic purity that made them special to begin with’ — Nick Denton (bookofjoe) – Blog readers are younger and wealthier than the average internet user.
- If Bloggers Had Been Around Throughout History (Six Apart) – My blog platform provider has a little fun with alternative history.
- Free Wi-Fi? Get Ready for GoogleNet (Business2.com) – Google is buying up unused, or dark, fiber-optic cable nationwide and speculation is rampant about what they’re up to.
- Putting Jesus in Every Mailbox (New York Times) – Some evangelists go "AOL" with a 1979 film titled "Jesus." Now available in DVD!
- The Big Moo (Reveries.com) – Seth Godin and friends have come up with a unique way to get their book in the hands of thousands.
- Historian vs. Traveler (Reveries.com) – Why one book became a blockbuster and another didn’t.
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