I sort of wasted my night last night reading old archived posts put up around the time Kathy Sierra quit blogging, and try to draw some conclusions on the differences in blogging style from 2007 to 2009.

Actually, just go to the page and hit '?'... full instructions there.

It's a P2 based theme.

It operates just like Google reader. j/k go up and down the page, hit r to reply to a post. No Twitter needed.

Twitter comments are pulled in via Backtype.

Post includes a whitepaper from the MIT crew who built it describing the hardware and software involved.

I really don't think that's how supply and demand works.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_and_demand

HP's Senior Veep Marius Haas had some strong words for Cisco in his interview with John yesterday evening (post 3Com acquisition announcement).

Corporate exec interviews admittedly aren't that interesting, usually. This one is definitely an exception to the rule.

You want Uncov's product Persai. Or whatever he ended up calling it.

It pretty much did that.

Not that I'm aware of.

They're doing some funky stuff with that Auto-sort and Magic options, but I don't think they do what you say.

That's why I always go with different categories - I track an unusually large number of feeds, so not everything is of equal importance every day. On slow news days, though, I make my way down the categories I have organized in order of priority.

I intentionally subscribe to more feeds than I need so I'm never without, but don't feel guilty about not reading them all.

I've always felt that Google was a benevolent overlord. That may change at some point, and at that point I'll leave. Until then, I'm ok with being dependent on them for almost everything.

Until you try to leave and realize you're just too dependent on them. They pull you in by inches, and then you realize you're miles from getting out.

I actually love most Google products, and I'm willing to deal with them for now. I just wanted to provide the counter argument.

You're always free to take your ball and go home though: http://www.dataliberation.org/

I'm a huge fan of those guys. Even though I may never move my data out of Google, at least I know I always have the option.

I get that. It's always difficult to migrate data, no matter how easy it has been made to move.

Google Reader is my starting point to follow everything that's on topic. There is absolutely nothing out there that comes close. Twitter is not for full feeds, period.