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Caught in Comcast's gears Permanent link to this item in the archive.

A picture named remote.gifAnother Comcast user is nabbed for using too much of their service (top tenth of one percent). He doesn't use Twitter so he doesn't know how to get a human being in the loop. Hopefully this post will do the job.

They still have Nazis running customer service at Comcast. They really need to take a look at how they treat their customers. One of these days the customers are going to start caring and might even have choices.

Picture of the day Permanent link to this item in the archive.

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Now remind me, how many trillions have we borrowed to install and prop up the guy on the right?

And what were we told about people who talk to the guy on the left? (And they're doing more than talking, aren't they?)

Ask Bush or Lieberman what they see here.

What's the prize for "winning" in Iraq? ;->

I'd love to hear the story.

It's like a Rorschach test.

Have some fun...

Put a thought balloon over Ahmadinejad's head.

What's he thinking?

MP3 of Olbermann's special comment Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Here's an MP3 of Keith Olbermann's special comment tonight to John McCain, re getting out of Iraq.

Top-5 stories on NewsJunk.com Permanent link to this item in the archive.

     

Last update: Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 7:53 PM Pacific.



A picture named dave.jpgDave Winer, 53, pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California.

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"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

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Things to revisit:

1.Microsoft patent acid test.
2.What is a weblog?
3.Advertising R.I.P.
4.How to embrace & extend.
5.Bubble Burst 2.0.
6.This I Believe.
7.Most RSS readers are wrong.
8.Who is Phil Jones?
9.Send them away.
10.Negotiate with users.
11.Preserving ideas.
12.Empire of the Air.
13.NPR speech.
14.Russo & Hale.
15.Trouble at the Chronicle.
15.RSS 2.0.
16.Checkbox News.
17.Spreadsheet calls over the Internet.
18.Twitter as coral reef.
19.Mobs of the blogosphere.
20.Advice for Campaigns.
21.Social Cameras.
22.The Next Big Thing.
23.It's time to open up networking, again.
24.Am I competing?
25.Time to shake up conferences?
26.Bloggers working with journalists.

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