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It feels like 2004 again. - Anil Dash

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:17:44 +0000

I keep having a conversation with people around the tech world about how the industry’s current state of change — especially the potential disruption of incumbents — feels like nothing so much as a cyclical repeat of what we saw in 2004.

Tags: #2004 #goodinternet #web #webdev

Rands In Repose: A Del.icio.us Interview

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:49:11 +0000

Do you remember the days when del.icio.us had 30k users and rapid feature development? "The original headline for this article hit me last week in a post-Turkey haze… laying on the couch… staring at the ceiling in the living room — “Why Del.icio.us is more important than Google”. Let’s hear it for SENSATIONALISM! Woo-hoo!"

Tags: #2004 #delicious #google

Defining Bush's "Mandate"

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:34:42 +0000

"Winning 51 percent of the popular vote in Tuesday's election , Bush administration officials were quick to declare that the results constitute a "mandate" for Bush's second term. This interpretation of the election caught hold in the mainstream media-- a sign perhaps that White House spin was triumphing over the actual numbers recorded on Election Day. "

Tags: #2004 #bush #mandate #obama #politics