Believe it or not, the “plain old flu” is a big deal; it shares a category with pneumonia — the two combined are amongst the top 10 causes of death [usually closer to 6th] in the U.S. Organizations like the…

Steve Lee, a sharp UC Berkeley Haas student I met a ways back, dropped me a note about their upcoming Play Digital Media Conference, to be held at Cal on Saturday, Nov 5, 2005. Some of the usual suspect, some…

Had a blast at Friday’s TechCrunch BBQ party. Some highlights worthy of note: Drove down with Kevin Burton, late of Rojo, now bootstrapping TailRank, a blog recommendation engine. In a true act of kindness, Dave Winer gave Kevin a $20…

First, let me say, that there’s no coverage like splog coverage; it’s simply amazing how popular press releases are with splogs. Having now sorted through most of them, here are some more reactions I’ve found… 1. Valentin, a PhD student…

Rita Vine, of SiteLines, did a write-up on Healthline, and found us lacking. Some of her comments have merit; unfortunately, many appear to be unfortunate misinterpretations. Rita doesn’t appear to allow comments on her blog, so I’m addressing her issues/comments…

Still behind on giving props to folks I know, who, despite all the Web 2.0 hype and Bubble 2.0 anti-hype, are busy doing what matters; inventing a better future for all of us, in both small and grand ways. Memeorandum,…

Obviously, there’s a world beyond Healthline, which I haven’t been giving as much coverage to for fairly obvious reasons. Some penance herein: Sphere, a new blog search engine, is launching soon (and will be demo’ed at the TechCrunch party this…

I’m very honored to have been asked to do a panel on Vertical Search and Aggregators on Day 2 of Kelsey Group’s upcoming ILM:05 (Interactive Local Media 2005) conference in Reston, VA, Nov 30 to Dec 2. (Without undue hype,…

If you’re in the SF Bay area later this week don’t miss TechCrunch’s third event (I missed the first two and felt like a total tool — don’t be like me!): TechCrunch Party This Friday (announcement) TechCrunch Party Sign-up/RSVP (wiki…

How is the world (of media) reacting to our beta launch? So far, it looks pretty good (whew!): Chris Sherman, Search Engine Watch: Curing Medical Information Disorder One of the coolest features is called a “health map,” a visual display…