Posts Tagged with ‘diggnation’

Fighting Back The “Digg Will Fall” Rhetoric - Again

Paul Glazowski

I tend to keep my eye on about a dozen or so feeds (gathered by Google Reader, if you’re curious to know) every day in order to scrounge up enough fodder for my posts here at Profy. (Si, soy un moocher.) Some of course receive more attention than others.
Case in point: I passed over my subscription to CNET’s Tech News Blog for the first couple of days of the week, and in so doing, missed quite a delectable piece [...]

Digg’s New ‘Pics’ Visualization: Pretty And Irritating All At Once

Paul Glazowski

Remember when Digg launched its Images category earlier this month? It was an addition that really couldn’t have come soon enough. The social news company got plenty of notes of appreciation, plenty of big Xs and Os for finally putting it out there for the community. At last there was a convenience place to share all those cool Flickr finds…outside of Flickr. So all around thumbs up, right?
Sure, we can second such impressions. Many of us here [...]

Financial Podcast Purchased By CBS News For $5 Million

Paul Glazowski

Who likes video podcasts? Okay, scratch that. Who doesn’t like video podcasts? Any hands? No? Good.
One such production, dubbed WallStrip, a pint-sized production specializing in taking the fear out of finance and making it fun for all, is now making the leap from its independent status on the World Wide Web to live under the dominion of CBS News. What made the podcast’s producers decide to sell? Five million dollars did.
Everyone loves podcasts. Everyone. Sure, there’s always the few who [...]

Online Video, Blown Up On San Francisco Bay

Paul Glazowski

Most of the time, we enjoy the fruits Web 2.0 creations indoors. Offices. Dorms. Bedrooms. Even class rooms. Rarely do we do things like consume online audio and video where we can breathe less-than-clean air and commiserate with freshly hatched insects.
The folks at NewTeeVee want to change that. Beginning May 24th, Malik and gang will launch NewTeeVee Pier Screenings. It is a series (four planned showings held over the course of the summer) of online video parties which will take [...]