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I hope it works, but I have been saying for years that its way too outdated a concept to for for NYT and most other media outlets. In specific cases it has applications, like industry specific data, research only useful to small groups, etc...

Also, all of the buzz around the topic should have swayed them in the other direction so I am really interested to see how this pans out. There are soo many alternative news sources out there these days that nothing stays exclusive for more than a few hours.

Good Luck NYT, Yall are Gonna Need It!

Because of targeted cyber attacks BUT WHAT ABOUT MURDER AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!!!!

Google's (GOOG) old motto, "Dont Be Evil," must have just been a joke because nothing is more evil than supporting the genocide and ethnic cleansing the Chinese government is blatantly doing to the people of Tibet. And the human rights violations dont end there, the Chinese government is notorious for killing dissidents and activists.

I guess the billions of dollars of prospective income Google hoped to make off the Chinese people outweighed the value of human life.

"Targeted cyber attacks"
- Google Ends Censorship In China -- InformationWeek (view on Google Sidewiki)

The reports coming from Haiti are horrible and hard to watch. The people there were really suffering even before this earthquake happened with poverty and poor economic conditions.

My family and I will be doing everything we can to help and we have the Haitian people in our prayers.

If you are able to help, check out this article from Andrew at blogherald.com: What Can Bloggers Do to Help Haiti? http://www.blogherald.com/2010/01/13/what-can-bloggers-do-to-help-haiti/

"What Can Bloggers Do to Help Haiti?"
- What Can Bloggers Do to Help Haiti? | The Blog Herald (view on Google Sidewiki)

As a technologist I recite this mantra to all my clients and friends, "Back Ups, Back Ups, Back Ups!" Make sure to have some "on-site" (in your home or office) and make sure to have some "off-site." Do it regularly and disaster recovery becomes much less frustrating. And there are many many reasons you may be disaster recovery mode so take it from me before you learn the hard way.

I am very eager to test this service out NOW!

Good job Google (GOOG)! I am a big critic of yours but this almost makes up for all of your transgressions, lol

I hope some other companies who consider themselves progressive can follow in your footsteps. And as individuals we can learn a lot from this as well.

As we drink egg nog in front of warm fireplaces its important to remember the billions who live below the poverty line. And its children who suffer the most from poverty; lack of clean drinking water, food, shelter, education.....

This does not surprise me but I would like to create more awareness about the problem if I can. Walmart has gotten bad press over several issues in the past few years so this is just a drop in the bucket. But if you were one of the affected workers the story would be way different.

This hits close to home also because many of the highly trained technical people I work with daily are "contractors" and dont get paid sick days either. Nor do they get health insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, vacation days... and the list continues.

This NY Times article says this problem may worsen the Flu pandemic but that is far from the only side effect. Parents and families already on the poverty line are hit by this and numerous other jabs while the fat cats on Wall St. got bailed out. When will we learn?

"Paid Sick Days"
- Fears That Lack of Sick Leave Helps Spread Swine Flu - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

I love being able to get insights on my competitors and my own sites in one click. Between spyfu.com, compete.com and SEMRush you can get a pretty good understanding of how much reach and marketing dollars a site has. My array of research tools gets much deeper than this though but for a quick snapshot these three are highly useful. I actually checked the numbers and data at these three sites against data from my own campaigns and found that they are pretty accurate. There were slight discrepancies and differences but the overall trends were real and matched up. Do your own research and let me know what you find....

I agree Kevin, a short social media policy for your employees, lawyers or not, is necessary because newcomers might not be aware of the pitfalls and doing damage control after the fact is tedious sometimes. And for a company it could be very dangerous.

Making the list too long might discourage some from participating and make you look like big brother. And considering the possible benefits I would try to encourage it as much as possible.

I love Techmeme...

With developments popping up from all corners of the globe it has become hard to stay current as a technologist. I read multiple sources just for tech news and in total I have over 200 feeds in my news feed reader. TechCrunch, Mashable, blue.PoPurls.com are my main sources after I check whats hot on Techmeme.

And while I am talking about news again I have to give another shout out to http://newsmap.jp/# - This site makes scanning top news almost fun.

I am a big traditional news junkie. Newspapers, Magazines, CNN, MSNBC and everything in between. I even worked for a few big publishers and learned a thing or two about the process. And to a small extent I have to report and deliver specific types of news, so bashing traditional media is not my hobby.

These days news aggregation sites and RSS readers are thought to be the best way to get news the way you want it, but my never ending quest for the best source has left me here at PopURLs.com and NewsMap.jp.

Check them out and let me know what you think.

Also, I am very open to suggestions if anyone has something better. I also like the various topics at alltop.com if you need news on specific subjects.