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Barack Obama and the Permanence of Paper
Wednesday, 11/5/08 | 7 Comments

Business Week’s David Kiley says “Obama is great for newspapers” and describes his search for a newspaper this morning, only to find there were none available at the many locations he looked.
Mr. Kiley wraps his …

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Twitter - Universal Content Delivery System?
Thursday, Mar 15, 2007 | 3 Comments

I started playing with twitter today. Anyone know why twitter makes a call to www.plaxo.com during the registration process?
Once you get past the initial overwhelming “this has got to be a fad” feeling, it …

USA Today’s Big Makeover
Monday, Mar 5, 2007 | One Comment

USA Today has unveiled a makeover that integrates several new social media/social networking features.
Steve Rubel and Michael Arrington have nice things to say, but Josh Burnoff points out that readers hate it! From …

Crowdhacking: 10 Simple Ways Authors Can Help to Increase Sales at Amazon.com
Friday, Mar 2, 2007 | 31 Comments
Crowdhacking: 10 Simple Ways Authors Can Help to Increase Sales at Amazon.com

More from the March 2007 issue of Wired - Annalee Newitz’s piece entitled Herding the Mob explores the influence of online crowds like Digg and eBay, and how the mobs themselves can be influenced, and …

Grand Opening!
Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 | No Comment

Welcome to my new blogging home, ckwebb.com. As you can see, there is not much to see at the moment. But fear not - I will be posting here on a regular basis …