- IDG CEO quoted in Wired: "Every blogger is a rock band without a record contract." (I guess I'm supposed to dislike that comparison, but strangely it agrees with me... because indeed I am looking for "a record contract", to use that analogy)
- Jason Dowdell and Pete Freitag created two mashups using Findory's API (excellent work! see also Greg Linden's post about the Findory API)
- Guardian editor questions News Corp's purchase of MySpace et al (I don't entirely agree with the article, but I did like this quote: "Murdoch should note the reverse takeover going on at the BBC where its online business is moving from the periphery to the core of all its activities.")
- Marc Canter's DLA vision comes to reality with the GoingOn Network (I helped with the spec writing, but this really is 100% Marc's baby and about 10-15 years in the making for him)
- BlogPulse Profile is a beta blog tracker (some folks are very excited by it)
- VeriSign says number of web sites being opened purely to publish pay-per-click advertising links is rocketing (I'd add, also the number of tools that enable spammers to populate their scummy websites with other peoples writing or machine-generated content)
- TechDirt comments on the VeriSign article (they say: "it's basically a lot of junk cluttering the internet". That's exactly what I've been saying too...)
- Robert Scoble says forget the A-List, find 10 other bloggers to link to you (right on! btw, I'm also trialing the "secret tool" that Robert talks about... and he's right, it's a beauty!)
- Silicon Valley Watcher: most startups should avoid venture funding, not pursue it (good tips for new Web 2.0 entrepreneurs)
- Darren Rowse dines out on his $14,436.45 Google Adsense cheque (he got increased coverage after the Slashdotting and lots of new readers)

p.s. I'm still looking for a good name for this list of links. Points of Presence - what do you think? I figure I need a name without the term "Web 2.0" in it, but which nevertheless indicates that Web 2.0 is what these links are about. New suggestions welcome :-)