Microsoft Microsoft Search Champs: Non-NDA Stuff Today I was at the Redmond office of Microsoft and it was an interesting day of discussions about... well I'm not allowed to say due to NDA. But most of the last hour of presentations was bloggable. TechCrunch has a good summary post, to which I'll add a few more details. Live.com is preparing for more improvements. Program Manager Sanaz… Richard MacManus View comments
web Off to Seattle for Microsoft Search Champs In a few hours I'll be on a plane to Seattle, for the Microsoft Search Champs V4. My second trip to the US and my first to Seattle. It'll be 15.5 hours of flying time from New Zealand (not including waiting around for connecting flights etc), but luckily for me I'm flying business class - another first :-) I'm honoured to be invited by Microsoft… Richard MacManus View comments
Lists Read/WriteWeb Daily Aggregating and filtering the latest Web Tech and Media news, so you don't have to! This is a 5 or 6 day a week feature and feel free to email me interesting links for inclusion: readwriteweb AT gmail.com. - PodTech coverage of the Sundance Film Festival (as usual, John Furrier is providing outstanding audio coverage of Web and Media events… Richard MacManus View comments
web Musical Expeditionary From the Martin Scorsese DVD bio about Bob Dylan, called No Direction Home. This shot is right at the end (from a 1966 concert) after audience members booed him for playing electric and one guy yelled out "Judas!". Dedicated to all those Web developers who are building things out of the ordinary -- and anyone else who does their own thing :-) Richard MacManus View comments
Yahoo Yahoo The Imitator? I've been following Umair Haque's fascinating articles on new media economics and 'edge competencies' - and I've noticed he prefers Google's media strategy to Yahoo's. I've been curious to understand why, because the common wisdom over the past year or so is that Yahoo has been making all the right moves in this new world of Internet-powered media… Richard MacManus View comments