All entries tagged: John Gruber
What The Associated Press’ tracking beacon is — and what it isn’t
So what about THE BEACON?
When The Associated Press said last month that it was building a “news registry” of AP content, most reaction focused on the so-called “tracking beacon” that will monitor usage across the web. I use quotation marks because, well, those are metaphors for technology that’s still in development: The AP document we’ve [...]
Yet another reminder that users are in charge: the DiggBar backlash
If you needed any further proof that this is an age driven by users much more than publishers, look no further than what’s happening right now with Digg.com, a site you probably think of as a stand-in for all that is user-generated, unedited and anarchic.
Well, it turns out, to their users, that the plucky startup [...]
