Category Archives: Internet

Americans, are you serious?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Chris Zach

Americans cannot be taken seriously. Let’s prove this theory by studying the recent most popular stories list on CBSNews.com. The key words that seem to drive clicks include: adorable cat (x2) Palin+Trump (2012 Presidential campaign mates) terrible teeny-bopper pop music … Continue reading →

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Blogged from my iPhone

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Chris Zach

I just downloaded the WordPress app for iPhone so of course I need to try it out. I don’t know how much I’ll want to blog on this little touchscreen keyboard, but it can’t cause me to post any LESS … Continue reading →

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Chumby Multiplies on to New Screens

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Chris Zach

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net. What’s a chumby? The quick answer is this: chumby is many things, and the list never stops growing. We last wrote about chumby in April 2008, when they raised $12.5 million in a Series B round in … Continue reading →

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OpenCandy Has a Sweet Tooth for Recommendations

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Chris Zach

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net. In February of 2008, six guys in San Diego decided to fundamentally change the software community for the better. You need only read the first sentence of OpenCandy‘s About us page to learn a telling amount about … Continue reading →

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My question about Media Cloud

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Chris Zach

From MediaPost.com: Thomson Reuters has partnered with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to launch the Media Cloud, a set of research tools for tracking online media coverage. The joint effort is meant to bring some clarity to … Continue reading →

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Social Views of Email on the Desktop | Chris Pirillo

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Chris Zach

Chris Pirillo interviewed a Microsoft employee about work on a project called “Salsa”. Watch the video and then ask yourself the following questions. Would you consider the research and development Microsoft is doing on the social networking aspects of email … Continue reading →

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