File-Sharing, Conversation Tracking...and Terri Schiavo
The same week that the Supreme Court took up the legality of downloading songs and file-sharing software that makes it possible, former Talking Heads singer David Byrne launched his own Internet radio station to feature music he likes.
BlogPulse is celebrating this week, too, as its extra-cool Conversation Tracker capability emerged at the No. 16 spot among Tuesday's top links. It's a great tool for discovering the threads that emerge and branch from a single blog post. Speaking of tracking, Bloglines now allows users to track FedEx, UPS and USPS packages in transit.
Terri Schiavo's death today will certainly continue to be discussed by bloggers. In the last week, the Rev. Jesse Jackson began appearing among BlogPulse's key people as he nudged his way in front of the cameras at the last minute (something he excels at, according to those who know him), and Schiavo's parents (even before her death) agreed to sell the names of donors to their daughter's cause to conservative advocacy groups for fund-raising. Bloggers also are starting to pay attention to Pope John Paul II, who this week began receiving nourishment through a nasal feeding tube.
Meanwhile, former U.N. ambassador John Danforth, an ordained minister and former Missouri senator, feels that the Republican party is letting itself be hijacked by conservative Christians He writes in a New York Times opinion piece: "At its best, religion can be a uniting influence, but in practice, nothing is more divisive. For politicians to advance the cause of one religious group is often to oppose the cause of another."
BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: How and where do you find our news? BlogPulse compared blogs vs. mainstream media vs. cable news and found some interesting trends.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at March 31, 2005 09:48 AM
