Pilgrim’s Picks for June 2

posted on June 2, 2008

There’s a good reason why you’re getting Pilgrim’s Picks early today. I have big Trackur news to announce later today, and I need to get cracking.

Duncan Riley had be excited about the launch of Twitter rival Plurk. The same micromedia format, but with a visual twist. Then I read the service is already having stability issues. Hmm, if I’m going to jump from the frying pan Twitter, I’d want to land in a cool refreshing pool, not a fire.
The NYT profiles the man behind Google’s "ad quality" team.
An entire town has told Google Street View: "We don’t like strangers around these parts." They’ve forced Google to remove North Oaks from the company’s Street Views saying the town’s roads are all private and Google "didn’t have any authorization to go on private property."
Unless you’re running out of cash, why would you block all but 33 countries from accessing your web site? Video-sharing site Veoh, has done just that, but is not claiming a lack of funds, but simply a "re-focusing" of resources.

http://www.u-g-h.com Owen Cutajar

*chuckle* .. everyone wants to jump onto the microblogging bandwagon, but looks like people underestimate the sheer amount of computing power these “many-to-many” networks require .. Pity. I liked the look of Plurk

Owen Cutajar’s last blog post..Time for a HoneyPot
http://www.thedeets.com Ed Kohler

North Oaks is a strangely private place. Kind of old money around town. They are serious about their privacy.

Ed Kohler’s last blog post..What do Gang Tags Mean?
http://www.futurefactory-software.com Warenwirtschaft

I like the story about North Oaks. It is funny to hear but i cant imagine how they can get this through.
http://www.world-of-information.com Information Man

About “Video-sharing site Veoh”:
From the business-side i can understand this decision. Many advrtisers are only interested in a part of the world nd dont want to pay for ads going around the world. And banwidth is expensive. Why not reserve it for the users your advertisers are interested in?