Michael Arrington. Dave Winer. Tim O’Reilly. Jason Calacanis. Add a few names of your own. Within the navel-gazing little corner of the tech world that I inh...

There have been a lot of great conversations around and about some of my recent posts; Here are some highlights. My post about Google’s Microsoft Moment seem...

When I saw Malcolm Gladwell doggedly dissecting Chris Anderson’s upcoming “ Free: The Future of a Radical Price ” (see Chris’ response here ) my first rea...

Jay Smooth, “ Please stop calling everyone and their mother ‘The First Rapper’ “: U-Roy may be one of rap’s predecessors, and among the influences that lai...

Dedicated readers will recall me obsessing over and over-analyzing Auto-Tune in pop music earlier this year. It is, then, my pleasure to report that, than...

Having been blogging for a few years, I’ve developed a few annual traditions. This one’s a favorite: Warning you off of lame April Fool’s jokes on the web. Eve...

Phew! A warm welcome to my regular readers, now that I’ve had the misfortune of being visited by the worst of the rest of the web’s audience. I should have kno...

I’ve had the chance to follow Gawker Media since before it launched, really, and so it’s been interesting to see a couple of items pop up recently about the di...

Ask and you shall receive . Armin Vit delivers one of his inimitable logo critiques for the new MSNBC branding effort. I do have to say I support the use of...

Sasha Frere-Jones bears witness to Prince’s ageless funk in this week’s New Yorker. As much as I admire Prince’s gifts, it’s Sasha’s job I want....

Ned Lamont was undoubtedly helped by his supporters’ web efforts in his defeat of Joe Lieberman in yesterday’s primary. Lieberman’s team was especially incompe...

The community of people who criticize Wikipedia form an interesting culture , as I noted earlier. If you want the links to do the research yourself, here’s so...

Mr. Henninger, I had the good fortune to review your column , in which you express, at length and in some detail, your extreme distaste for people publish...

One of my recurrent sources of frustration with my fellow geeks is that most are just plain lousy at convincing others to try technologies. It’s only because...

From the New York Times’ Sunday Styles section Silicon Alley’s resurgence , pegged to a tech Meetup where the crowd was discussing new web startups. Yep, Web...

Paul Scrivens has been doing a great job of leveraging his brash personality and formidable talent to make a name for himself, especially in the design world....

I was really depressed by the comments on this post that Robert Scoble made until I read the comment by Mobile Jones , who I think stated the point perfectl...

Tom Watson’s take on Dan Rather’s resignation seems exactly right to me. Be careful the gloating you do and the negativity you celebrate, because they’ll be...

One of the things I’ve learned of late is that, despite being a wonderful, generous community of truly warm-hearted people, sometimes the blog world likes noth...

Regular readers may remember an unpleasant contretemps a while back with regards to the Little Green Footballs weblog . Well, being of the mindset that one...

Hey, everyone, it’s my last post on all this foolishness . I’d like to get back to the fun stuff. First, a tremendous thank you to everyone who’s emailed, lin...

There’s a few things we’ve been too polite to point out to you, but it’s time to set a few things straight. I would like you to know that idiotarian is not a...

Dear Danger HipTop T-Mobile Sidekick brand mobile internet access device: You suck. I know, I know, I’m your target demographic. A super geek who’s looking f...

It’s funny because it’s true ! This list of One Hundred Albums You Should Remove from Your Collection Immediately only includes 3 or 4 that I have. Overall,...

Never bad, almost always great, Salon’s Masterpiece series are masterly pieces....

Also, yesterday, John Dvorak published an article called "Deconstructing the Blog", denigrating weblogs. I rebutted in the comments section of the...

Interesting doings recently on Heather’s site :...

Speaking of belated messages, here’s one I’ve been meaning to relay… Confidential to Beyonce K. in Houston: Diana Ross’s career is rolling over in its grav...

As soon as I voice my objections to various awards and accolades, people start winning them . I bet that guy’s hung like a horse....

The more hype I hear about this “WHAT” thing, the more I think it’s just another overblown PR campaign. I’m sure it’ll make a big difference to some group of...

So, uh, yeah… a while ago my employer had a story that jumped on the post-straight bandwagon. Yaaawn....

Wow, you people are the best. I take back all the nasty things I said. Since my pathetic little whining about Amazon trusted friends went up the day before y...

I love Brill’s Content , been a reader since the first issue. Now Matt ‘s on the cover, and I couldn’t have been more excited. Rock Star Matt. But. But t...

I’ve got a question that’s been banging around in my brain for ages now. I’ve seen Melanie Griffith ‘s site linked all over the place, even by people whose wo...

I was going to complain that my friend Jon uses too many big words, but then he started talking about professional wrestling and I remembered that he may a...

I’ve been accused of a lot of things, but I’ve never been lambasted as endearingly self-deprecatory . I am quite unrepentantly proud of my completely unjstifi...

Mike ‘s got an analysis of my goofy tax idea that includes the following endorsement: "This might actually be the most regressive tax ever proposed by...

Peter ‘s got a kick-ass rant basically pointing out that those that can’t do, criticize. This kind of writing reminds me why Peterme was the first blog I read...

You know that saying, "Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me"? Well, what if someone keeps fooling me over and over, and I know they...

So the problem with my habit of complaining all the time is that when I have a geniuine complaint, I’ve already used up all my whine quota. Suffice to say, I w...

Dan already blogged my feelings on one of the screenshots pictures : The isometric view form has become so common in gaming that this is a terrific way to...

I’ve been remiss in not mentioning that Dan has been on a roll for days. Content coming out of his ears, all of it engaging, intelligent, well-written. I wis...