D Coverage

Several of the journalist bloggers linked below are posting reports from D, so I'm assuming the Wall Street Journal perhaps did the smart thing and lifted its restrictions on them, rather than trying to make the whole thing off the record?

Power Lunch just interviewed VCs Mitch Kertzman and Vinod Khosla about:

• Agami and disruptive cost structures;


• social software (Friendster, Visible Path) and new markets;


• ASPs (Salesforce.com, Five Nines [good name, but I can't find a company link], Sapius;


• second generation WiFi applications (for phones, music); and


• per Kertzman, an uptick in corporate spending on IT, with companies asserting more control over what they pay and how they buy, necessitating more pricing "by the glass than by the case."

New York State Of Blawg

The New York Lawyer is the latest publication to take a closer look at legal weblogs, in Practically Speaking: Lawyer Blogs.

Meanwhile Here In Newport

I'm sipping WiFi and cappucino outside the Apple store, waiting for my day's featured speaker to wake up and blow more raspberries, or perhaps unveil his Next Big Thing (rolling over from back to tummy perhaps?). Also noticing how housing developments have joined the ranks of civic organizations (along with schools and courts and post offices) that fly their flags at half staff.

Meanwhile D-own In Carlsbad

D2 is in full swing just an hour or so away. I couldn't get there this year because the child care balancing act didn't work, but John Battelle made the return trip, and I understand Dan Gillmor, David Hornik, Scott Rosenberg, and Chris Nolan are there too. Sounds like Steve Jobs had lots to talk about, which is what Dave Winer is encouraging folks to do here as well.

Santa Barbara Burning

And it's not what you think. It's Doc Searls with his musings about RSS, radio, and television. Somebody get the chopper!