The Authentic Eccentric

Via Interesting People, Sally Richards brought up a great point about Google’s latest News Archive venture that has huge impact for freelancers, writers and photographers (links mine):
I hope Google and its partners in this venture remember the terms they purchased the stories under. Many freelance pieces “published years ago,” did not include Internet rights under […]

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Daniel Scocco of the delightfully fresh Innovation Zen has a wonderful review of the top ten crowdsourcing companies. He’s uncovered companies from industries as diverse as footwear and pharmaceuticals who are leveraging the widsom or labor of the crowd to help grow their business.
While technology is a popular target for crowdsourcing, it’s great to […]

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Darren’s last group writing project is now new and improved! Recognizing that 301 submissions are a lot to wade through, he cleverly outsourced having the posts organized into a taxonomic system. In this case, that’s a fancy way of saying he hired someone to organize the information and represent it so that it was easily […]

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Darren’s list writing project at Problogger yielded some great posts - I wanted to highlight some of my personal favorites so far:
Mike Yoskovitz over at I Got News For You.com has a great post on his Top 4 Mistakes as an Entrepreneur, including this gem:
Now more than ever, with blogs, podcasts and the reach of […]

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Google Local has quietly expanded its functionality, again. Registered companies can now add a coupon to their Google Maps listing for free. Coupons will appear alongside your business listing on Google Maps.
Traditionally, retailers seeking to reach local populations have used coupon services such as ValPak and RSVP card decks to reach their desired target […]

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As tools like Ether begin to break down the barriers of selling knowledge online, developing your expertise becomes paramount. Kathy recently had a great post on how to be an expert that is well worth reading.
My first experience with Ether was great - I was able to configure my profile, install the code onto the […]

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Google has launched a public version of Book Search that puts the power of Google Search behind authors and independent publishers. You can upload your manuscript to Google via a pdf or send them a hard copy and they will scan and index it at no charge.
There are several interesting twists to this version, including […]

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Via TechCrunch (my favorite trend spotting site), I spent the afternoon playing with Eventful and Upcoming. They are event sites, featuring RSS and iCal feeds, groups and tagging. They work well in combination, with Eventful offering integration into Upcoming plus ping services for del.icio.us and technorati.
Both sites let you add venues, specify event type and […]

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I’m still buried under two enormous grant deadlines for Thursday, but I wanted to share a couple random thoughts and links.
There is a powerful new article up by Doc Searles about saving the net that is a must read - it was certainly an eye-opener for me, and I thought I already knew how things […]

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I’ve been hard at work on a project for one of my clients that has required tons of digging around the nooks and crannies of the web. During my travels I’ve run across a few sites of interest I thought I’d share.
Pluck - yes, another RSS reader and bookmark manager. I like the private label […]

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