Looks like Dan Gillmor switched to Movable Type some time in December. A small blurb on his site explains what, but not why.

There’s been some buzz about the new spam-fighting service, Mailblocks. Dan Gillmor comments on Mailblocks terms of service agreement. Basically, it says that Mailblocks can send you spam.

Craig Hughes (Deersoft) seems to be going through something similar and [writes about it]1. “At what point will I tip? Will the self-imposed pressure to actually achieve something at some point swamp the feelings of guilt and the desire to maintain some element of safety and certainty?”

A discussion this week about discount codes during the checkout process prompted a debate about “society’s” perception of them. This study seems to suggest I was right arguing that “most people” don’t automatically look for and enter discount codes.

[Doc Searls]1, speaking about the success of Google and Overture in the ad market: “Bye-bye to ad agencies. Bye-bye to creative, media and account folks. Bye-bye to operational frictions and value-subtracting costs and annoyances of all kinds. Give it time, and you’ll be saying bye-bye to traditional media too.” I suspect he’s once again exaggerating to make a point, but I’ll bet that he’s close.

Doc Searls asks what companies blog. Although I suppose he meant “which”, so far the answer is: very few. I’m trying to change that. Around here anyway. Here’s his post

Disenchanted on the [evolution of stupidity]1: “Michael Shermer once posed the question “why do smart people believe stupid things?” and answered it by saying that intelligent people are very good at defending positions they arrived at by nonsmart means. Everybody comes to hold opinions from some means other than logical deduction, but then intelligent people can fall into a trap called the

Eric Norlin writes The Big “I”, a piece about the convergence of digital and real world identities.

I started today by meeting Mary for breakfast. We continued a discussion started yesterday about cloning. More specifically, she had asked me what all the fuss was about and why it seemed that everyone opposed it. Good questions, but of course I had no answers, so I did a little digging and found that it is indeed a complex topic. What she was seeing I believe is the “general public” and its knee jerk reaction to the idea of cloning.

My mom’s dog Rags passed away yesterday. She was 17 years old and playful till the end. Peace Rags.

9 reasons to be suspicious of Google.

Happy Thanksgiving all! Without sounding too corny, I’d like to thank… Jessica, my daughter, and greatest challenge. My work and business partners. I couldn’t ask for better. Parents who do much more for me than I deserve. A few close, trusted friends. The resolve of a great country. Oh, and can I mention a few little things… Single-malt scotch. A short glass at night – yum. Candles. Vanilla, burned evenings while I work.