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…

Today marks my 100th day with Healthline (including weekends and holidays, as that’s just how it is at a start-up). I’m delighted to say that our beta is live! In July, I told you why I took on this role…

Jim Lanzone, SVP Search Properties at Ask Jeeves, gave an interesting presentation at Web 2.0, including some rather surprising numbers around blogs that matter. (Appearantly, it only takes about 50 subscribers to a given 50 to be in the top…

Renee Blodgett & Robert Scoble are organizing a dinner tonight in SF; 7:30 meet, 8:00 eat at: Gordon Biersch2 Harrison StreetSan Francisco, CA 94105Phone: 415-243-8246 Hope to see you there.

Sitting in a chair at Web 2.0… no table for the notebook (officially making it a “laptop” for the day) and no power cords, despite 85% of attendees with a portable… Mercifully, there is WiFi, and it seems to be…