Overheard Online

I — and others — don’t hold out much hope for Google. Even though Blogger is used by millions, the company clearly has more important priorities. And, thanks to the popularity of Google’s AdSense service among spammers, the company has an incentive not to clamp down too hard.
The Standard on Blogger

Data mining and visualization tools reduce risk, make business more efficient and measurable. Great rewards will come to those who know how to dig into data and make sense of it all and can parse that into insights that help companies optimize the dollars they put online. Be that guy or gal.
Micro Persuasion on Data

Think about it: if someone’s going to take the time to turn on a webcam and say something in front of it that the whole world might have the potential to contemplate, isn’t that a pretty cool thing? And when we’re talking tech and media-related blogs, I think in the vast majority of cases people who leave video comments are going to at least try to be thoughtful and intelligent about it.
Online Media Cultist on Video Comments

At some point the real world of dollars and cents will rear its ugly head in this warm and fuzzy world of freenomics and Web 2.0. Sure there will always be another startup for these folks to run to but at what point will even the early adopters say enough is enough .. quit wasting our time and energy.
WinExtra on Web 2.0

For me, blogging is a drug. It’s a way for me to express myself. It’s just plain fun. I have been blogging for almost a year now and can honestly say that I am healthier because of blogging.
Zen Habits on Blogging

People who put “haha” at the beginning tend to be higher self-censors, thinking of something to say, deciding whether they think it’s funny, then saying it. Whereas people who put their “haha”s at the end are the more laid-back ones who say whatever they feel like and crack themselves up.
Dr. Zeuss on “haha”

I’m that guy. I’m the guy who will spend the entire goddamned weekend reorganizing my tagging system because I didn’t like the tone or the tense of my previous tagging system. Paying attention to productivity is a slippery slope. The system efficiency addiction associated with saving time can become so compelling that your process begins to control more of your time than your product.
Rands in Repose on Produtivity