So got an email from Brett Roberts @ Microsoft this evening saying he wanted to stick an op-ed piece he did for Computerworld up on the web but he didn't have anywhere to put it. Now usuall I'd be a snarky little bastard and remind Brett that his company has a blogging platform (Live Spaces) which they ...

"...small pieces can be loosely joined, or they can be more tightly coupled. But the underlying publish/subscribe mechanism doesn't determine that choice."

Is News Coverage On The Web Becoming Like Consumer Packaged Goods?The more I think about the issue of redundant news coverage on the web, the more I’m both perplexed and fascinated. Read the following on Facebook’s announcement of Facebook Connect — seriously, read it all: Can Facebook Build a Better ...

E-Media Tidbits: Aggregating News: Still a Business Model?Amy Gahran: "Do country-specific news aggregators still make sense if they only collect news from others, without adding any value? ... Do you still use aggregators to get your news?"... Read the full post from Martin Stabe Tags: , , , , via ...

Phil distinguishes between what he (sensibly) calls data-centric and people-centric aggregation, and goes on to note that duplication is a problem. As I note in the comments, there's beginning to be a consensus here.

this strikes me as something of the fire hose approach to information flow

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