Comments on: The Scoop on Microsoft and GeoTango http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ArcGIS Explorer SDK or API? http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-995 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:36:14 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-995 [...] I’m not sure why this “blog” post is getting much traction. I see no reference to where they got that information, I see no information about what this API is going to be (you can already skin AGX). All I see is ESRI Marketing sending a small email to Directions Magazine and they posting it without giving thought to what they are doing. I had thought the whole point of Directions Magazine was that they’ll have higher standards than us bloggers. But APB has really fallen off in the past 6 months to the point it only appears that they post press releases. I remember when APB used to break news on their own. [...]

]]> By: James Fee http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-994 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:26:41 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-994 Personally I hate PRs. In my previous “job” as an “editor” at a online technology “magazine” I used to have to wade through them to find “news” (way too many words in quotes, but hey). I don’t subscribe to any PR news feeds as I’d rather just get the news from others or directly via email or IM.

There isn’t anything wrong with posting a PR IMO, but I just won’t read them myself. As I was saying in my post, there is a big difference between a blog such as this and something such as Directions Magazine. You’ll find news on blogs sooner, but most of them/us never focus on the whole story, just moving on to the next hot news item. That is where journalists come in and their research can really pay off such as this story on GeoTango.

]]> By: Alexandre Leroux http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-993 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:02:14 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-993 Larry, you’re absolutly right. slashgeo’s value, like slashdot, is suppose to come from the comments. However, maybe we’re too young (less than 4 months old) but we don’t have enough user comments which adds value. I agree, Adena and her team is doing a *great* job. slashgeo’s trying to do something else, whether we’ll succeed or not remains to be seen… :-)

]]> By: Larry Renolds http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-992 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 23:07:07 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-992 I read blogs because I can get the news sooner than traditional media. But that only goes so far, it takes a reporter to dig deeper and that is what Adena did.

PRs are not news. I don’t mind blogs posting PRs, but they need to comment on them. I can’t tell you how often I’ve read SlashGIS (or whatever its call these days) link to PRs, but call them articles or stories. Adena does a great job (and James here) at giving their spin or some background on why the story is important. That makes their blogs much more valuable.

]]> By: glenn http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-991 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:27:02 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-991 Joe, no harm meant as I was touching on the dissemination of news. I agree Directions is a fine, professional publication and never implied (or meant to imply) anything else. Sorry you seem to have been so offended by the comparison! Oh, and an FYI, I’ve been a geospatial web editor writing about Geospatial, LBS and geospatial since 1998 and our team at Spatial Media has more than 60 years (combined) in the arena… finally, agreed that blogs (like this one and many others) have done an outstanding job in getting important news and tips out to the users community… cheers… PS: sorry about Notre Dame this year… maybe next time ;0)

]]> By: Joe Francica http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-990 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:23:23 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-990 Sorry for the typos above; my copy editor would be agast…I’ve had my coffee and it didn’t hep (sic).

]]> By: Joe Francica http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-989 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:15:36 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-989 As I hope everyone realizes, we are in the middle of a new era of publishing and blogs have contributed significantly to ability quickly disseminate new and opinion. Our tiny niche of the technology world has benefited from this growth and blogs will allow us to get the news out to be techies and main stream business process managers alike. Oh, and Glenn, please don’t compare Directions to GISUser. It’s taken us seven years along with four highly experienced geospatial technology editors to become a recognized, quality publication…not just a portal.

]]> By: glenn http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-988 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:37:21 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-988 oh… I forgot to mention, yes indeed, kudos to Adena for getting into this story. These perspectives definitely hep to determine what the agenda is or may ne… cheers

]]> By: glenn http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-987 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:14:17 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-987 Larry seems to think because portal sites mainly post “PR” and thus are merely listing fluff. FYI, sites like this (including GISuser, directions etc…) provide a valuable service in that they are distributing news in a very timely manner to a large Global audience, often far beyond the reaches of blogs, newslists etc… Blogs serve a purpose although they typically reach the “techie” and the likes. Professionals, upper management etc… don’t have the time to sift through countless websites and blogs in search of every piece of information. So what’s with the hangup on the “blogosphere” do you think because somethign doesn’t hit a blog then it hasn’t been reported on? Finally, Larry, you need to look a bit deeper at some of the “news” sites and you’ll find there’s lots more to them that what appears on the front page. Cheers (I haven’t had my coffee yet so I’m starting to ramble ;0)

]]> By: Allan Doyle http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2006/01/12/the-scoop-on-microsoft-and-geotango/#comment-986 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:09:36 +0000 http://zhun.pair.com/spatiall/blog/?p=501#comment-986 The blogosphere didn’t miss it, All Points had it on Dec. 31.

http://www.allpointsblog.com/archives/976-Microsoft-Acquires-GeoTango.html

I think James’ point was that Adena tracked down the story behind the story, proving that there’s no substitute for good, old-fashioned reporting.

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