BuzzMachine
by Jeff Jarvis

December 27, 2004

Tsunami: envisioning the horror

: TVNewser reports that TV networks are falling over themselves to buy tourist video that captures the instant power and horror of the tsunami.

: These pictures at News.com.au come close: look at the sequence of unexpected destruction on a beautiful, sunny day.

Dr. I've-Had-My-Phil

: TVNewser tried to find anybody who liked Dr. Phil's appearance on Meet the Press. He failed.

Rerun: Two of my favorites

: Howard Stern's recent appearance on David Letterman's show is rerun tonight.

Help

: Southeast Asian bloggers are putting together a blog with information on helping or finding information on victims of the earthquake and tsunami.

Pulse taken

: BlogPulse's year-end roundup makes for some interesting reading. [Full ego disclosure: I'm happy to be included in the top-cited blogs. Thanks for the links, folks!]

Vloggercon

: Unmediated passes on news of an impending vloggercon (for video blogging). If the date holds -- Jan. 22 -- I won't be in town. Damn!

Fortune

: Fortune's next issue on the top 10 trends to watch for leads off with blogs ina story by David Kirkpatrick and and Daniel Roth. They just put the story online -- free! -- and so here's the link. I haven't even had a chance to read it (I'm still visiting with family) but I'm letting you know about it first.

: Just got back and had time to read the story. It's very good -- blogs from Fortune's perspective of corporate America with a simple message: You can't afford to ignore these things.

Says Bill Gates:

"It's all about openness," says chairman Bill Gates of Microsoft's public blogs like Scobleizer. "People see them as a reflection of an open, communicative culture that isn't afraid to be self-critical." ...

Says Bill Gates, who claims he'd like to start a blog but doesn't have the time: "As blogging software gets easier to use, the boundaries between, say, writing e-mail and writing a blog will start to blur. This will fundamentally change how we document our lives."

Not to mention change the world.

On the Air

: Reminder that I'll be on Air America's Morning Sedition at 8:30 ET. My son's going into the studio with me to see how they make radio: Guys talk.

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