links for 2010-05-18

"You have to understand how people will be trying to avoid you finding and scrutinising their data. At the moment you're in an arms race between the people in power and the people in scrutiny of power."

"I stick to the proposition that in reporting you should try to stay away from cliches . . . but I know how hard it is to stay cliche-free. And some cliches are quite descriptive," he says.

"I get more annoyed by corporate speak because it is not descriptive and often is designed to hide the real meaning. 'Downsizing' is just another way of saying someone's been sacked."

The technical ecosystem around blogs is disintegrating, being folded into other structures. Three years ago, I said at SXSW that there wouldn’t be many blogs around in ten years. That leaves ‘em seven years to continue to dwindle in interest and relevance.