links for 2009-06-08

Good for Palm, about 50,000 phones sold on the first two days.

Walking through Google Wave.

All about the sex.

"That's a good response, but it sure seems to be based on a different understanding of Twitter than many power users and early adopters would offer. The idea that not following people is the best way to avoid missing things is very counter to the approach that other people take. That's what groups are for, something hugely valuable that 3rd party desktop clients offer and the Twitter web interface does not. Ev and Biz Stone don't appear to use desktop clients, though. Will they continue to offer the kind of technical support that desktop app power-users need? How about even better technical support to foster even more innovation? Those are the kinds of questions that arise when this service provider appears to be using its own service in a manner so different from the way that journalists, marketers, professional networkers and other power users use it." So very few people at Twitter are power uses of the system, how does that change the system?

"It’s just going to get worse, and Twitter needs to put some solutions in place. For a start, they should pull trends. By listing trending topics, they’re in turn helping to generate all this spam, some of which may harm their own users. Pull trends until some actual spam protection is in place." I agree Twitter has a spam problem and it's only going to get worse.

"how to be happy in business – venn diagram" Cool diagram.

"The eldest son of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il appears to have confirmed reports his younger brother has been designated the country's next leader"

"The leader of Lebanon's governing pro-Western coalition has claimed victory over a Hezbollah-led bloc in a tight parliamentary election. Saad Hariri said his 14 March alliance would retain its majority in the 128-member parliament. A politician close to the Hezbollah-led bloc, supported by Syria and Iran, admitted defeat in Sunday's elections, Reuters news agency reported." Interesting.

"Right now, Twitter and its potential for progress is limited only by the information, direction, and education provided by Twitter itself in order to demonstrate and teach existing and new users how to truly use and take advantage of this new and dynamic information ecosystem. While Twitter's API is empowering third-party developers to create Twitterverse of exciting, useful, and entertaining applications that enhance the Twitter experience, it can not outsource nor rely upon the community to teach the world how to use Twitter. Providing recommendations on people to follow doesn't really help at all."

"Censorship, she said, comes from fear of information and the idea that knowledge can be dangerous – which she traced back to Eve’s temptation in the Garden of Eden." Censorship makes things fun to find out about.

"The Pirate Party has won a huge victory in the Swedish elections and is marching on to Brussels. After months of campaigning against well established parties, the Pirate Party has gathered enough votes to be guaranteed a seat in the European Parliament." Very cool.

Detroit is going to get a lot worse probably.