links for 2006-03-13

• Newsome.Org
  "Wanting to be the only one talking is different from wanting to be the only one being heard. The concern is not so much that a reader is getting a new perspective on an issue; it's that "someone else is trying to use my platform to be heard."
  (tags: info+access blogs influence+ecology media media+evolution conversation conversational+media disagreement PR+marketing journalism mycoverage)
• Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
  Very interesting news aggregation site that directly capitalizes on conversational media. Notice how they track "discussions" and "related items," and utilize OPML. Very cool. I'll have to explore this more.
  (tags: collaboration community culture media technology tools web2.0 conversation conversational+media influence+ecology)
• Slashdot | Similicio.us a New Relevancy Based Blog Finder
  "Similicio.us: mashup of del.icio.us amd search engine EasyUtil.com The result is a new blog finder tool that can help you discover new websites based upon what you currently like." Interesting concept, mixed reviews from Slashdot. Worth a look.
  (tags: blogs search tools relevance findability)
• Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Six Degrees of Similiation
  Pretty thorough review of the new relevance-based blog finder, Similicious
  (tags: analysis blogs tools relevance search findability influence+ecology info+access)

Comments

[Jeremiah Owyang]

regarding Megite. There are a ton of meme trackers being released,

The leader in the space 'Memeorandum' recently added pics to it's front page --likely as a response.

I expect a memetracker to hit the front page of major news sites by end of year.