The Anniversary: The Rise of the Warblogger

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Continuing my series on sites to bookmark related to Nine Eleven….

Minutes after the terrorist attacks occured a change swept many weblogs devoted to technology, which changed format and content, as new weblogs came online: all either to bear witness to the events on Nine Eleven, or provide commentary, news and analysis regarding it.

This pissed off many in the old guard. Either upset at the media coverage these sites would come to endear, upset that the sites that changed no longer webloged on technology as much, or changed character entirely, upset that many of the new sites were from the right of the political spectrum. Infact, I think only now, a year later, have weblogs with a left leaning bent, started to assert themselves, gain coverage, and weblog network. We need them. There needs to be a better balance.

These are the sites that come immediately to mind when I think ‘warblogger’:

InstaPundit, Matt Welch (who may have coined the word), KenLayne.com, Jeff Jarvis, Tim Blair, Andrew Sullivan, Eric Olson, lgf, Nick Denton

One guy builds version 1.0 in a few months and…

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Here’s something I don’t understand. Ignore the Napster legal history for a moment. Let’s talk about software development. About two years ago, Napster and Bertlesmann announced that they would deliver a version of Napster that would charge money and only provide music legally. Now, it seems like they ran out of money before they could even deliver that. What I don’t understand, exactly, is why they couldn’t build this thing that sells Bertlesmann music with two whole years of work and a whole team of developers? When Fanning had built the original thing in three months? (Then again, the story here sounds incredibly familiar. One guy builds version 1 in a few months and then a team of 15 can’t build version 2 for years and years. Tell me you haven’t seen that movie before. (emphasis added by me – Karl))

Read Joel on Software. Telling it like it is.

Axl Rose speaks!

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So goes the headline in this Karrang! interview. The best I’ve read so far. Axl opens up, and it’s a little sad if you ask me. Notice how the band goes thru real hard times songwriting after Izzy leaves.

A little too presumptious and heavy handed

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That’s what Jon Bon Jovi said, on WMMR today, it would be if they attempted to write songs from the perspective of a widow. There *will* be music inspired by 9-11 on “Bounce”, their upcoming album. It’s more along the lines of dusting yourself off after taking a hit. Not an exact quote – but you get the idea.

I think you can get the feel by listening to “Everyday”, a new song from the album. It rocks. It’s an anthem.

Here goes news about this Thursday.