From Jensense, The Authority on all things Adsense:

Publishers have often complained about the rigidness of the AdSense policy that prevents publishers from running AdSense on the same page as another contextual ad program. So running AdSense & Yahoo Publisher Network on the same page during the same page view would be a no-no, but rotated 50/50 would be perfectly within the AdSense (& YPN) policies and terms. But not any more. Their competitive ad policy has gotten much, much tighter when they updated their AdSense policies today.

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Originally posted on January 18, 2007 @ 4:44 am

Not sure how many folks have seen this project. It’s called Alive in Baghdad. This is how more people should be doing new media in third world countries, war zones, and areas of international interest.

InfoWorld has a great write up about Alive in Baghdad:

What will be the long term impact of the convergence of TV and the Net? Rather than ask Bill Gates, you might talk to Brian Conley, a documentary filmmaker and video blogger from Boston who created Alive in Baghdad, an award-winning citizen news site that’s been written up by the BBC for its reports from residents of the besieged Iraqi capital. For Conley, who just launched a new project, Alive in Mexico the ability to hook TVs directly to the Internet could be the beginning of the end of mainstream media, and the start of a revolution in people-centered news reporting. Conley chatted with InfoWorld Senior Editor Paul F. Roberts in December about blogging, the future of independent media and the art of uploading rich media from a war zone.

Originally posted on January 15, 2007 @ 5:30 am

I am heading to Philadelphia on Saturday to the WordPress Meetup hosted by Owen Winkler, who is also involved in Habari.

If anyone is from the Philly area and wants to hang out let me know.

Meetup to discuss WordPress! Whether you’re a seasoned user or a newcomer looking to learn more, our WordPress meetups are for you. Usually there are a couple of people around who can answer questions, although we are mostly a social group.

Our meeting is directly prior to the Philadelphia Weblogger meetup that happens at the same location, so you can stick around for more general blogger topics of discussion.

Originally posted on January 18, 2007 @ 2:43 am

The guy almost has me believing. As Wikipedia is practically my homeland.

Originally posted on January 17, 2007 @ 12:33 am

Seth Godin points me to The 59 Smartest Orgs Online, a clever little PR site for Squidoo, NetSquared and GetActive.

These charities were chosen for their excellence in online storytelling and collaboration with their donors. We didn’t play favorites to one cause over another, nor did we look at their fundraising goals or number of members. Instead, these organizations are winners because of their web 2.0 smarts and a willingness to engage their constituents far beyond asking them to dig into their pockets.

Sure, there’s nothing wrong with profiling non-profit organizations online, or letting visitors rate them Digg style. However, to me this is just a publicity stunt with the hopes of some viral spin by other websites blogging about it, and even putting the list in their sidebars widget-style.

I’m sorry, but to me this is cheap and cheesy. I sincerely there’s something positive coming out of this for the non-profit organizations listed.

Originally posted on January 17, 2007 @ 5:21 am