In which Chris Anderson pulls some numbers out of his behind in an effort to prove that Rupert Murdoch (a rather successful businessman) doesn't know how to add up the numbers. It's this kind of silly post that makes me despair. - Ian Betteridge

Great list of productivity blogs. Don't fall into the trap of spending so long reading that you don't get anything else done, though! - Ian Betteridge

Excellent post by Jason Calacanis on why Nick Denton's business model is sheer genius. - Ian Betteridge

Another great analysis from Alan, about "digital sharecropping". If you write for a new media site, you should read this. - Ian Betteridge

Actually, I suspect that artists like Neil hate MP3 because they're half-deaf from years of work on stage. - Ian Betteridge

Did I share this already? I'm going to share it again, then! - Ian Betteridge

Hamlet asks the Lindens straight out whether they're working on a phone or console client, Linden's come straight out and say no. Now wasn't that easy, you other bloggers? :) - Ian Betteridge

Utter genius. Take a close look at the screen grab in this post... - Ian Betteridge

Yet another story which you can apply Betteridge's Law to: if a story's headline ends in a question mark, the answer to the question will be "No". - Ian Betteridge

Smart, and useful. - Ian Betteridge

Ouch. - Ian Betteridge

A useful summary of current options. - Ian Betteridge

"No, I don't agree with that, and I don't think that's what Joanne is saying." - Ian Betteridge

"Hi Joanne, First of all, thank you for hosting the discussion at your place. I think it was pretty valuable - and overall, I think your post was valuable too, even thought I don't agree with you. The simple reason that I didn't notice Boing Boing erasing the material is that I don't read Boing Boing. It's not my cup of tea. And yes, I only read about it yesterday. Oddly, I don't spend all my time on the Internet. And hey - nothing wrong with being slow to some news. It gives you the opportunity to digest what people are saying, rather than being quick to judge. I tend to find that works for me." - Ian Betteridge

A long post by Prokofy, someone who people think is a troll. The smart people will wade through this and see some fascinating questions and points. Is Social Media a socialist/leftist thing and do our applications and corporate/indie battles suffer from our same political views. (I've had experience with Republican-run startups, so I have theories). Read this in its entirety and weigh in. I'd love to know what the open thinkers think (if you've blocked Prok, you're not an open thinker, IMHO. You don't have to agree with her, just occasionally -read- the good posts. - Eric Rice

I'm one of the people, btw, who is kinda in that in-between place of wanting loads of cash and wanting greater good things, and both affect the other. Our political system in the US, barring frivolous things like wars and religions and such, can be traced to the general methodologies of both parties. There's this difference between greater good and personal good. Believing in something that's right vs. profitable. Keep this in mind when reading this post above. - Eric Rice

This either/or dichotomy is false. We can have profit and self interest that is also cooperative and collaborative and serving of the public good. Please see this Howard Rheingold TED talk on "new way" collaboration - in which he unpacks (with great skill) the prisoners dilemma and other logic common to traditional models of business. He argues that new models are needed - especially in relation to emerging technology and social technologies. http://www.ted.com/index.php/t... - melmcbride

I would *love* to read the post and "weigh in". But since dear old Prokofy banned me from her blog, accused me of stalking/harrassing/"wishing her real life harm" etc I decided to disengage from her completely. Shame, because you're right - occasionally she makes some good points. But those good points aren't worth the grief(ing) she gives me. - Ian Betteridge

mel: yeah but politically, it's kinda hard to be not either/or in an either/or political system (and yeah registered indie and there are other parties, whoopity doo, like that means something, heh) - Eric Rice

Work that one out. - Ian Betteridge

Note that "NetApplications does not measure market share in the traditional sense". NA's figures are useful as a method of tracking trends, but not definitive market share figures of any sort. No doubt RoughlyDrafted will be taking them, applying some of Daniel's "interesting" maths, and claiming that the Mac has 130% of the computer market. - Ian Betteridge

"Interesting - but, I note, Joanne had posted her post prior to this one. So clearly, while a proper newspaper was willing to make a couple of calls, she wasn't." - Ian Betteridge

Yet another example of a blogger not doing any research. In this case, some posts disappear off Boing Boing and Joanne decides - on the basis of zero evidence other than the gender of the person who's posts were deleted - that this was because of "sexism". She doesn't call anyone, email anyone... just reads a story on Valleywag and thinks that makes her an expert. - Ian Betteridge

"It appears that Violet Blue's works were systematically removed from Boing Boing's archives. This was no mistake." This, of course, is an assumption. Has the author even attempted to contact either BB or Violet Blue to find out? Judging from the post, it seems not. - Ian Betteridge

This could, of course, mean versions of the search client. But an iPhone/PS3 client for Second Life would certainly rock. - Ian Betteridge

I like this so much I seriously just tried to like it again after clicking the link. Double like. - Cyndy

I should do the same with all posts that mention "friendFeed"... - Ian Betteridge

:) - edythe

"Good points, Richard - of course, until the App Store is launched, all of this is speculation, although John's speculation usually falls into the "informed" category. "If your app won't generate that much revenue then it should probably be free." I would actually take issue with this. This isn't a decision that's really Apple's to make - if the App Store is to be a free market, rather than some Soviet-era thing. Yes, of course there needs to be some threshold, because Apple can't afford the transactional costs of paying out every sale instantly. But Google sets its threshold for AdWords at $100, which seems more reasonable, and others go as low as $50. $250 is, I think, unreasonably high." - Ian Betteridge

So they've hired a newspaper editor to work on a magazine, and the associate publisher of GQ to publish it? Unless David Rowan has hidden talents, this one looks like a FAIL. - Ian Betteridge

So not only is Apple the gatekeeper of whether your application can be distributed, it's also keeping your waiting to write an application at all. If the initial developer programme for the Mac was handled like this, the Mac would have been dead in a year. - Ian Betteridge

I really like Plurk - you can find me on there as ianbetteridge. - Ian Betteridge

I'm almost tempted to use this - if it ever gets ported to the Mac, it would solve a lot of problems. - Ian Betteridge

This has been coming for a long time. - Ian Betteridge