BarCamp SF

Here at the San Francisco BarCamp. I'm not sure if this is the first anniversary of BarCamp - it did start in the SF Bay Area last year in Palo Alto. If so, I can't believe that time goes by so fast. Updates later.

Linkie Winkie

I'm guessing Linkie Winkie will link back to me if I link to it. Its a link bait experiment.

So here goes - let's see if my traffic goes up.

Inside AdWords: A letter from Eric Schmidt, CEO

A week after eBay CEO Meg Whitman emails eBay's user base regarding net neutrality, Google CEO Eric Schmidt does the same. I found this message through the Google AdWords blog. This issue is really heating up - maybe Y!'s Terry Semel will be announcing next?

Inside AdWords: A letter from Eric Schmidt, CEO

A week after eBay CEO Meg Whitman emails eBay's user base regarding net neutrality, Google CEO Eric Schmidt does the same. I found this message through the Google AdWords blog. This issue is really heating up - maybe Y!'s Terry Semel will be announcing next?

Nissan 2.0

So, everyone seems to be taking advantage of the 2.0 thing. You don't know how many times I've heard this whispered in the last year. I'm sure this will go the way of "social software", "getting eyeballs", etc. Even Nissan (yes, the car manufacturer) has a new TV ad: shift_2.0. Sorry no links.

Plaxo goes VOIP

CNET covers Plaxo's partnership with Jajah today:Plaxo gets hip to VoIP.

I agree with CNET et al that this is a packed market with Skype, Y!, MSN, etc allowing VOIP through their IM clients (maybe Seth and Meebo will join this game too?). But what Plaxo has for itself is a) a whole lot more contacts (and their telephone numbers), b) these numbers not finding itself in your mobile phone (and updating by itself), and c) a one-click activation on real phones (no learning and no additional hardware needed).

Not sure if they can dominate this market, but its another revenue stream that will keep the company afloat. I think it will have its own niche at the very least.

Gotta ask Mark more about this in the next Lunch 2.0.

AOL UnCut

InformationWeek reports that InformationWeek AOL Quietly Unveils YouTube Competitor | May 16, 2006. AOL seems to be a follower these days, creating products that protect (not expand) its territory. Very sad for a Internet giant; they can do more.

Worse? The brand: AOL UnCut...sounds like a South Park movie...

Jerry & Dave: The New Penn & Teller

So Yahoo! launches its new front page today, getting a lot of buzz from the media. As part of the release, they have Y! main man Jerry Yang and not-so-visible co-founder David Filo on a video. Filo's always been the shy one (from what I hear) and in this video that's pretty noticeable - he doesn't have lines, but he does speak his mind out...they're both like the Web 2.0 version of Las Vegas hit Penn & Teller.