RSS.

I have to do some more homework before I can take a stab at explaining RSS but Chris Pirillo says it’s the next big thing and few people understand the online world better. My friend John insists he’s disappointed when he takes the time to check this journal only to find there’s nothing new. RSS makes it possible for him to be alerted (NOT by email) when this page –or others– is updated. More to come.

May I have your autograph?

I’m told they have these baseball “camps” where middle aged guys can pay to go hang out with real baseball players. That’s pretty much what Gnomedex was for me. Four hundred really smart, badly dressed, but very nice people (mostly guys). If they could tell by looking at me that I was not a true geek, they were too nice to mention it. We were summoned to the Des Moines Marriott by Chris Pirillo…the Lockergnome. Lockergnome is a person, a newsletter (300,000 readers), a website and an online community (called Gnomies). Chris put together an A-List of speakers that included some of the Big Names in the online world: Steve Gibson; Phillip Kaplan; Mark Thompson; Doc Searls; Evan Williams; and Leo Laporte. None of whom disappointed.