Scripting News: Monday, September 25, 2023

Monday, September 25, 2023
When I write about EZ-Pass for News I often hear from entrepreneurs who have either tried the idea or want to try it. This is what I have learned and what I believe. No matter how enticing you make it the news industry will ignore you or fight you. It's possible a new network of news sites has to be formed, which is far beyond the scope of a startup wanting to explore a technical solution. It's not a technical problem. It's a bootstrap. A chicken and egg problem. If there were a network of local news orgs that wanted to band together to kick ass then they would need EZ-Pass for News. But it may not be possible to have EZ-Pass for News unless there is a critical mass of news and users. Bootstraps are delicate things, and startups are almost by definition indelicate things. ;-)#
Many Gmail "accounts" from one#
The other day I asked how to get nearly free and easy mail accounts. Turns out Gmail does it. #
Add a + after your name and then add any string you like. #
    dave.winer+hello@gmail.com#
You can also add or omit periods in the middle of your name.#
    dave.winer@gmail.com#
    d.a.v.e.wi.n.e.r@gmail.com#
    davewiner@gmail.com#
All these "addresses" go to the same account, but perhaps the system you want to create multiple accounts on will accept them as different names?#
See the writeup on the Google blog from 2008.#
Georgia O'Keeffe#
East River from the 30th Story of the Shelton Hotel, 1928.#
It's today's New York Marriott East Side at 525 Lexington Ave. #

Linkblog items for the day.

Reconciliation on Death Row. texasobserver.org
Beasley Launches 'Podcast Radio U.S.' In Four Markets. insideradio.com
ChatGPT supports prompting with voice and images. theverge.com
Jeff Jarvis: I Was Wrong About the Death of the Book. theatlantic.com
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