Steve Gillmor

Microsofts decision to drop the other shoe on Office 2003s XML schemas may come back to haunt it. News reports of patent filings with New Zealand and the European Union triggered fears that third-party vendors would be prevented from accessing Office documents without licensing the new formats. According to a reply from Mark Martin of […]

Microsoft evangelist Robert Scoble blends two raging threads: Dean vs. Kerry and Microsoft vs. Apple. In the latter case, Robert defends Microsofts music player strategy as hardware choice vs. Apples “lock-in” format. But Scott Mace gets it right: “Apparently, millions of users would rather limit their hardware choices if it means they have more choice […]

I couldnt make it to Lotusphere (for the 5th straight time) but now Im sitting here watching the opening keynote address. You have to register to view the webcast. The bad news: The Windows Media Player stream is tiny and unresizable on my Mac. The good news: You can download the slides here. Update: On […]

The consumer electronics show this year marked a turning point in the convergence of consumer and enterprise digital technologies. The keynote schedule told the story—from Bill Gates sixth-straight preshow opener, in which he demonstrated a personal video player, to Intels Paul Otellini and his HDTV chip to Carly Fiorinas surprising late-night deal with Apple and […]

It doesnt have an RSS feed, and its not called a blog, but First Read is a crackerjack political roundup prepared for NBC News each morning. And for a late-afternoon snapshot of CNNs political coverage, I turn to the days CNN transcripts, particularly the Inside Politics report. Again, no RSS feed yet, but somebodys gonna […]

If you believe the Tuesday morning quarterbacks, the Internet Bubble II has burst. The vaunted Dean Machine coughed up a mere 18 percent of Iowas caucus votes, deflating the Deaniacs secret dreams of West Wing Steadicammed conversations. But lets hold off on the post-mortems for a bit. The Iowa results are clearly a referendum on […]

Dave Winer votes for his candidate for Campaign 2004–RSS. When I look at my email feed this morning, the day of the Iowa Caucuses, I find various suggestions related to my sexual shortcomings and potential for getting cheap overseas meds “without a perscription (sic)”. By contrast, Channel Dean is a blueprint for effective advocacy that […]

Two Gillmors will participate in a panel discussion on the Future of RSS at RSS WinterFest–an online conference scheduled for January 21 and 22. Theres me (Steve Gillmor) and then theres my younger smarter brother Dan, technology columnist of the San Jose Mercury News. Also chatting will be Jon Udell of OReilly Network and InfoWorld, […]

The Corner Office asks whether this happens every year or not. Is Notes still dead? As Lotus evangelist Ed Brill points out, Ive been doing this for years. As Ed correctly recalls, Ive covered Notes and Domino for years, going back to Version 3 for the late great Byte magazine. Ed probably recalls my list […]

The Web is being mapped in realtime by blogs, RSS feeds, and other social software. These Blogosphere links are a first cut at capturing the hot topics in this space: RSS, aggregators, OPML, attention.xml, autosubscription, information routers, instant messaging, and videoconferencing. You can always stop by This Page for the most current updates, but why […]