links for 2007-04-28

• eGov monitor | How blogs, wikis and podcasts are transforming the information age
  Professor Simon Rogerson, of De Montfort University Leicester, is part of a delegation of British academics appearing at a three-day conference in Israel, focusing on issues surrounding information and the web.
• Founders at Work | Uncrate
  “Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days ($17) is quite simply an amazing series of tales telling what happened in the early days of life at popular tech companies like Apple, PayPal and Flickr”
• Foghound > Beyond Buzz
  A fab looking book on Word of Mouth marketing. It’s available on Amazon for £11.
• The Economist on Social networking | Joined-up thinking
  “Social-networking sites are not just for teenagers. They have business uses too”
• gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: san francisco and seattle
  Hugh Mcleod and Robert Scoble are planning a geek dinner in San Fran, on Hugh’s first ever visit there.
• Oracle can’t get blogging respect « Scobleizer
  Robert Scoble writes about why Oracle isn’t getting the respect from social media that firms like salesforce.com are.
• Congrats MSFT on great financial results « Scobleizer
  Why Microsoft won’t die, and the cool stuff that’s pushing its stock and profits even higher
• Note to Oracle: not me « Scobleizer
  Another post from Robert Scoble on how firms should get blog love by tracking who’s writing about them and invite them in to learn more. Not just the A listers.
• As Social Networking Rises, TV Watching Decreases | Marketing Pilgrim
  A new study suggests social networking users are increasing their internet, email and instant messaging usage, while decreasing the amount of time they spend watching TV and playing video games.