The sumamry below is comical and close to conspiracy theory. The Web has been in the workplace for close to a decade; all of the sudden, blogs are making us less productive? What about those folks who have been glued to eBay all day in the office? Businesses who are concerned should just set up filtering software, not that such a move would stop most people.

This quote from the Washington Post on citizen journalism. Think the company is feeling the pressure from the success of Backfence?

"Can't tell you when, but we're working on a handful of other ways to engage users, and among them is allowing for submission of content from outside sources. But there are a lot of details to be worked out before we're ready to go live."

Looks like I have a new neighbor. It makes sense for Google to open an Arizona office for a number of reasons, but I’ll spare you the Chamber of Commerce rap. For me, it’s a signal that Google is moving into the payments business. Amex, Discover and many others have their payment headquarters here because space is (relatively) cheap; the cost of living is (relatively) low. There are an increasing number of skilled workers moving here and it good for us to expand our employment base beyond the service industry.

Spoken like someone running for Congress in a few years?

My new TV Guide came in the mail today. Since when did People magazine had a TV grid?

Scripps is debuting the TV program “My First Place” online before it ever airs on “conventional TV.” (BTW, it's hosted by Jill Cordes of Food Network fame) How long will it be before programs routinely not only debut over the Web but us that medium as a primary of secondary distribution channel? Ten years? Five years? I’d say within the next five years, each network will have at five programs that air on the web, either at the same time or shortly after its over the air broadcast.

Looks like AOL has purchased Weblogs. For the few naysayers out there who believe blogs aren’t real or worth looking at or investing in, this should end all speculation. Everyone is on board. Podcasting is really close behind; major announcements regarding big ticket players and Podcasting are on the horizon.

But, I am most interested in TV over the Web (as opposed to IPTV). It’s the REALLY hot opportunity. Blinkx and Brightcove stepped up big time this week, and you have to think Google isn’t far behind (especially given its airing of “Everybody Hates Chris.”). I know I am working on a few TV channels to be distributed over these new non-politicized networks. For example, do you think I could get every baseball blogger to syndicate (or carry) my upcoming videos of Arizona Fall League? We’d all make money.

Stay tuned!