According to The Industry Standard’s post entitled “10 Net Services that will succeed and 10 that will probably fail“, Trulia is hot and Zillow is not. Is Zillow really going to the dogs (wink)?
In the words of David Gibbons of Zillow: OUCH!
Rich Barton and the gang shouldn’t feel too bad. They […]
Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens in McIntyre v Ohio Elections Comm. (1995).
Ad for the Federalist Papers, written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, under the pseudonym Publius (chosen by Hamilton). Published in 1787 .
Kentucky Bullies Free Speech Under […]
WARNING: Rant ahead. No one under 18 admitted without parent or guardian. Read at your own risk.
I would much rather find my name on a blacklist than be thought to be among or even in support of the blacklisters. (Greg Swann , Do You Want Cheez Whiz with that weenie?)
Aside from the supreme irony […]
[WARNING: Rant ahead. Strong language. Mature audiences only. Some partial nudity. Read at your own risk.]
(c) Harley Schwardon
I have a confession to make. I don’t like the word ‘blogosphere’. Never have. I went along with it because I saw it everywhere and I figured that was the consensus. Well, to heck with that. I’m jumping ship. I’m out. I’m not going to use the word […]
When you are in Beta, you are invincible. Beta is the universal Internet excuse. It is equivalent to diplomatic immunity. When you wear a beta badge you can be unreliable, inaccurate, incompetent, glitchy, itchy, and just plain sucky. You are immune from ridicule or legal liability. When you’re “in beta”, you’re untouchable. […]
The Emperor’s New Suit
Content is NOT King. It’s time we overthrew this long reigning blog ruler. Sic semper tyrannis. Before the loyalists start sharpening the guillotine, let me explain. IMHO, there is no King to a successful blog, nor should there be. For one thing, success is measured in different ways. Success could […]
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” (Charles Mackay)
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki is often cited for the proposition “the large crowd is smarter than the expert few”. […]
There are three kinds of lies—-lies, damned lies and statisics. (Mark Twain)
I am not a big fan of charts or statistics because they can manipulate data and distort the truth. I’d prefer to see the raw data. Yet, some insist on parading them to support their point of view. Here’s an example […]
The Journalist, Rowlandson (1786)
I have read it many times. “Bloggers are not journalists“. Like most absolute statements, it is not true. Some bloggers are journalists, regardless of scholastic training. Certainly journalists existed before journalism schools, and exist despite them. But the larger objection to the statement is “duh”, of course the two may […]
