links for 2008-02-18

“Although the general model of blogging is to post chronologically, there’s been a growing trend toward location-based posting. Current events, news, reviews and all kinds of other information can be made even more useful by adding a location context. R

“You can set the location using any of the following forms: =london, l=san_francisco, l:place=Los_angeles, geo=MILTON_KEYnes (all case insensitive).”

The most successful companies let go of the control and acted more like a host, rather than a policeman. Secondly, many companies had a hard time kick-starting a community, just because you build it, doesn’t mean they’ll come.

“my friend.. pointed out that someone on a BBC blog had posted a very detailed error message they received… I was thus surprised that someone techy would post something which could compromise our security…[ turns out he’s a well respected radio person

“There is indeed a change taking place, but it’s not a shift so much as a fragmentation…Some teens are flocking to MySpace. And some teens are flocking to Facebook. Who goes where gets kinda sticky… probably because it seems to primarily have to do wi

The Wall Street Journal said that News Corp was eyeing a move that would see MySpace and other of Murdoch’s web interests merge with Yahoo.