Media Culpa

At the bottom of the right column of this blog there is an icon that shows how many subscribers that are currently subscribing to my FeedBurner RSS feed. A while ago the number dropped to about 15-20 percent of what it used to be and then it went back up again. At the beginning of January the number was very close to 1,000, but two weeks ago it dropped again to about 200. The reason was that there is a problem with reporting Rojo subscribers. FeedBurner writes:

“Due to a bug with the way Rojo is reporting subscribers for some feeds, we’re temporarily disabling the Rojo count in subscriber numbers. Rojo is aware of the issue and is working on it. Once the fix is in place and the numbers are accurate, we will resume including Rojo’s subscriber count here.”

I have had a hard time accepting that as many as 4 out of 5 subscribers to this feed are using Rojo and it will be interesting to see if the ratio has changed once Rojo is included in the statistics again.

Tags: Rojo, FeedBurner, RSS. Ping.

Deleting a post that you regret, is not considered comme il faut in the blogosphere. Forrester’s Charlene Li lists a blogger code of ethics which among other things states that deleting a post is not ok. Updating incorrect information is often seen as the right way to go. But when you are up against a top notch law firm even A-list bloggers like Robert Scoble compromise with their own principles (see Scoble’s own Corporate Weblog Manifesto. 8) If you screw up, acknowledge it. Fast. And give us a plan for how you’ll unscrew things. Then deliver on your promises.)

In a blog post from Jan 5, entitled “Don’t get ripped off by franchises”, Scoble links to a post on his brother’s blog where Ben Scoble wrote about how he had lost his share of a $30,000 deposit with Java Jo’z coffee franchise. But later on, the blog posts on all three Scoble brothers’ blogs have disappeared without explanation.

A good background and links can be found here and here. [Via Common Sense PR]

Cache here.

Tags: ethics, blogging policy, bloggar, moral. Ping.

Not for the multitasking challenged. Online Media Daily reports that users of Nintento Wii will be able to read news feeds from AP, the Associated Press, while playing games. The Wii News Channel is expected to go live on Saturday, enabling players to read about disasters and crimes from the real world while shooting their in-game enemies. What a blast.

Tags: Nintendo, Wii, spel, Wii. Ping.

I haven’t been blogging very much lately. Been busy at work and at home. And there is so much to blog about right now, but I have nothing to say. So instead, since it’s Friday, why not go for a Friday Random Ten? Fire up your mp3-player and set it to random play. List the ten first songs it plays. And no cheating. Here is my list:

Kraftwerk – The man machine
Mogwai – Stanley Kubrick
Nuyorican Soul – The black gold of the sun
China Crisis – Tragedy and mystery
Paris – Outro
World Party – Hollywood
Miguel Migs – Brand new day
Fibes, Oh Fibes – 57 kr
Depeche Mode – Strangelove (Razormaid mix)
Neon Judgement – Chinese black

Tags: music, musik, fredagstia. Ping.

The publishing house IDG launched a new site this morning, it24. To market the site a modified edition of the company’s flagship publication Computer Sweden was handed out in Kista outside of Stockholm. Lars Dahmén, CEO of IDG said (my translation):

“We ran out of papers quickly when people realized that it wasn’t Punkt SE that we waved with.”

“Tidningarna gick åt snabbt när folk insåg att det inte var Punkt SE vi viftade med.”

Footnote: Punkt SE is a free Swedish daily, owned by Aftonbladet’s parent company Schibsted.

Tags: quotes, idg, it24. Ping.

A scandal broke in Sweden today regarding a player in the Sweden national football team. Jnytt, a local news site in Jönköping, claims that the player took back an investment in a finance company just before it went bust. The player’s identity is not revealed but the photo is badly disguised so anyone who would run a Google search on different players in the national team would soon find the original.

Here is the blurred photo, and here is the original.

Now you might wonder how I dare to disclose who the player is, but don’t worry. TV4 has already written that the player is Erik Edman and published a statement from Edman in which he denies the allegations printed in Jnytt.

Funny though that although Edman himself has chosen to talk openly about the incident, Aftonbladet still has a blurred photo, more than two hours after his statement was issued.

UPDATE: Jnytt has now “un-blurred” the photo.

Tags: football, fotboll, erik edman. Ping.