links for 2008-07-21

I usually find Michael Gray absolutely spot on the money but I think this "uppity women having their own conference is sexist" rant about the Blogher conference is the kind of drivel I'd expect to see spouted in the comments of the Daily Express site...

"The research shows that while the headline rate of inflation is 3.8 per cent, the rate faced by middle-class families, who spend proportionately more on education, fresh food, fuel and energy bills, is nearly double the national rate". Eh?

Kim forsees a "messy, painful adolesence" for amateur social marketing.

"Consumers were more likely to seek, and then to trust, reviews of products and services online than on television or in print media. They go to social media and product rating sites to get information on products, even if they don’t buy them online."

"Mr Whittingdale said the committee would also investigate the BBC's UK site, bbc.co.uk, following complaints from rivals that it is monopolising the internet". Yes, it is the BBC which has a stanglehold monopoly on the Internet, not, say, er, Google?

I'm going to be in transit from Chania to Macau for approximately the next 3 days (well, it feels like the trip will be that long anyway) so I won't be posting any del.icio.us link dumps, or moderating any comments on the site for a while.