And to think, I’ve never gotten as much as a 50 cent donation in 8 years of blogging — of course I can’t possibly offer the return on investment that a Ron Paul can. Or maybe I’m just jealous.
NBC Debate Live on the Web…. Or Not
Since I’m sticking at work a bit late thought I’d catch some of this Democratic debate but as is often the case with live network Webcasts… no dice. *Shrug* Guess I’ll just have to laugh at the “breaking news” banner some more.
Yahoo! MapMixer is Cool
Just as it was becoming clear this week that Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang’s first “100 days” as CEO isn’t setting up to be all that, a stream of new toys, deals, and partnerships have been announced. MapMixer is a product of Yahoo! Hack Day, according to TechCrunch and Reuters, and as you can see above, it enables you to overlay graphics on Yahoo! Maps (above is the USC campus, zoom out for full effect). Of course, not everything scales so nicely (see the Chicago ‘L’ map).
Yahoo is seeking more applied ingenuity and is pronouncing it’s “openness.” (NOTE: Jeremy Zawodny posted a much-better-written rebuttal/addendum to the BizWeek article on his blog.)
Is this real or a back-against-the-wall reaction to the apparent leak of a Google in-house video purporting a confluence of Google apps in a streamlined Facebook platform sort-of-way? Was Page and Brin’s $1.3 million landing at NASA’s Moffett Field near the Google HQ merely a decoy to overshadow speculation on the video? Is it true that there’s a bubble keeping the fog and cold bay air out of Silicon Valley?
The real big deal for Yahoo! this week was the announcement of a hefty deal to serve ads for Bebo, one of the most popular social networking sites in the UK (and a oft-rumored acquisition interest of Yahoo).
Also, tonight marks the launch of a partnership with Woot.com in which one item per night is featured on Yahoo! Shopping for purchase at sellout.woot.com.
Ear to the Ground: PDF2007
Keeping all lines open for updates from Micah Sifry’s Personal Democracy Forum kicking off in New York today.
Lessig and Eric Schmidt / Tom Friedman already, and it’s not even noon out there. Full schedule here.
Keep live-blogging, folks — good stuff!