Archive for February, 2008
Contributors or just guilt assuagers?
Posted by Paul 20 February 2008Eco-mums
The NY Times has an article on how concerned mums are replacing Tupperware parties with meetings on how to be more environmentally conscious and active in their every day lives. While applauding the sentiment I am extremely concerned that assuaging middle class guilt in developed nations is more of the driving force than achieving real [...]
Bloggers versus Journalist (Probloggers)
Posted by Paul 18 February 2008
Fred Wilson on Pro Bloggers
Fred Wilson at Musings of a VC in NYC has ignited a discussion on professional bloggers versus journalists. It is an interesting discussion but ultimately I think that the market will decide. There is short term pressure for bloggers and even media outlets to get stories out immediately and [...]
Mobile Search Could Boom
Posted by Paul 18 February 2008http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1316&tag=nl.e539
ZDnet has reported that Google has been stunned by the level of internet search that is being carried out on the Apple iPhone with AppleInsider reporting that levels are 50 times what was expected. This could be an early signal that mobile search is about to take off in a big way. If so this [...]
Fuel Versus Food Argument
Posted by Paul 16 February 2008http://www.greenenergyexplained.com/2008/02/what-happened-in-vegas.html
This link is to a blog written by Lindsay Leveen, one of the keenest subscribers to our email newsletter.. He writes this green energy explained blog which always has insightful and entertaining stuff on it – such as this one – Californians consume 20 times their daily recommended dietary energy intake in petrol every day [...]
Crisis of Faith in Financial Systems
Posted by Paul 16 February 2008www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/opinion/15krugman.html?t
This opinion piece by Paul Krugman gives a really good description of the spread of the sub prime market problems in the US to the rest of the global financial system. It describes auction-rate loans which is a US$300 Billion market which most people have never heard of and has just collapsed leaving low rate [...]