http://blog.topix.net/ News and information about Topix.net en-us 2005-11-06T13:56:21-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000082.html Today we added 15,000 top weblogs to the Topix.net crawling/tagging engine. Blog posts are being categorized into our 30,000 local feeds as well as our 300,000 subject feeds. Our search results now include blog results, and posts should show up... skrenta 2005-11-06T13:56:21-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000080.html If you're interested in working with us here at Topix.net, we're always up for getting together -- and there are a couple of places to catch up with us in person outside of our offices, as well. We're jazzed... tolles 2005-11-04T17:42:01-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000081.html Fred Wilson relates a series of quotes, evenutally positing that we're facing an Attention Crisis. It's a good point, especially if you're funding (or building, or using, or particpating in) technology companies that are, essentially, monetizing your attention through advertising.... tolles 2005-11-01T19:27:39-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000079.html skrenta 2005-10-02T09:27:48-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000078.html There's been quite a bit of hype around tagging over ther past year, especially around putting structure around user created data (especially at Flickr and Technorati). At the SES show in New York, I ranted about tagging and the fact... tolles 2005-09-09T15:54:31-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000077.html Mark Glaser of Online Jouranlism Review wrote a big article about Topix.net. http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050802Glaser/... skrenta 2005-08-03T09:33:15-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000076.html Silicon Valley is a pretty cool place to work. It's actually a pretty small world, after a few years here -- I ran into Dave McClure a few years ago, and when he went live with SimplyHired.com, I found out... tolles 2005-06-24T17:20:56-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000075.html The folks over at IBD Network have put together a talk for all you people who keep speculating on the recent spate of investments and acquisitions that have been happening recently -- They've been putting on cool talks, and even... tolles 2005-05-26T16:03:12-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000074.html Susan Mernit points to a fascinating scrape and analysis of Bloglines subscription data. According to the spreadsheet, Topix.net feeds in aggregate are the #3 subscription source at Bloglines. We wondered how Topix.net stood in aggregate, since the most popular feed... skrenta 2005-04-22T08:53:51-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000073.html We need help building the HAL-9000 of news. We're looking to hire coders fluent in C and Perl in the Bay Area, as well as a network/ops/sysadmin type. Coders should be friendly to our development philosophy. We have a full... skrenta 2005-03-31T10:20:15-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000072.html Jupitermedia's CEO Alan Mecker's favorable analysis of Topix.net's new strategic partnerships with Tribune, Gannett and Knight Ridder.... skrenta 2005-03-30T09:07:37-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000071.html We're very pleased to announce that Topix.net has taken a majority equity investment from three of the largest newspaper and media firms in the US -- Knight Ridder, Tribune and Gannett. We see a huge opportunity with this deal, and... skrenta 2005-03-23T00:46:43-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000070.html Today, we helped promote a major deal between DURECT and Endo Pharmaceuticals by enabling a new ad form factor -- a front page announcement -- as well as a follow on set of RSS advertorials. There has been some discussion... tolles 2005-03-14T12:24:18-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000069.html I'll be on Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline, a syndicated radio show this Sunday. The last radio interview I did was a blast and this one should be a lot of fun too. Dave's show is syndicated on about... skrenta 2005-03-09T07:04:59-08:00 http://blog.topix.net/archives/000068.html I sat down today with Bambi Francisco for an interview on MarketWatch and we chatted about Topix.net's local news aggregation. It's a 5 minute interview and covers the major bases. The link to the video is in the mid-right of... skrenta 2005-03-02T17:48:08-08:00